green business practices and processes help protect the environment, they may also help a company improve its bottom line. There are many direct benefits for businesses that embrace social and environmental responsibility. There are tangibles and financials that come from efficiency and cost savings: * Increased revenues and market share * Mutual benefits in contract alignments * Reduced risk, easier financing * Reduced expenses of construction sites In addition, today much of the value
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www.elsevier.com/locate/worlddev World Development Vol. 30, No. 9, pp. 1539–1560, 2002 Ó 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0305-750X/02/$ - see front matter PII: S0305-750X(02)00058-X Women in Sustainable Development: Empowerment through Partnerships for Healthy Living CLAUDIA MARA VARGAS * I University of Vermont, Burlington, USA Summary. — This article seeks to take partnerships seriously. Specifically, it is concerned with the nature, opportunities
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doi:10.3926/jiem.2010.v3n1.p11-32 JIEM, 2010 – 3(1): 11-32 – Online ISSN: 2013-0953 Print ISSN: 2013-8423 A case study of lean, sustainable manufacturing Geoff Miller1, Janice Pawloski2, Charles Standridge 3 1 Grand Rapids Chair Company (USA); 2, 3 School of Engineering, Grand Valley State University (USA) geoff@grandrapidschair.com; pawloskj@gvsu.edu; standric@gvsu.edu Received December 2009 Accepted May 2010 Abstract: A small furniture production company has integrated lean tools
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Vershire Company & Aluminum Industry Industry of Aluminum Aluminum. Less spillage or breakage, ease of storage at home or when people travel, maintenance of soft drink carbonation, ease of lithograph and ease of recycling, aluminum production is one of the modern era’s great economic stories. The world’s primary aluminium industry produces over millions ton of aluminium metal per year. The most important markets for aluminium products are the transport, building and packaging sectors, however
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Milestone (1)• Founded 1971 in Seattle‘s Pike Place Market• 1982: Howard Schultz becomes Director of Retail Ops; – Starbucks provides coffee to fine restaurants and espresso bars• 1984: First Starbucks Coffeehouse in Downtown Seattle• 1988: Full Health Benefits to employees• 1995: over 500 US-stores 5. Company Overview – Milestones (2)• 1998: starbucks.com• 2000: licencing agreement with TransFair USA to sell Fairtrade coffee in USA and Canada• 2009: East Africa Farmer Support Centre in Kigali /Rwanda;
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Individual Case Study: Vizio and the Market for Flat-Panel TVs International Business: Strategy and Structure [Author] Table of Contents Introduction 3 Vizio’s Background 3 Effects of Globalization 3 Recommendations 5 Conclusion 6 Work Cited 7 Introduction The objective of this case study is to analyze the success of Vizio and discuss how globalization has affected the manufacturing of flat-panel TVs. What effects do companies that globalize their production have on
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green operations will further ensure that the company does not incur liabilities in the course of doing their business. Method’s move to pursue green business activities that are costly in the short term is informed by the benefits it stands to gain in the long-run. The benefits of pursuing green operations make it the future of doing business. For instance, it allows the company to cut on operational costs. Green products are becoming popular with customers, and a company should align itself with
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Company faces accusations of “privatizing water supplies in Chiapas, Mexico, undermining workers’ rights in Central and South America by threatening union organizers with death, using sweatshop child labor and failing to provide adequate healthcare benefits to workers with AIDS in South Africa.” (Barlow, 2003; Zinn, 2002) With all these horrific accusations put on Coca-Cola, the company is starting to reform their ways. In all of the following articles, you will find that Coca-Cola realizes their negative
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Waste and Energy Paper Monique Clemons, Angie Downs, Chisa Jackson, Sierra Richardson, Tim Rodabaugh, and Yvette Scott ENV / 100 October 28, 2013 Pamela Primrose Waste and Energy Paper Environmental Science is a way to obtain agricultural knowledge of how things are going on around the world and the effect it has on the environment. In this document you will obtain a brief explanation of nuclear waste, plastic, coal and oil. What are the alternatives of other energy resources
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Abstract— Cities need to become smarter by becoming more sustainable, more efficient and more livable. Information technology is helpful in making the city smarter. Smart cities are based on eight pillars comprises of buildings, energy, water, recycling, healthcare, mobility, services and finance. This paper focuses mainly on energy, environment and infrastructure which include all the eight pillars. The key drivers in smart city in terms of energies are maintaining grids reliability and stability
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