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    Sustainability Project Current trends suggest that sustainability is a topic of increasing importance for organizations. Consequently, institutions within the financial services industry and elsewhere are following the momentum by allocating resources to sustainability programs. The Deutsche Bank is one of the institutions engaging in these changes. The institution was founded in 1870 in Berlin, Germany, by Adelbert Delbrück. The bank is a well-established company and operates worldwide. With their

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    The essay topic I will be looking into in detail is “Sustainability has become central to modern life and often causes controversy. Choose an artefact that could be defined as sustainable and analyse it, considering its functional, ethical and aesthetic characteristics”. The reason for choosing this topic is to consider the damaged done to the environment, ecosystem and wildlife to do what we as the public wants in our daily life. The research will explore new ways of manufacturing, producing energy

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    Do you have systems in place for incorporating sustainability in decision-making? Is sustainability a criterion for purchasing decisions? Do you have a project gating system? Do you have a system to vet green marketing claims? Does sustainability factor into your acquisition due diligence process? Do you consider sustainability in your R&D and tech investments? Coca cola have a system in place for incorporating sustainability in decision-making. There’s a story of a farm somewhere in the world in

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    Executive Summary The report takes a look into the sustainability practices carried out by Intel. Intel has carried out incremental innovation in order to drive its sustainability activities. It has helped other industries and governments with technology-based solutions to tackle sustainability challenges which include Open Energy, Renewable Energy, Water Conservation and Water Consumption. Intel identifies its greatest contribution to the environment in the potential its services and solutions in

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    Walmart's Sustainability

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    I shop there all the time and I am familiar with the employees and the pros and cons of the business. Sustainability most certainly needs improvement in every store, Walmart for sure. Solutions to help the company better respond to the issue Walmart could improve their stores in several ways but “Walmart has committed to use their strengths to help others

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    Sustainability is a concept with a diverse array of meanings and definitions – a widely used glamorous, ambiguous, ambivalent and vague concept that is used by different stakeholder groups in various ways. Presumably to avoid noodling over a terminology or to avoid the confrontation with a definition, most widely the concept is broken down a planning process (c.f. e.g. Döring & Muraca, 2010). That is why most common sustainability is understood as sustainable development.1 Sustainable development

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    The Relevance of Sustainability in Marketing Decision Making Introduction Sustainable marketing calls for socially and environmentally responsible actions that meet the present needs of consumers and businesses while preserving and enhancing the ability of future generations to meet their needs (Kotler & Armstrong 2012, p. 582). The aim of sustainable marketing is to satisfy the customer’s the needs and wants while also putting high emphasis on the environment and the social issues and thus

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    Food Sustainability

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    Consumption of food has been recognised as a key sustainability issue, due to both food wastage and overconsumption of food. This can be clearly observed in the United Nations, where the Food and Agriculture Organisation is calling for change in the food and agriculture sector to adapt a more sustainable approach. Consumers, businesses, and governments all have significant roles to play in moving forward to address sustainability issues, in relation to food. It is an imperative for consumers to first

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    Solow Sustainability

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    For the assignment this week, I will explain my view on Solow’s view of sustainability and natural resources. By definition, sustainable development is defined by the United National World Commission on Environment and Development as the development that meets the needs of the present without comprising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs (Keohane & Olmstead, 2007). Studies estimate economic growth to decrease about 1 percent per year in global consumption per year (Keohane

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    Sustainability In Bc

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    Sustainability means having a forest that benefits as many people as possible right now, but will also be there to use in the future (cite). Sustainability is very important in B.C. as such a large portion of the province is covered in forests. This also makes the forest industry very important economically. These factors make sustainability of such a large forested land base very important for British Columbia in the present and the future. The BC government has made impressive bounds towards making

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