Topic 1: Intro to sustainability (definitions and terms) what is sustainability: sustainability is the capacity to endure. “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” (Brundtland Commission of the UN on March‚ 20‚ 1987) “Three pillars” of sustainability: environmental‚ social equity‚ and economic demands. A certain view of sustainability‚ which uses three overlapping circles indicating
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Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program The Philips Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program is built on five pillars: create commitment by setting out our requirements; getting suppliers to understand our requirements and monitoring identified risk suppliers through audits; working with suppliers to resolve issues; and engaging stakeholders. Building block 1: Create commitment In 2012 we updated the Philips Supplier sustainability declaration in accordance with the updated EICC
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Executive summary The Dutch society recognizes the need for sustainable production and use of biomass. This has been expressed by environmental groups and the Parliament. The Dutch government decided to seek solutions by developing sustainability criteria and certification of biomass by a commission sustainable production of biomass (duurzame productie van biomassa‚ DPB). Between January 2006 and July 2006 these criteria have been developed. Parallel to these developments‚ in February 2006 this
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The relevance of sustainability in marketing decision making What is marketing? What exactly is marketing? Is it just convincing people to buy products through various media? Billboards‚ TV commercials‚ junk mail and magazines filled with advertisements? From the consumer’s perspective‚ that is how it seems (Kotler et al. 2010‚ p. 5). But from a business’s standpoint‚ marketing is viewed very differently. Marketing is viewed as being based on an exchange relationship between a business and its
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Executive summary: Sustainability reporting‚ alternatively known as CSR reporting‚ is the annual process whereby companies - public‚ private; large and small - report on their sustainability performance. Reports typically cover social‚ environmental‚ economic and ethical performance and incorporate information on a company ’s environmental impact or carbon footprint‚ staff satisfaction‚ community investment etc. Sustainability reporting is becoming increasingly important as a tool companies can
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------------------------------------------------- Business Sustainability Business sustainability is often defined as managing the triple bottom line - a process by which firms manage their financial‚ social and environmental risks‚ obligations and opportunities. These three impacts are sometimes referred to as profits‚ people and planet. However‚ this approach relies on an accounting based perspective and does not fully capture the time element that is inherent within business sustainability. A more robust definition is that
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enlightening and pointed to an area of sustainability which is rarely ever looked at. Most times when people look at sustainability it has to do with renewable energies and resources‚ this is why I wanted to look further into the area of birth control. Diving deeper into this topic I wanted to see if there were any other articles out there about this topic. I was fortunate enough to find another article from a reputable publication on the topic of overpopulation and sustainability. This article is in question
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------------------------------------------------- Part 1: Strategic Sustainability Reinvention TELUS was named as one of 2013’s Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World by Corporate Knights. Telus believes that this achievement was because of their future friendly workplace strategy‚ efforts in reducing carbon foot print‚ energy conservation though LEED certified buildings‚ and charitable contributions. The Corporate Social Responsibility Report (CSR) 2011 explains the sustainability objective of Telus as “Integrate
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Globalization & Sustainable Development Globalization allows the creation of additional value and increase efficiencies for national economies. In essence‚ this model aims at promoting productivity‚ connectivity‚ and specialization. However‚ global trade focuses on the economic wellbeing of nations in isolation of the environments they operate in. This stems from the fact that globalization rests on the views of capitalism; a system that calls for free market trade. This view of development
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Microsoft word is a software program that allows me to perform word processing documents. You can use Microsoft word to create documents such as letters‚ invitations‚ research papers‚ flyers‚ resumes‚ novels‚ reports‚ etc. Most jobs today require us to have knowledge of computer skills‚ because many jobs require you to do work on the computer. The job I work at right now does not require that because I don’t work on computers or put information on the computer. Many other employers look for employees
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