ITC and Sustainability 11/19/2012 Ramaiah Institute of Management Teena Lawrence PA1236 PGPM+MBA (UOM) Abstract: ITC is a major Indian heterogeneous market or business with a diversification in the fields such as paperboards‚ packaging‚ apparel‚ foods‚ hotels‚ Information technology and tobacco products. The triple bottom lines encompassing economic‚ social and environmental parameters have said to be achieved by the company. The sustainable initiatives taken by the company have been indeed
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Lisa Joseph MHM502 Medicare 12 November 2013 Sustainability of Medicare Medicare comprises and estimated 12% of the federal budget. It is often on the forefront in the debate on how to moderate the growth of federal and health care spending. The key is the increase of aging Americans and increased cost of health care. (The Henry J. Kaiser Familty Foundation‚ 2010). In order to evaluate the current financial health and long term sustainability of Medicare‚ you have to look at several issues
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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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SUSTAINABILITY- INTRODUCTION Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Sustainability moves to the forefront of our corporate culture and global governments attempting to integrate decision making economic‚ environmental and social production. Sustainability is viewing the way our actions affect future generations and ensure that without depleting resources or cause pollution at a rate
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Sustainable Mauritius Brundtland report (1987) has defined the term sustainable development as the development that meets the needs for the present without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs Sustainable development and planning is structured essentially around 3 elements: economic growth‚ social development and environmental protection. While development is associated with social development‚ it is also associated with environmental disasters if the development
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In the third chapter of Rethinking sustainability: A strategic financial model for Christian schools‚ Dr. Pue clearly conveys the importance of maintaining Biblical principles in the Christian school ministry. This kind of approach it is fundamental for the glorification ofour God through a fruitful educational ministry; Dr. Pue states: “You cannot violate God’s principles in pursuit of God’s purposes and expect God to bless you” (Kindle Loc.567). This simple matter of fact which is so obviously
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Literature 6 Strategic Management and Sustainability 6 Triple-Bottom-Line 7 Cost of Going Green 8 Methodology 9 Survey 9 Study Participants 9 Data Collection Process 9 Findings 11 Summary‚ conclusions‚ and recommendations 13 References 14 Chapter 1: Introduction Background John Ehrenfeld states in Beyond Sustainability‚ “sustainability is a characteristic of living systems…the most basic level of sustainability is that of flourishing…I define sustainability as the possibility
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T RECYCLING SUSTAINABILITY SOC 112 FINAL PROJECT [Sustainability means providing for the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the environment to provide for our future generations. We are responsible for leaving our future generations a safe‚ healthy environment. We risk human and Wildlife extinction if we continue the way we are going. Our planet cannot sustain human life this way. We can all work together to advert this from happening and we must act individually as well
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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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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report analyses SPIGEN‚ an online Korean company specializing in quality mobile phone accessories and its plan to enter the sustainability market. The report further analyses the company’s mission statement that will set the course for sustainable development. It is recommended that SPIGEN adopts a sustainable strategy and launch new line of eco-friendly products that is a variant of three of SPIGEN’s best-selling phone cases‚ “Neo Hybrid”‚ “Slim Armour” and “Tough
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