Sustainability 2014‚ 6‚ 6236-6249; doi:10.3390/su6096236 OPEN ACCESS sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability Article Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain: Lessons from H&M Bin Shen Glorious Sun School of Business and Management‚ Donghua University‚ Shanghai 200051‚ China; E-Mail: binshen@dhu.edu.cn; Tel./Fax: +86-216-237-3621 Received: 15 July 2014; in revised form: 15 August 2014 / Accepted: 19 August 2014 / Published: 11 September 2014 Abstract: Sustainability is significantly
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Cities and Sustainability: Johannesburg‚ South Africa Report for the Johannesburg City Government on Sustainability through reducing carbon emissions Introduction: The purpose of this report is to advise the Johannesburg City Government on ways to reduce carbon emissions within the city of Johannesburg‚ South Africa. Johannesburg City (Joburg) is listed as a participant with the C40 Cities initiative‚ in an effort to tackle the environmental issues of global warming and climate change. This
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Trade is a critical component in spreading beliefs and cultural customs across many distinct regions. Tradesmen were the people who would usually pass on the ideas that they heard or spoke about with the men that they traded with. Mali was an area of Africa that was greatly influenced by outside regions. The trade connections that Mali had with the Middle East spread Islam in the region and the connection with Northern Africa influenced Mali’s political structure. The Islamic religion was spread
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Urban Sustainability – Option 2 Develop sustainability guidelines for your apartment‚ home‚ child’s school‚ workplace‚ or place of worship that will help improve urban sustainability. Your project should include three goals that can range from simple measures such as turning lights off to larger projects including sustainable landscaping or home remodeling using environmentally friendly materials. Each of the three goals should include two actions that will help improve urban sustainability. You
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toward sustainability in the global economy because I hope my company can use the resources more efficiently to be competitive in the long term. I would like to learn the process of implementing a sustainability project in my organization from the beginning to the end and how I can promote the concept of sustainability in other organizations‚ so my goal in this class can involve the following aspects: 1. Why does sustainability matter? Why is it important to us? How does sustainability relate
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location decision subject. Second‚ we will discuss clusters and different cluster types. Last‚ we will review the corporate social responsibility subject. After giving an in-depth perspective on the three subjects‚ we will discuss the relationship between these different topics. Location Decision Location decision is an important strategic decision that must be considered by a firm. It is important because the location strategy could affect the ability of the firm to reach it consumer‚ to produce
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Systems‚ Society and Sustainability The global challenge of sustainable development requires solutions and mindsets that bridge traditional divisions between nature and culture‚ and the technical and social sciences. Sustainable development requires that engineers and other professionals are able to include social and ecological considerations alongside technical and economic requirements in managing projects and infrastructure. This course outlines the challenges of sustainability‚ introduces some
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Sustainability issue of companies Yue Zhang Delaware Stare University Pfizer Pfizer is a company with 150 years of history in research-based multinational pharmaceutical company. Pfizer for human and animal health discovery‚ development ‚ production and markets leading prescription medicines ‚ and many of the world ’s most well-known consumer products. The new Pfizer by Pfizer and Pharmacia have a hand in the creation of an unprecedented scale
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Top 10 Myths about Sustainability The myth that surprised me the most was Myth 5: Sustainability is too expensive. I’ve always believed that becoming more “green” could be expensive‚ but eventually would pay off. Many can’t afford to install solar panels in their homes‚ or switch to hybrid cars. Becoming more sustainable can be a little more challenging for those in the middle or low class. With that being said I think that there is still some truth in this myth. Another myth that surprised me
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As far as sustainability‚ they have been exploring other ways to increase this such as using discarded corn seed (seed that does not pass their quality standards) for fuel to produce steam energy for their Muscatine‚ Illinois plant and this resulted in a significant cost savings each year. In 2014 alone‚ they have saved approximately $1.6 million in energy and disposal costs and have reduced their carbon footprint by reducing their CO2 levels by 17‚000 and SO2 levels by 61 tons. They also continue
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