...Food choices are influenced by many factors, age, gender, friends, family, cultural background and where we live. But the main purpose of food is to nourish the body. There are a lot of factors to consider when making our food choices. The three most important factors are: * How the food is grown * Where the food is grown * Income The way food is grown influences how we make our food choices. Advertisement is commonly used to inform customers of how food is grown (NCBI 199) Advertising agents spend billions of dollars on advertising and packaging in order to capture the interest of the consumer. They use the power of persuasion to make whatever it is they are advertising very appealing, even if it means lying to customers. The advertising agents may advertise that the food had no preservatives or chemicals but in fact they do. As customers we believe what is said in the media and on the packaging because we expect the truth to be told. Some foods may be labelled locally grown, yet in actual fact the food has been imported from overseas or a different state. It’s important to consider how food is grown when making food choices. Most food nowadays is filled with a variety of chemicals to make the particular food grow at a rapid rate. An example would be chicken. Chickens are pumped with growth hormones for rapid growth so that the amount of chickens produced can meet the demands of consumers. However the media persists that the rapid growth of chicken is normal and...
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...General Mills, Inc. The Value of Sustainability Presented by: Wesley Fischer Matthew Lenz Douglas Sechrist James Trapp The General Mills, Inc. Leadership Team for Global Responsibility Programs and Performance is headed by Chief Executive Officer, Ken Powell, and Chief Sustainability Officer, Jerry Lynch. With two other top-management leaders, this team is dedicated to proactively working towards sustainability. The company mission statement hints at sustainability goals with phrases such as “products that make life healthier, easier, and richer”, “Do the right thing, all the time”, and “Grow and inspire”. Based on the achievements and goals set by the company, General Mills, Inc. has positioned itself well in regard toward the movement to engage in sustainability efforts. This detailed analysis of their sustainability progress to date shows that they have made movements as an organization in the direction of sustainability through these ambitious ideals. In their Global Responsibility Report from 2014, General Mills, Inc. divides their sustainability achievements and goals into five subsections: Health and Wellness, Sourcing, Environment, Workplace, and Community. As follows are some of the actions taken by General Mills, Inc. that exemplify the company goals regarding global responsibility in these subcategories of sustainability. Health and Wellness General Mills, Inc. caters its Health and Wellness goals around improvements to products and the implementation...
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...covers our planet: the biosphere. Yet the way the food system provides food often severely damages the health of the biosphere through soil and aquifer depletion, deforestation, aggressive use of agrochemicals, fishery collapses, and the loss of biodiversity in crops, livestock, and wild species. The global food system has become such a dominant force shaping the surface of this planet and its ecosystems that we can no longer achieve sustainability without revamping the food system. At the same time sustainable food systems provide great hope for building a sustainable future—a future in which all can lead satisfying lives within the means of the biosphere. In this brief, we use Ecological Footprint analysis to document the current food system’s demand on the biosphere. Ecological Footprint accounts track the area of biologically productive land and water needed to produce the resources consumed by a given population and to absorb its waste. The Ecological Footprint allows us to monitor a central threat to sustainability: the liquidation of the planet’s natural capital as we consume more resources than nature can regenerate and create more waste than nature can recycle. Our analysis reveals the leading role played by the food system in this liquidation and underscores how profoundly a sustainable future depends on reshaping that system. 1...
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...Marie O'Campo Environmental Science Lab Lab Report 2 Sustainability We hear the words 'sustainable' and 'sustainability' almost every day. But what does it mean exactly? Is it about people and culture, our environment, or jobs and money? Is it about cities or the country? Is it about you and me or is it something for other people to worry about? Sustainability is about all of these things and more. Sustainability could be defined as an ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself. It’s about taking what we need to live now, without jeopardizing the potential for people in the future to meet their needs (“What”). If an activity is said to be sustainable, it should be able to continue forever. Some people say it is easy to recognize activities that are unsustainable because we know it when we see it. Think of extinction of some species of animals, often due to the activities of humans. Or salt in our rivers due to changed land management practices. And at home, the amount of packaging you put in the bin that has to go into landfill. In addition to these, sustainability can be measured in things like our energy use and carbon footprint, solid waste generation, and even our food choices. Measuring your energy use and carbon footprint is something that every American needs to take time to do. This is very important because it puts in perspective how many Earth’s we would need to support human life if everyone lived like you. For most Americans, the...
