Essays on Sustainability

All products that are made by human kind degrades the living systems of one species or another, in a given ecosystem. The enforcing of ecosystem taxes will hike prices of the most environment degrading pollutants. “If the economy does not internalise the so called ‘external costs’, it will operate inefficiently and market distortion and inefficient economic decision-making will result”. The current taxes on environmental degradations are focused only on specified kinds of pollutants. Human activities create high ecological costs by…...

By 2015, the sector was estimated to consume about 32% of all energy used in the world. Consequently, it was responsible for about 19% of all emissions of greenhouse gases globally at the time. In the United States, for instance, the real-estate and construction sector alone was responsible for about 40% of all national energy consumption and about 35% of all greenhouse gas emissions. Greenhouse gases affect the global climate and, therefore, the biosphere in an adverse way. These gases…...

With this in mind, I would like to go into depth about the issue of humans essentially poisoning and destroying the earth by ways of deforestation, pollution, and industrialized farming. Generally, the people who take into consideration the damage that humans do to the earth are people who can afford to buy more expensive foods to avoid eating cheap meat produced by industrial farms. While people who do not have the luxury of buying exactly what they want to eat…...

The commercial and residential building sector in the construction industry contributes to the generation of 39% of carbon dioxide emission and consumption of 70% of electricity per year in the United States (USGBC- U.S. Green Building Council). The USGBC was formed to promote and encourage the design and construction of green buildings in the U.S. as a necessity to resolve these issues for environmental, social and economic benefits. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a rating system developed…...

The Pearce and Doh approach focus on companies Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives which fulfill their responsibilities and duties towards society and community. The executives and top management highly prioritize the CSR initiatives because of the company’s own interest, philanthropy, competitive, and political advantage. The Pearce and Doh approach portray on the fair balance between “low engagement” solutions which focuses on the less participation and more focus on core competencies of organization and “high engagement” solutions which focuses on high participation…...

What are their sources of competitive advantage? Disney’s uniqueness in the media and entertainment industry stems from its seamless synergies between its diverse business segments. Creating synergies between the diverse business operations was a smart move on Disney’s part because the company can build upon each of the entities by advertising products on its other businesses which in the long-run will allow the company to reach a greater audience with each of its products and thus withstand major industry-wide economic…...

Russia was an important country for the EU, despite losing some of its energy resources in Central Asia with the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Russia's efforts to dominate the European energy market by creating new energy transmission lines have led to energy crises between Russia and Ukraine. Ukraine is a transit country where Soyuz, Brotherhood and Trans Balkan Natural Gas Pipelines cross from Russia to EU countries. In this respect, Ukraine is of strategic importance for both Russia and…...

Heavily informed by the Civil Rights Movement, the Environmental Justice movement for minorities and people of color is constructed by agendas surrounding autonomy, land rights, and human rights through the redefining of how African Americans and minorities relate to the environment. Proponents of classical economic theory argue poverty is the main factor for distribution of environmental hazards, and African Americans and minorities are most affected because they are disproportionately poor. Market dynamic explanations are often employed to argue that industry…...

Sustainability is defined in modern business practices as concentrating focus to three areas, commonly referred to as 3 pillars, they are the domains of social, environmental and financial impact. These three things are all interrelated and can all have a positive impact on each other when applied with detailed precision to a business’s practices. Nike is a sports company that got in trouble in the 1990’s due to only not adhering to these three pillars, but also getting in the…...

According to William J. Baumol (1977) “In an industry where a single firm can produce output to supply the entire market at a lower per-unit cost than can two or more firms (subadditivity of the cost functions) or in an industry to which entrants are not ‘naturally’ attracted and are incapable of survival, even in the absence of predatory measures by the incumbent monopolist (sustainability of monopoly) the single firm is called a natural monopoly.” (W.F.Depoorter, 1999).Natural monopolies are often…...

