...A NEW CAR PLAN FOR A GREENER FUTURE A NEW CAR PLAN FOR A GREENER FUTURE © Commonwealth of Australia 2008 ISBN 978-0-642-72554-7 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Commonwealth Copyright Administration, Attorney General’s Department, Robert Garran Offices, National Circuit, Canberra ACT 2600 or posted at http://www.ag.gov.au/cca CONTENTS PRIME MINISTER’S FOREWORD MINISTER’S FOREWORD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WHY A NEW CAR PLAN? THE DETAILS THE GOVERNMENT’S RESPONSE TO THE REVIEW OF AUSTRALIA’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY 1 3 5 7 9 13 PRIME MINISTER’S FOREWORD The Hon Kevin Rudd MP Prime Minister of Australia Our first car took to the road as early as 1897, when David Shearer demonstrated his steam-driven horseless carriage in South Australia. Yet it would be two generations before the first 48-215 Holden came off the line in 1948, and motor vehicle production began in earnest. That’s a measure of how hard it is to establish an automotive industry, and a reminder of why Australian governments have dedicated themselves to ensuring that we remain a car-making country. In the past, governments have tried to protect the industry with tariffs and quotas. The Button Plan of the 1980s showed there was a better way. If we want the Australian car...
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...Unwinding complex systems, fostering innovation and controlling climate change Stepping towards global prosperity in a greener environment Shitij Nigam mail.snigam@gmail.com Introduction The question of climate change - and whether to tackle it or not - has always probed the minds of policy makers. Indeed, the issue of how it may be technologically tackled is solved to a certain extent. But whether such solutions may be implemented in a sustainable manner, and which hold grounds with the interests of all stakeholders – demands a higher level of scrutiny, especially into the consequences of taking overtly aggressive actions. Indeed, Environmentalists have been continuously plagued by Economists regarding the viability of any steps which might be taken in this arena, especially in policy-making, given the substantial amount of initial investment involved in ‘green’ projects, supplemented by the fact that the rates of returns remain inevitably slow, if not supplemented by uncertainty in most cases. The term “Emerging Markets” has been loosely thrown around the table for the past few years, being crudely defined as ‘nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization’[1]. China and India instantly come to mind as perfect examples of such ‘markets’, given their perception as future cash-cows, owing to the vast scope of industrial expansion, especially within themselves – owing to the aggregated strength of their respective populations...
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...SWOT Analysis They are, thirty-two teams in the NFL but there’s only one team known for the team chant of “Everything Purple.” That team is The Minnesota Vikings; they joined the NFL in 1961 to become the 21st team. There currently owned by Zygi Wilf, while his brother Mark Wilf is there current president. The Vikings have been operating for fifty-four years, gone to the Superbowl four times and have lost them all. At this current moment there current stadium is TCF Bank Stadium, which is on the campus of the University of Minnesota, but not for long. Like every team at one point or another have to deal with internal strengths and opportunities or external weakness and threats. For the Vikings it all occurs with their stadium. That shouldn’t...
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...Reduction of Aircraft Emissions Carlos Hernandez Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ASCI 202 Intro into Aeronautical Science August 31,2013 Abstract Carbon emissions produced by aircraft is increasing as people tend to fly more. Aircraft technologies are trying to keep up as newer aircraft are built. As, these carbon emission built up high in the atmosphere they have an effect on the air. NASA and other foreign agencies are working together to eliminate the worlds carbon emission footprint. By building newer engines that are more efficient or developing alternate gases will help with reducing these gases. NASA studies should include research on the environmental effects that aviation has on the public health due to aircraft emissions. Also to eliminate any potential environmental effect these gases have. Aviation is very important to every country and the U.S. has struggled with many issues because of the lack of leadership. As our leadership gets involved the U.S. carbon footprint will be reduce as new technology is invented. Reduction of Aircraft Emissions Over the past five decades, advances in aircraft technology within the aviation field have been rapid, while shaping the way the aviation conducts business. Along with this new technology comes an increasingly higher demand for air travel across the world. As demand for air travel increases, it has become a common way of everyday life. It does not come without cost that is involved with daily operations. Aircraft crossing...
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...growth, unemployment and inflation to improve standards of living and reduce unemployment. Linked with policies on education, training and skills. | In December 2009, the (then) Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, announced a package of measures to try to tackle unemployment. These included internships and guarantees of places in education or training for every 16 and 17 year old in the UK. This was due to the level of young people being NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) exceeding one million people, i.e. 1 in 10 of people aged 16– 19. | An advantage to the business is that they would receive government funding to take on young people. Another advantage would be more staffing to meet demand. A disadvantage could be a relatively inexperienced workforce as a result. This disadvantage is likely to be outweighed by the extra funding and government support to take on these workers. | Balfour could react to this policy by providing apprenticeships and training...