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...Angelica Rubio Shanna Guillen MGT/360 June 19 2014 Fernando Bernal Abstract Vice president of operations in Riordan Manufacturing, Mark Netizal, contracted Team B a sustainability company to develop and implement a sustainability plan. He decided to assess the company’s current business practices and allow Team B full access to perform their sustainability audit. Team B ventured and completed the audit finding some new practices that can help Riordan Manufacturing and also identified that Riordan Manufacturing was already leading the industry with some current practices. Current Business Practices Audit Riordan Manufacturing is a manufacturing company that produces plastic products, plastic injection moldings, medical products and fan blades and fan housing products. Riordan has three locations inside the United States and a manufacturing plant in the Republic of China. The company by the name Team B has performed a sustainability plan for Riordan Manufacturing in which will provided access to their company’s current business practices. Riordan Manufacturing’s vice president of operations contracted Team B to develop efficient sustainable practices to help promote more environmentally friendly company that can lead its industry to new levels of sustainability. Team B’s audit inspected the following stages of Riordan Manufacturing’s: California’s receiving and mixing stages, Georgia’s molding and mold fabrication stages, Michigan’s trimming and...
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...Case study: Cocoa Delights Written statement describing organization (Step 1) As a marketing manager for Cocoa Delights, this is the organization develop written statement; “Cocoa Delights’ responsibility to continually improve all aspects in which we operate our business no matter in term of our products and services provide, but also environment, social and economic sustainability. Our vision is put into action through programs and a focus on environmental stewardship, activities that benefit society and a commitment to build shareholder value by making Cocoa Delights a truly sustainable company and offering meaningful value to our customers. In addition, we will shift from local suppliers of services to national ones. We are creating better tomorrow.” Brief written summary of the meeting with your CEO In 2016, Cocoa Delights become a significant retail presence in stores Australia wide. Now, governments push the business to focus on the issue of sustainability, particularly on environmental issues of waste management and energy conservation. Therefore, we need to innovate some ideas and plan to handle with this. We need to keep providing customers with what they want and in sustainable aspect. Cocoa Delights is proud to be Australian made so we are practicing as the government prefer. However, we need to change our focus from local suppliers of services to national ones, and to think about opportunities to save money by gaining a wider geographic benefit and choosing...
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...By doing service learning, I have been able to apply so much of what I learned in class to benefit our campus. The concepts of carbon emissions and sustainable farming that we covered have helped me understand how biking can reduce the impact our campus has on the environment. The work that EcoReps does goes beyond just alternative transportation. Some of the EcoReps members are hosting a farmer’s market, which provides environmental benefits that are similar to those of biking. These different projects are all parts of a huge effort to improve our campus sustainability and reduce the damage that is being done to the environment. When we covered carbon emissions in class, I wondered how we could reduce them and slow down climate change. Some...
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...Imagine a cherry tree in full bloom, its roots sunk into rich earth and its branches covered with thousands of blossoms, all emitting a lovely fragrance and containing thousands of seeds capable of producing many more cherry trees. The petals begin to fall, covering the ground in a blanket of white flowers and scattering the seeds everywhere. Some of the seeds will take root, but the vast majority will simply break down along with the spent petals, becoming part of the soil that nourishes the tree — along with thousands of other plants and animals. Looking at this scene, do we shake our heads at the senseless waste, mess and inefficiency? Does it look like the tree is working too hard, showing signs of strain or collapse? Of course not. But why not? Well, for one thing, because the whole process is beautiful, abundant and pleasure producing: We enjoy seeing and smelling the trees in bloom, we’re pleased by the idea of the trees multiplying (and producing delicious cherries), and everyone for miles around seems to benefit in the process. The entire lifecycle of the cherry tree is rewarding, and the only “waste” involved is an abundant sort of nutrient cycling that only leads to more good things. Best of all, this show of productivity and generosity seems to come quite naturally to the tree. It shows no signs of discontent or resentment — in fact, it looks like it could keep this up indefinitely with nothing but good, sustainable outcomes. The cherry-tree scenario...