INTRODUCTIONIn the following literature-based paper. I will talk about the sustainability in hospitality industry. Especially, I aim towards answering my research question: How the sustainability can manage in the hospitality industry? In a present era, hospitality is a growing industry and sustainability is essential for this sector. Through a daily routine activity, in a large amount of waste are generated by this industry. For example, the building materials used for modernization, repairing materials are used for maintenance and paintings for…...

The authors of this article explained the three pillars of sustainability and how the education system uses sustainability to educate students to recognise and implement economic, social and environmental dimensions into their real life. The education providers are responsible to increase awareness and provide environmental knowledge to improve their thinking, problem-solving and decision-making skills. The article explained that the economic dimension handles all wealth production by measuring income, consumption, and distribution. The social dimension is important to maintaining quality of…...

Technology is progressed depending upon the requirements. Inventors have mystic skills in resolving situations with their innovations. But what makes engineers different from innovators is the capability of grasping the importance of sustainable technological solutions for the future. Although many of our requirements and predicaments remain the same, the solutions keep advancing with the time and the situation. This world needs efficient technologies that don’t make it suffer in the future.This ability of future analysis made me think about the…...

AbstractSustainability is the ability to continue a desirable behavior in getting the needs for today without compromising for tomorrow. We are all living unsustainably in one way or the other. The study discusses about sustainability and my unsustainable lifestyle in the first part. In the second part, the study defines the terms Ecology, Ecosystem, Organism, Population and Community. The terms are all interrelated to each other. Keywords – Sustainable, Unsustainable, Environment, Organisms.1. Do you think you are living unsustainability? Explain.…...

The much higher standard of living in the United States exists even during recessions. Moreover, people come to America for many reasons, including joining family, to avoid social or legal obligations, to take advantage of America’s social services, and to enjoy greater personal and political freedom. Thus even a prolonged economic downturn is unlikely to have a large impact on immigration levels.If we want lower immigration levels it would require enforcement of immigration laws and changes to the legal immigration…...

In reaction to travel restrictions, school suspensions, and warnings not to meet in big crowds to hold our distance from fellow humans in order to restrict the transmission of the epidemic, several citizens switched to interactive resources to preserve a sense of normality. It became important to digitally change our offices and schooling in order to be able to function effectively.Many businesses that are willing to leverage technologies effectively to stay moving and reinvent their corporate plan for the future…...

In this paper, it will be argued global economies should place more emphasis on moving towards free trade and eliminate all barriers to free trade. The first section of arguments will explore the economic reasoning of notable economists and their support for free trade. The second segment will explore the merits of moving towards free trade as opposed to the implementation of trade restrictions.Free trade meets notations’ benefits that cannot be met through any other system of trade, and thus…...

The shortest distance between Africa and Europe is less than nine miles of ocean. However, the connotations associated with both continents are drastically different. For decades, NGO and Aid organizations have been portraying Africa as badly as possible with the intentions of garnering sympathy to receive donations. However, those descriptions can be disadvantageous to Africans despite the good intentions. Imagery is a use of figurative language to represent an object’s actions and ideas through figurative and metaphorical language.The technique is…...

Sustainability development; sustainable consumption and natural resources are used in a way that will not endanger future generations. Migros has an important place in ensuring sustainability. Migros has a serious growth because of this; increased the efficient performance in existing store and open a newly store.That is, with the growth of the Migros company, there has been an increase in productivity. Migros sends organic waste consisting of food products to biogas plants. In 2015, 115 tons of Electrical and electronic…...

This report shows some of the growth drivers and challenges in the economy of china. China is among the highly rising country in the economic sector even to date hence my best selection for the report discussion. In four decades the economy of china had risen from a lowly developing country to a chief economic power. In the year 2019 as from the GDP (PPP) growth per capital, china was positioned 73rd, with a GDP of about $14.3 trillion.The country…...

In qualitative, sustainable development production replaces depreciated assets, and births replace deaths so that stocks of wealth and people are continually renewed and even improved. (Daily, 1990).Sustainable development must be inclusive and pay particular attention to the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable. Strategies need to be creative, action-oriented and collaborative, and adapt to multiple growth levels involving systemic changes in consumption and production patterns and could lead, inter alia, to substantial price (UNDESA, 2013).The Inclusive Economy provides a…...

