There are 3 areas to judge for sustainability. 1. Economic sustainability. 2.Social sustainability. 3. Environmental sustainability.
Sustainabililty This is meeting the needs of present generations without compromising those of the future. Sustainability aims to improve the quality of people's lives, now and in the future so it links to issues around growth and development, GDP and HDI and broader measures of development. Notice this means we should meet the needs of present generations as well as the future. Thus development aims to improve the quality of life of present generations now, and is part of sustainability. Economic growth (by GDP measure) is now very fast in many poor countries so we are meeting the material welfare side of the definition better than we were, but perhaps threatening the future. The rise of China and India and others is rapidly increasing the demand for finite resources. Oil and mineral supplies may be threatened one day, just as we face global warming soon as the science strongly suggests. Also this might affect the social stability of these fast changing nations. Also renewables are threatened. by Population growth, now 6.5 billion people and expected to rise to over 9 billion in 20 years. Farmland, fish and forests and the environment are all under tremendous pressure as economies grow and industrialise, people want cars and houses with central heating etc. There are 3 areas to judge for sustainability. 1. Economic sustainability. 2.Social sustainability. 3.
Humans and Sustainability
. For me sustainability goes to the origin of the word, which is to sustain. In this context, sustainability means to be able to sustain human life. For that is the primary concern for humans. While it is important for us to bear in mind the sustainability of other life forms, when broken down those concerns go back to the concern for the survivability of the human race. 2. 3. To sustain the human race is very complicated procedure because of the multitude of variables that go into it. Humans obviously need food, water, and shelter. To provide food, there needs to be ways of distribution and production. Food also needs to be nutritious enough so that humans can perform necessary tasks and to remain healthy. Water is necessary for most biological tasks and is also used for many other tasks required in food production, mainly the growing of certain foods. Shelter is key because human’s survivability rate without protection from the elements is low compared to that of the humans who did have shelters. However, humans require more than these bare necessities to survive as a productive, for there is more to life than gaining the bare necessities. 4. 5. Humans are political creatures, in that they naturally tend to form social groups. Social groups increase the sustainability of the human race. They provide emotional and physical support, increase in food
Sustainability in Action
Summary The sustainability in action case study for this essay is carried out using Coca-Cola as a company by analysing its sustainability and environmental management techniques and how it relates to the environment and impacts which they mean to address as a multinational organization. Introduction The new "Live Positively" business guiding principle layout by The Coca-Cola Company worldwide assesses that consideration about the global environment must be interpreted into action. To the Coca-Cola system, environmental initiatives are a vital passport to getting sustainable growth together with the community. In order to please this fundamental requirement, they are working to make valuable use of the restricted resources available, reducing environmental impact during production, distribution and sales, mainly with regard to water, energy, waste and packaging. They are working to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from more than 10 million vending machines and coolers through the installation of HFC-free systems and intelligent energy management devices. The Coca-Cola system has defined principles for each of the core areas and has set Sustainability in action case study on Coca-Cola Actions to reduce environmental impact In 2009, by engagement with Greenpeace, the Coca-Cola System pledged to change to a 100 percent HFC-free equipment to be used in new
McDonalds Corporate Sustainability
Table of Contents .0 Executive Summary 3 2.0 Introduction 3 2.1 Why Environmental Sustainability is important 4 2.2 Definition of Environmental Sustainability 4 2.3 McDonalds Restaurants 5 2.4 Methodology 5 3.0 Findings 6 3.1 Obesity 6 3.2 Nutrition 7 3.3 Pollution 8 3.4 Energy 8 3.5 Waste 10 3.6 Environmental Protection Agency 12 4.0 PEST 14 5.0 SWOT 17 6.0 Conclusion 19 7.0 Recommendations 19 8.0 Reference List 21 McDonalds .0 Executive Summary McDonalds is a Multi National Corporation that is currently under a lot of pressure to become more 'green'. This report looks at the issues facing the company and the opportunities it can take to achieve this goal. The issues researched are those surrounding obesity, nutrition, pollution, energy saving ideas, wastage and what McDonalds is doing to play its part in helping to achieve environmental sustainability and help to fight climate change. Following the research, it is seen that McDonalds are implementing several measures to help, such as reducing their wastage which is seen as their main issue to address by making their packaging thinner and converting their used chip oil into bio-diesel to power their delivery fleet. There are other options that
Business & Sustainability
Business & Sustainability - Part 1 - Group Project After evaluating the report I conclude that Tesco fall into the Corporate Citizenship part of the Ethics-Morality Continuum which can be seen as above. This business fall into this category because it provide information and implements certain actions relating to the different issues involved in this category. Social development which is a key part of the Corporate Citizenship and can be defined as "...actions taken by organisation ....to improve the social, economic, cultural or environmental conditions of a society" Tesco have got a range of different policies which deals with different issues relating to the environment. Due to this I can say that the policies within Tesco cover all the basis part of the Social development issues at high standards. So the policies for Tesco are excellent however, there are still issues relating to some policies which are of concern for both Tesco supermarkets and Morrisons supermarket. For example the policy in question is the seafood policy because according to the Greenpeace oceans campaign both Tesco and Morrisons are fairly poor at this. "In our October 2005 report into the state of supermarket seafood... with Tesco and Morrisons also faring poorly. The research revealed that Britain's biggest retailers are responsible for the destruction of fish stocks.... UK's major
Sustainability in Engineering Design.