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...COMPITIVENESS OF HOME TEXTILE. THE TRADE CHANNEL & MARKET SEGMENTATION. THE SEGMENTS OF HOME FURNISHING While segmenting the HOME FURNISHING in to categories, we will find around 17 categories in 13 different areas are which are sated below CATEGORIES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. BED LINEN KITCHEN & TABLE LINEN RUGS WINDOW FASHION HOME APPLIANCES ACCESSORIES FURNITURE LIGHTINGS MIRRORS 10. MATRESSES 11. SHOW PIECES & CANDELS 12. CROCKERIES & CUTLERIES 13. EQUIPMENTS & MACHINES 14. GLASSWARE & JUGS 15. TOOLS & FITTINGS 16. VASSES & BOWLS 17. TV & MUSIC SYSTEM AREAS 1. 2. 3. GARDEN KITCHEN DINING 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. LIVING ROOM BED ROOM HOME OFFICE CHINDREN ROOM YOUTH ROOM HALLWAY 10. LAUNDRY & BATHROOM 11. TEXTILES 12. COKKING 13. EATING THE PRODUCTS OF HOME TEXTILE If we look into the different product groups of Home Textile, we will find the below variations – Bed Linen In the bed linen category our product list includes – • • • • • • • • • • • • Mattress Cover Valance Sheet Duvet Cover / Quilt Cover Comforters Blanket or Throw Flat Sheet or Top Sheet Fitted Sheet or Bottom Sheet Housewife or Standard Pillow Case Oxford Pillow Case or Shams Cushion Cover or Decorative Pillow Case Bolster Bedspreads Window Furnishing In the bed linen category our product list includes – • • • • • Curtain or Panel Palmate or Window Valance Tie Back Roman Blind Roller Blind Kitchen & Bath linen • • • • • Table Runner Napkins Table Cloths Bath Towel Placemats Floor Furnishing • •...
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...Faculty of Hospitality, Tourism Management & International Business Studies University of Aruba State of Sustainability in the Aruban Fine Dining industry Course: MBA 2015 Module 2: Sustainability & Innovation Instructor: Prof. Dr. Ryan R. Peterson, PhD, Msc., Bsc., CHE Team: 6 Cavril Rombley Ryan Falconi Executive summary This state of sustainability report of the Fine dining industry in Aruba describes the challenging landscape of the local and international fine dining industry. An Economic industry analysis using Porters five forces analysis on sustainability in the fine dining industry is provided and data analysis of the conducted surveys. For this report a combination of qualitative and quantitative research was used. The data collection was based on interviews held with managers and owners of the restaurants and analysis of the survey, literature review and desk research. March 4, 2015 2 Table of Contents Executive summary......................................................................................................................... 2 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 4 2. The changing landscape and challenging market space of the international fine dining industry. ............................................................................................................................................
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...Google: My Champion | Current Sustainability Management Leaders | Dylan Burkley | When it comes to leaders in sustainability, I cannot think of anyone who has done more for their company and society then my champion, Google. Whether it be their data centers that use fifty percent less energy than other corporations on average or the fact that they have been carbon neutral since 2007, Googlers not only lead the pack in sustainability, but share their knowledge with society and other companies as well. Google is a search engine first and foremost, but they also provide other internet services such as web browsing (Google Chrome), and e-mail (Gmail). They also provide a variety of tools to help businesses succeed on and off the web and build products that make the web better and faster, such as Android and Chrome. One thing that has not changed since Google’s first appearance on the internet scene is the possibilities of the web itself. Google was founded in 1998 by two Stanford students, Larry Page and Sergey Brin and was initially a search engine named “Backrub” of all things. They are headquartered in Mountain View, California, this is known as “the Googleplex”, but they have 70 offices total in more than 40 countries around the world and over 40,000 employees worldwide. To have a company as large as Google does and to be carbon neutral is extremely impressive to me and made me want to know more, so that is why I chose Google as my champion. I was not able to...