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...The Earth is yours. Save it! The Earth is yours. Save it! Name : Sanelisiwe Gomomo Laetitia Ngalula Aviwe Janeth Viwe Introduction What does it mean to Go Green? Going Green means that you have adopted certain practices and habits that reduce your overall impact on the environment. These practices may include anything from recycling, reducing your energy usage, using public transportation, to buying local products. Going green is quite important to the environment as well as our health. We will be able to breathe a little easier with less pollution in the air. Consider for a moment that a plastic soda bottle takes over 450 years to decompose, and that beer cans take 200 to 500 years to decompose. If these things are not recycled, or if a process isn't found to speed up decomposition, then we're going to wind up living in our own landfills. People all around the world consume billions of bottles and cans each and every single year, without a method to get rid of these items, our great grandchildren will still be seeing those same bottles and cans around, that alone is an important reason to go green. The Going Green Campaign is to ensure the earth will be a better place to live in future. I. INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE The Going Green Campaign has been created to raise the awareness on the environment hazards we are facing today. There are many ways we can save our earth and prevent it from being destroyed. Our earth has lost a massive ideal environment...
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...1 Strayer University 2 |Assignment for Course: | | |Submitted to: | | | | | |Submitted by: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |Date of Submission: May 28, 2013 | | |Title of Assignment: Poverty and Pollution | ...
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...GREENER INDIA A report on promoting cycling in the country PEDALLING TOWARDS A Study supported by All India Cycle Manufacturers’ Association (AICMA) Pedalling Towards A A report on promoting cycling in the country GREENER INDIA All India Cycle Manufacturers’ Association (AICMA) Study supported by the The Energy and Resources Institute © The Energy and Resources Institute 2014 All rights reserved Published 2014 For more information Akshima T Ghate TERI Darbari Seth Block IHC Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi – 110 003 India Tel. 24682100 or 24682111 E-mail akshima@teri.res.in Fax 2468 2144 or 24682145 Web www.teriin.org India +91•Delhi (0)11 Contents Project Team ...................................................................................................................................................... v Acknowledgement ............................................................................................................................................vii Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................... ix Preface ............................................................................................................................................................... xi Executive Summary.............................................................................................................................
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...The hospitality and tourism sector has grown at a rapid rate over the last few decades, and shows no signs of slowing down. International tourist arrivals increased by 1.1 billion from 1995 to 2015, and are expected to reach 1.8 billion by 2030). According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s (UNWTO) long term forecast Tourism Towards 2030, the tourism industry has grown to become one of the world’s fastest growing and largest economic sectors (United Nations World Tourism Ogranization, 2015). Traditionally the hospitality and tourism industry has not been viewed as one that has a large impact on the natural environment, especially when compared to industries such as oil, gas, and consumer product manufacturing industries. However, hotels contribute to negative environmental impacts through energy and water usage, importing non-durable goods, as well as emitting a large amount of carbon dioxide. Hotel water consumption for laundry, showers, toilets, dishwashers, swimming pools, spas, golf course irrigation, as well as for other amenities, can consume up to 1million m3 of water per year (Gössling, 2013). Global warming and water scarcity are both acknowledged around the world as serious problems, and with the demand for water expected to exceed supply by 40% by 2030, hotels must implement water waste management techniques and policies to help achieve sustainable tourism development (Tuppen, 2013). In 1995, an action plan for businesses in the travel and tourism...
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...attached to this term. Other similar terms used are environmental marketing and ecological marketing. Entrepreneurs and Green Marketing: There is a new bottom line for business. Besides measuring financial success, companies are increasingly taking account of environmental and social performance - the so-called 'triple bottom line'. Entrepreneurs with a keen business sense and a desire to make the world a better place will reap the rewards. In response to environmental and regulatory pressures, technology is advancing rapidly. To keep abreast of changes and to identify potential markets, entrepreneurs need to: * Follow trends in regulations and standards, which can create or destroy markets overnight. Governments change regulations for a variety of reasons, including lobbying and scientific evidence. * Become familiar with international environmental agreements. The markets created from these agreements will be massive, and cut across many regions and industries. Technologies developed to comply with the agreements will focus on eco-efficiency, pollution prevention, and...
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...TOYOTA Building Cleaner, Greener Cars 1. How does Toyota’s approach to social responsibility relate to the three concepts of social responsibility described in the text (profit responsibility, stakeholder responsibility, and societal responsibility)? In the past, it was believed that companies simply had to serve shareholders by generating profits without any concern for other societal responsibilities. However, today's world expects companies to be concerned with more than profits; instead, companies must consider all stakeholders-the community and the environment in addition to capitalism focused solely on profit responsibility. Toyota has efficiently blended profit responsibility, stakeholder responsibility, and social responsibility in order to create a highly competitive, socially conscious, and profitable company. In terms of serving the organizations shareholders, Toyota has attended profit responsibility by becoming the worlds largest automotive manufacturer and the tenth largest corporation in the world. Profit responsibility entails making the right strategic and ethical move to produce larger profits. Toyota uses diversification like the Lexus line; memorable marketing campaigns, and new vehicle developments like Scion and the Prius to encourage sales that lead to greater profits. The company regularly produces vehicles that sell as the best in their class, leading to profits that are passed on to Toyota's shareholders. However, shareholders...
