Susan Bloemke June 14, 2015 Discussion Case: Coca-Cola’s Water Neutrality Initiative 1. The public issue facing Coca-Cola Company was that its stakeholders were upset with Coca-Cola because of the impact of its excessive water use on local communities. “The Center for Science and the Environment also charged that Coca-Cola products contained dangerous levels of pesticide residues.” Local officials were shutting down a local plant in the state of Kerala. “An Indian court issued an order
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Project Management Plan for Ducks Unlimited Introduction Ducks Unlimited(DU) has become a leader in habitat preservation and has conserved more than 12.6 million acres (46,900 km²) of waterfowl habitat in North America. DU partners with a wide range of corporations, governments, other non-governmental organizations, landowners, and private citizens to restore and manage areas that have been damaged and to prevent further degradation of existing wetlands. DU is also active in working with others
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Minnesota is the northernmost U.S. state apart from Alaska; its isolated Northwest Angle in Lake of the Woods is the only part of the 48 contiguous states lying north of the 49th Parallel. The state is part of the U.S. region known as the Upper Midwest. The state shares a Lake Superior water border with Michigan and Wisconsin on the northeast; the remainder of the eastern border is with Wisconsin. Iowa is to the south, North Dakota and South Dakota to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Ontario
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Causes of Deforestation: Agriculture - As demands on agricultural products rise more and more land is brought under cultivation for which forests are cleared, grass-lands ploughed, uneven grounds leveled, marshes drained and even land under water is reclaimed. Plantations and commercial agriculture - A major force behind deforestation is commercial agriculture: Wealthy companies clear large areas of forest to be converted into farmland. Commercial agriculture such as: Palm oil and acacia
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Planning the Audit Process I wanted to let you know that Apollo Shoes is satisfied with our services and wants to continue with a full audit. Therefore I wanted to explain to you how I plan to conduct the audit. I will begin with an explanation of the objectives, responsibilities and strategies for completing the audit. This will be followed by explanations on how analytical procedures will be used to plan, conduct and complete the audit, how materiality and risk will be consider in designing the
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Costa Rica’s dry tropical forests have been under siege since 2014 from loggers looking to cash in on skyrocketing demand for precious hardwoods, especially cocobolo (Dalbergia retusa), also known as tropical rosewood. The illegal logging of cocobolo and other precious hardwoods threatens Costa Rica’s famous but understaffed national parks as loggers look to protected areas as the last untapped source of valuable lumber for export. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild
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water diversions AP Environmental Science Water Diversions Purpose: - Analyze the effects of water diversions on surrounding ecosystems and human communities. - Compare and contrast the problems and successes of various water diversions and describe possible remediation. Introduction: Humans have been diverting water for irrigation, flood control, and a constant drinking supply for thousands of years. When populations were small, the diversions were small. Over the last
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In this case, the plaintiff claimed that the manufacturer owed a duty of care to the consumer to ensure that the bottle of drink was fit for purpose in which no other person had an opportunity to inspect. Although this case is significant as a watershed in product liability law, it is most certainly famous because of Lord Atkin’s new law called the neighbour principle in which a framework was set up for determining the existence of a duty of care. Legally speaking, the manufacturer was found liable
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Film chain: Production: What are the stages in producing a film? Film production consists of: Development: Where a story line is selected, getting inspiration from either books, magazines and newspapers, or getting ideas from true stories or dreams. A screen writer then writes a screen play over a period of months. This screen play may be edited throughout this stage in order to improve structure. The producer and screen writer prepare a film pitch. If the pitch is successful, it get a green
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The Joint Family system, the caste system, and the agricultural background of ancient Indian society left no room for unemployment. Manu, the law-giver of ancient India, ordained that the king should support all his subjects as earth does for all the living beings, without discrimination. The epic Mahabharata mentions that the king should look after the welfare of the disabled, helpless, orphans, widows, victims of calamities, and pregnant women by meeting their minimum needs. Kautilya, the greatest
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