Principles of Engineering Design Sustainability in Engineering Design Name: John Chih Kang Wong Year: 3 Course: Civil Engineering Tutor: Professor Muir-Wood Sustainability in Engineering Design Introduction Sustainable development is a concept to develop a possible sustainable living for the modern society. There are several definitions to the concept of sustainable development. World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED) published one of the definitions that have been used widely up to date in 1987. Gro Harlem Bruntland, the chair of WCED in 1987, defined it as: "Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs". The Bruntland's definition is concise and covers the requirement to satisfy intergenerational needs. The definition is based on two concepts: * The concept of needs, comprising of the conditions for maintaining an acceptable life standard for all people, and * The concept of limits of the capacity of the environment to fulfill the needs of the present and the future, determined by the state of technology and social organization. However, this also has wild range of different interpretations. It has been considered that it fails to include limits within which society must operate. Therefore a more contemporary definition was developed by the NGO.
Analysis of HSBC Sustainability Report
Critical Review of HSBCs Sustainability Report. A project submitted as to complete a course on CSR. Sincere thanks to Dr Sujata Mukherjee for guidance in completing the project. CONTENTS Page No Introduction 3 Initiatives Financial Inclusion 4 Environment 5 Employee Volunteering 6 Measurement Indicators 7 Voluntary codes and Standards 9 Challenges 0 Corporate Governance 0 Future Prospects and Critique 1 References 3 INTRODUCTION HSBC - The World's Local Bank Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world. Headquarter: London Market Capitalization-- US$180bn Network: HSBC's comprises around 8,000 offices in 88 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. Shareholders: Shares in HSBC Holdings plc are held by around 220,000 shareholders in 119 countries and territories. It is listed on the London, Hong Kong, New York, Paris and Bermuda stock exchanges. Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American Depositary Receipts. Activities: With a wide international network aided by advanced technology and a fast growing e-commerce capability, HSBC provides an inclusive range of financial services: personal financial services; commercial banking; corporate, investment banking and markets;
Sustainability - case study: Zimbabwe
Sustainability - case study: Zimbabwe What do you understand by the term sustainability? Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Locate and identify with a sketch map the geography of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in southern eastern Africa. The terrain is mostly high plateau with a higher central plateau (high veld - any of the open grazing areas of southern Africa) and mountains in the east. Zimbabwe covers an area of 39000 sq. kms and has a population of 12.8 million of which 35% are urbanised. Half of these are in the capital city which is Harare (located by the red dot on the map). What are the challenges that face Zimbabwe today? There is racial divide as only 2% of the population is white; of the majority black population 71% are Shona and 16% Ndebele. The country is now effectively bankrupt. Social service provision is in decline and unemployment is running at 60%. From being self sufficient in basic food stuffs it is estimated that in 2003/2004 only one third of its main staple food maize will be available. Half the population are said by an O.E.C.D. Report (2003) to be facing starvation without outside aid. There are spatial inequalities such as at the
Sustainability in the Automotive Industry
Contents Page .0 Executive Summary 2 2.0 Introduction 2 3.0 Ecological Influences on Business 3 3.1 Ecological Influences in the Automotive Industry 5 4.0 Ethical Influences on Business 6 4.1 Ethical Influences in the Automotive Industry 8 5.0 PESTEL Influences on Business 9 5.1 PESTEL Influences in the Automotive Industry 12 6.0 Conclusion 15 Bibliography 16 Appendix .0 Executive Summary This report aims to give the reader an insight into certain theories and drivers relating to sustainable development. The information used within this report has been sourced from lecture and tutorial notes and through personal research. This information has then been used to assess the automotive industry as a whole. Conclusions have been drawn were possible and are supported by researched information 2.0 Introduction Modern day influences and pressures from Government, society, environment and green pressure groups are continually reminding us that the environment that we live in is not sustainable. It is up to us to act now to ensure that we do all we can to safeguard the well being of the environment for the future. As it becomes visible that if businesses take an interest in their environment and what they can do to help to reduce emissions, pollution, wastage disposal etc and how much of an impact this can have on
Sustainability Report. Aims: To analyse and study the key strategies towards environment and sustainability and make recommendations.
CHAPTER- 1 .1. Executive Summary It has been three decades in making the environmental revolution and it has greatly changed the way how firms do the business. In the early 1960s and 1970s majority of the firms were denying their impacts on the environment. But, then a series of high ecological problems created the foundation to support for highly stringent government rules and regulations. In Japan people were dying of mercury poisoning, in Europe the Rhine was on fire and in the US Lake Eric was dying. Nowadays, most of the firms have taken the responsibility so as to do no harm to the environment. The production process and products are becoming cleaner. In most of the well industrialized countries, more and more, new and new firms are going green as they found that they can lower the levels of pollution and increase their profits at the same time. There exist a great challenge behind greening and a vast amount of opportunity as well. The major challenge is to develop a sustainable global economy: An economy that supports the planet indefinitely. According to Crews (2009) even though most of the developed nations are approaching an ecological recovery, the planet as a whole remains unsustainable. But sustainability does not involve controlling pollution only. Even if all the nations around the world achieve zero emission by 2020, the planet would remain still stressed.
