1. Evaluate Alpha Natural Resources’ (ANR) corporate social responsibility CSR) performance. Be sure to reference information both from the company’s own webpages and from the media or watchdog agencies. Alpha Natural Resources is one of the largest coal producers in the United States. It’s business ranges from extracting‚ processing and marketing steam and metallurgical coal to services related to equipment repairs‚ road construction and logistics. The company’s clients include electric utilities
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Natural resource Natural resources (economically referred to as land or raw materials) are naturally forming substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified (natural) form. A natural resource’s value rests in the amount and extractability of the material available and the demand for it. The latter is determined by its usefulness to production. A commodity is generally considered a natural resource when the primary activities associated with it are extraction and purification
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Czech Republic Balance of Payments Current accounts deficits reached 3.8% of Gross Domestic Products. This is due in part to goods and surplus decline from year to year. The income deficits where influenced by a drop in income and expenditures stagnation. The net income surplus is a result of the European budget increase that happens yearly. The inflow of funds on the financial account is due to purchases of cooperate and government bonds by foreign investors. There was a recovery in the flow
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What are mineral resources? Mineral resources are the natural resources which cannot be renewed. Examples of mineral resources Gold Salt Tin Limestone Iron ore Coal Iron Manganese Rubber Aluminium Marbles They are also used to produce useful things. Some of these useful things are: Soap Jewelleries e.g. chain bracelet e.t.c. Batteries And so on NAMES OF MINERAL RESOURCES‚ WHERE IT IS FOUND AND ITS USES. Limestone: Limestone is a sedimentary
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WATER RESOURCES What are water resources? Water resources are sources of water that are useful or potentially useful to humans. It is important because it is needed for life to exist. Many uses of water include agricultural‚ industrial‚ household‚ recreational and environmental activities. Virtually all of these human uses require fresh water. Only 2.7% of water on the Earth is fresh water‚ and over two thirds of this is frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps‚ leaving only
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CAPITAL MARKET : INDISPENSABLE FOR A COUNTRY’S ECONOMY Capital Market is one of the significant aspect of every Financial Market. Therefore it is necessary to study its correct meaning. Broadly speaking the capital market is the market for financial assets which have a indefinite maturity. Unlike money market instruments‚ the capital instruments become mature for the period above one year. It consists of finanacial institutions like IDBI‚ LIC‚ UTI‚ etc. These institutions play the role of the
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© Academy of Management ¡ournal 1996‚ Vol. 39‚ No. 4‚ 779-801. THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: PROGRESS AND PROSPECTS BRIAN BECKER State University of New York at Buffalo BARRY GERHART Vanderbilt University We describe why human resource management (HRM) decisions are likely to have an important and unique influence on organizational performance. Our hope is that this research forum will help advance research on the link between HRM and organizational performance
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Natural Resources and Energy Paper SCI/256 March 30‚ 2013 Professor Natural Resources and Energy Paper Tropical rainforests like so many other natural places are a scarce resource in the 21st century. They are unique and unlike any other ecosystem. They are in fact crucial to the global ecosystem and vital to human existence. Beyond compare as it relates to their biological diversity‚ tropical rainforests are a natural reservoir of genetic diversity which offers a rich source of medicinal
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Human Overuse of Resources Calls for Second Earth According to a UK study‚ growth of the population and an increasing consumption of resources could leave humans in need of a second planet as early as 2030. Human demands on natural resources have doubled in less than 50 years‚ according to the Living Planet Report. The rate at which resources are being utilized with the population as is – or growing – will exceed the capacity of the planet in about 30 years. The report also said tropical
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4065 DECEMBER 24‚ 2009 V. KASTURI RANGAN SUNRU YONG TruEarth Healthy Foods: Market Research for a New Product Introduction Isabel Eckstein strode toward her office‚ inhaling the aroma from the test kitchen where the product development team was trying new recipes for TruEarth‚ maker of gourmet pastas‚ sauces‚ and meals. Her team had been working hard for the past year on a fresh whole grain pizza. The final market research results had arrived‚ and it was time to make a decision on launching
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