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..., What is CSV How we implement CSV Nutrition Water Rural development Responsible sourcing Environmental sustainability Human rights and compliance Our people Nestlé in society Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2012 Full report Nestlé in society | Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2012 | Full report 1 What is CSV How we implement CSV Nutrition Water Rural development Responsible sourcing Environmental sustainability sustainability Human rights and compliance Our people Nestlé in Society: Creating Shared Value A message from our Chairman and our CEO About this report Nestlé in Society: Creating Shared Value Creating Shared Value explained Nestlé Corporate Business Principles Our Commitments Materiality Key Performance Indicators Summary Consolidated environmental performance indicators Nestlé in society | Creating Shared Value and meeting our commitments 2012 | Full report 3 6 8 9 10 11 15 18 20 2 What is CSV How we implement CSV Nutrition Water Rural development Responsible sourcing Environmental sustainability Human rights and compliance Our people A message from our Chairman and our CEO We have always believed that in order to prosper we need the communities we serve and in which we operate to prosper as well: and that over the long term, healthy populations, healthy economies and healthy business performance are mutually reinforcing. We recognise...
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...design a sustainable community, one must use green alternative methods and use renewable sources. Sustainability should be a process of planned change and learning. To have a sustainable community, there must be sustainable relationships between people; also people need a relationship with the environment. Societies through managed learning should be able to adapt to feedback, improve decision making by sharing information, communication, and understanding (Sustainable, 2012). When building the community, I would use recycled materials. By reusing materials that would have been thrown away, I will be saving trees that would have been cut down to build. Another way we can contribute to a green community is by buying products deemed environmentally friendly. If we look for products which are friendlier to our environment through the production of the product and the use of the product, it will help us live in a green community. In this community we would recycle what we can and reuse what we are able to. This would not take any extra money. In most cases it will save us money, or we will earn money, I would tell people, if you don’t need your cell phone, electronic devices, etc., anymore, don’t throw them away. They can be recycled and reused. This will be an important theme in the community, reduction, reuse, and recycle. To integrate the principles of sustainability and self-sufficiency into the design of the community is very important. One of the most important...
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...commonly used into market food. Red attracts the attention of buyers as it is literally the first colour they see. The red colour appears on nearly every food label. It stimulate emotional responses and also apparently prompts appetite, this explains why most restaurant and kitchen uses the red accent on walls. Yellow Yellow make people happy and is very common colour in food marketing. Yellow indicates joyfulness and hopefulness and overall good feelings. The brain produce serotonin ‘happy hormone’ when people see yellow. Food marketers use yellow`s feelings power as it bring back those emotional experiences and use it generously in branding their products. Green Green is synonyms of natural and healthy. Green is also associated with sustainability, environment-friendly products, and organic products. Subsequently, the colour green is now linked with healthy body and well-being in food advertising, and food labels frequently feature the colour green together with claims of freshness or natural...
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...Provide an example of ‘sustainable’ marketing and justify your choice of organisation or brand with reference to their current marketing activities. Sustainability has been defined as ‘the consumption of goods and services that meet basic needs and quality of life without jeopardizing the needs of future generations’ (OECD, 2002). This may be interpreted in a number of ways, but mainly sustainability is all about restricting the amount of resources that are produced, but still making the most out of the resources that are available. The idea of sustainability is now recognised worldwide, and is currently a mainstream issue. This is shown by the growing interest for sustainable issues by consumers. However, even though sustainability has became a mainstream issue, the consensus surrounding issues such as climate change, sustainability and pollution is not a universal concern. Marketing’s role in promoting sustainability is essential as marketing can easily influence the behaviour of the consumer. Marketing is extremely influential in global society, and when used positively and for a good cause, it can encourage consumers to buy environmentally friendly products. However, it can also educate consumers to see the importance in making themselves more environmentally friendly by recycling and reusing products, and even just eating and drinking more healthily. This essay will outline the basic factors and critically assess the value and importance of sustainable marketing. Furthermore...
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