As organizations continue to increase in the market domestically and internationally, the need for effective communication is an asset. In order to relate the vision and mission for a company, the message must be conveyed correctly. Business can’t operate without communicating with its customers, employees or other businesses (Munjal, 2017). Growth of business depends upon how business communicates with its external as well as internal users (Munjal, 2017). Effective business communication helps get the job done well, on time and…...

Mercedes-Benz AG is a multinational corporation known for the world-wide business of cars and vans. The company focuses on the development, production, and sales of cars, vans, and services. The current Chairman of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG is Ola Kallenius. The Mercedes-Benz company also aspires to be the leader in fields of automated and alternative driving.They have a product portfolio made up of sub-brands; Mercedes-AMG, Mercedes-May Bach, and Mercedes-Me. The company also works on a smart brand…...

Generally, adopting ethical behavior and engaging in corporate social responsibility can significant steps towards the success of the business. In addition to making profits, organizations have other duties in society and to act ethically right (Nicolaides 2017). However, while businesses are trying to achieve these roles, unethical issues always arise, which can destroy shareholders and company reputation, decreases the share value in the market, and other negative impacts for the customers.In an organization context, social responsibility is a concept that…...

Foxconn Technology was founded by Terry Gou in 1974, specializing in computers, patron electronics, communications, digital content, sales of high-tech companies, and auto-parts. Foxconn is regarded as the greatest and the fastest-growing multinational agency in the Electronic manufacturing services (EMS) industry. (Cheng, Eccles, & Serafeim, 2013)Foxconn is one of the highest IT base industries and gives the lowest total cost options to its partners. Foxconn Technology and its subsidiaries contain 800,000 employees, which encompass half of its employees from Longhua…...

European Union Introduction In the center of the EU there are Member States - 28 countries belonging to the Union - and its citizens. The peculiarity of the EU is that all of these countries are sovereign, independent countries and have combined some of their 'sovereignty' for power and benefits from size. The unification of sovereignty in practice means that Member States delegate some of their decision-making powers to partner institutions they create, so that decisions on specific issues related…...

The studied remediation alternatives were irrigating with freshwater (FW), diluting TWW with an equal proportion of FW (MIX), high volume and long irrigation intervals (LFI), and installation of tuff trenches (TUF). Obviously, the low levels of salts and other harmful materials in freshwater makes it ideal for irrigation. Irrigation with freshwater might improve physicochemical characteristics of soil already adversely affected by long term irrigation with TWW compared with poor quality water (e.g., TWW).However, there is a scarcity of FW in Arid…...

Expansion of the tourism industry has mainly been boosted by the development of the global economy.Several factors, such as evolution of mass transportation and motorization; introduction and implementation of information and communication technologies applications in the tourism sector; world’s gross domestic product (GDP) increase coupled with the growth of disposable income to be allocated to travel; improvement of security and rights for tourists; and the process of globalization, have remarkably contributed to expand the market for tourism activities(Hirst & Tresidder, 2016).To Zimbabwe, tourism is vital…...

Home furnishings manufactures in India offer a spectacular range of bed linen, table linen, kitchen and bath linen, furnishing fabrics, curtains, rugs, durries, carpets, made-ups and other home furnishings accessories. India Comes under the world`s biggest producers like Welspun who is the third largest towel producer, Trident who is largest terry towel producer and Bombay Dyeing and manufacturing Company ltd (Wadia) is one of the top textile companies in India.Growth of home textile market is moving very fast. In India,…...

Executive SummaryBec&Bridge has been a successfully run company for over last years, employing many strategic brand decisions to improve the brand equity. The purpose of the following report is to analyze the successes and failures of these strategies. This brand arouse questions regarding the target market, controversial advertisements, marketing techniques, corporate financials, and many brand extensions that have contributed to the continuing success of the company.The future holds an opportunity to make their presence known even more than in recent…...