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...| 2010 | | | [APPLE INCORPORATED] | Apple is discussed based on the the history of the company, its products, the company’s profitability and criticisms and challenges the company has encountered . | Technology is the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, and crafts, or is systems or methods of organization. The word technology comes from the Greek technología. The term can either be applied generally or to specific areas: examples include “construction technology”, “medical technology”, or “state-of-the-art technology”. In this research paper, Apple Inc will be discussed, based on the history of the company, its products, the company’s profitability and criticisms and challenges the company faces. What is Apple Incorporated? Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and manufactures consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. Established on April 1, 1976 in Cupertino, California, and incorporated January 3, 1977, the company was called Apple Computer, Inc. for its first 30 years, but on January 9, 2007 the company removed the word “Computer” in order to reflect the company’s ongoing expansion into the consumer electronics market in addition to its traditional focus on personal computers. Apple’s best known hardware products include Macintosh...
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...The 2012 London Olympics is scheduled to be one of the most spectacular games in addition to being held in one of the world’s best cities. The Olympics is undeniably one of the greatest sporting events on earth. In order to ensure that the visitors are treated to the arrays of entertainment and eventful sporting event in addition to bringing benefits to the Londoners, the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority (GLA) has put in place measures and priorities to develop London in readiness for this event. Among the most important items on the planning agenda is environmental sustainability (Stallone, 2005). An independent body, Commission for a Sustainable London 2012, has already been established to monitor and assure the sustainability of the 2012 Olympic Games. The 2012 Summer Olympics plan for the environment is designed and focused on four main areas. These include waste management, reduction of carbon emissions, promotion of environmental awareness, and biodiversity. Other environmental measures include being committed to minimizing the construction effects to both individuals and the community. These duties and responsibilities lie at the hands of the Greater London Authority (GLA) and the Mayor of London. Powers and Responsibilities of the Mayor and the GLA The Greater London Authority is a strategic administrative body that is vested with powers and responsibilities aimed at the development of London. The GLA has responsibilities that are categorized in three...
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...1.0 Executive Summary The Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum is a non profit organisation, situated in Bournemouth, exhibiting a collection of art work and artefacts from all over the world. The types of services they offer to the public include: * Educational Visits * Craft Activities * Fun for Under 5’s * Food/ Beverages – Cafe * Family Explorer Travel Bags * Gift Shop * School Holiday Entertainment * Venue Hire * Art Exhibitions * Guided Tours Source: http://www.russell-cotes.bournemouth.gov.uk [Accessed 22/02/2010] Our Mission is to produce an innovative event to target a new market of customers. This will help to potentially bring profits to the organisation and therefore benefit them by expanding their product and service range, as well as attracting a niche market. We aspire to exceed our guest’s expectations and to meet the requirements by creating a new event. 2.0 Situational Analysis Creating a Chinese New Years themed murder mystery evening, will be the first time the museum has hosted such an event. In order for it to be successful and profitable, a strong marketing strategy is essential. Russell-Cotes Museum effectively targets certain markets well, but our aim is to provide an event for the areas of the market that have not yet been reached. 2.1 Markets Summary Russell-Cotes museum has minimal information regarding its existing customer profile. Appealing to all market segments has proved difficult as...
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...MM110 Assignment 1 Market anaylsis of organic wines in australia xiangyun Dai, SID:220113354 MM110 Assignment 1 Market anaylsis of organic wines in australia xiangyun Dai, SID:220113354 2013 2013 Unit coordinator: Fredy-Roberto Organic Wines Organic wines are made from wine grapes produced under organic agricultural practices, as defined by the International Federation of Organic Agriculture movements as the ‘production system that sustains the health of soils, ecosystems and people. It relies on ecological processes, biodiversity and cycles adapted to local conditions’ with its core principle in achieving high yields without artificial fertilizers and pesticides (IFOAM, 2008). With over 11 million certified hectares of land, the Organic agricultural industry in Australia has received rapid growth in the recent years due to the trend to a more ‘healthy, and environmentally responsible’ consumer culture and a willingness to pay more for their values (Remaud, 2008). In the following years the industry is expect to continue to receive respectable double digit growth. The recent growth in organic produces has translated well into the growing market for organic wine (107% growth during 2010-2012) and it is expected to continue into the future (Mascitelli, 2012). While the average consumer are not so willing to pay the premium for the ‘organic’ label on their wine, research have found that a significant cluster (~14%) of Australians are willing to pay up to a 9% premium...
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