This article talks about the use of sustainability traid as a framework for educators to teach sustainability in the classrooms. A method was discussed which could help students to understand and recognize the concept of sustainability. Later, a minicase (Waterton Lakes National Park) was included to show how the sustainability traid can be used for analysis.Using the sustainability traid as a framework for case analysis offers several pedagogical advantages as it is an aid to understanding barriers to achieving sustainability…...

If stakeholders are engaged with sustainable marketing then the business can aim at marketing sustainable products and services which can satisfy customer’s needs, meaningfully improve the social/environmental performance, similarly by increasing customer value, while also achieving the company\'s goals/aims.Stakeholder engagement in sustainable marketing is additionally linked with success and has many benefits to the business, this paper will discuss the advantages of engaging stakeholders. According to (Domegan et al, 2019) common to all meanings is that the notion that stakeholder…...

This weeks reading focuses on Environmental Education. It identifies academic institutions and the media as main actors in environmental struggles and it looks at the conflicts among them to reach their goals. As shown by Gillian Symons in Education For Sustainability, Environmental Education (EE) enables one to develop the skills needed to analyze and solve environmental problems. It teaches us How and not What to think about the environment. It also enhances our decision-making skills as well as develops our…...

My second PRP is “The Crash Course". It's a 317 page, Non-Fiction book about the unsustainable future of our Economy, Energy, and Environment. It was written by Chris Martenson, who has a PhD in Pathology from Duke University and an MBA from Cornell. He also is the co-author of "Financial Reckoning Day", which is a book similar to this one. I really, really recommend this book, because it is a huge eye opener. I honestly think that at least everybody…...

The concept of sustainable development is an attempt to balance two moral demands placed on the environment. The first demand is for development, including economic development or growth. It arises mainly from the interests of people who live in developing countries. Their present poverty gives them a low quality of life and calls urgently for steps to improve their quality of life. The second demand is for sustainability, for ensuring that we do not risk the future in the sake…...

In today's world if someone hears the words "global warming", what comes to mind? Polar bears dying because of ice melting in the arctic, crazy weather patterns that get extremely hot at times, then below zero at others, droughts on the west coast and gas prices rising to over five dollars per gallon. The list goes on and on. Every day, humans make a choice. They make a choice whether or not to throw their water bottle in the trash…...

The Belo Monte Dam is a planned hydroelectric dam on the Xingu River, a tributary of the Amazon River in Brazil (International Rivers 2014). The dam is currently under construction by the Brazilian government, and will be the world's third largest hydroelectric dam if completed (International Rivers 2014).It will be owned by a government-controlled energy consortium called Norte Energia (The Economist 2013). Its creation has been a controversial issue in the country, and legal disputes have slowed down the construction…...

Throughout the semester, this course has continuously emphasized the importance of human action to reduce the destruction of the earth as we know it. There have been all kinds of examples of disastrous situations; from mountaintop removal in Appalachia to the drilling of pipelines in South Dakota. A broader topic that encompasses almost all of the issues presented is the depletion of nonrenewable resources. Although this may seem like just a modern-day issue, there are several ancient societies that faced…...

Factors of sustainability and development in the hotel industry will be discussed and defined to provide a context for this research. Knowledge of the performance, trends and features of hotels in the industry will be used as a case study. Remarkable growth of sustainable development in a hotel environment is supported by recent literature.Sustainability movement incorporates complete thinking that combines problem solving with regards to equity, ecology and economy. This kind of thinking is crucial in the sustainable movement and…...

Over the last twenty or so years, it has become increasingly evident that the planet will not be able to survive the abuse that humans inflict upon it through everyday life. Between the rapid depletion of non-renewable resources, water and air pollution, and the ever growing climate change problem, humans are killing the only known habitable planet. However, advances in scientific research and new technologies have provided ways to combat and control human impact on the environment. Creating sustainable housing is…...