Sustainable Development Essays

Vinnova is the Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems. Its mission is to promote sustainable growth by funding needs-driven research and developing effective innovation systems. Through its activities in this field, Vinnova strives to make a substantial impact on Sweden’s transformation into a prominent hub of economic growth. The Vinnova Report series encompasses external publications […]

Los Angeles: Dream a Different City, a 2007 film, highlighted the efforts made by the residents of Los Angeles to address the main problem they are facing – air pollution in the form of smog. This pollution is primarily caused by the smoldering of large quantities of coal and vehicular emissions. The film aimed to […]

My interest in architecture has led me to study the topic of building policies, as they are the foundation of any modern building, in particular those policies set in Wales as these will show me how these laws and regulations can directly affect my environment. I will also conduct an interview with a Planning Officer […]

Sustainable and Unsustainable development Sustainable Development Concept Sustainable development is a pattern of social and structured economic transformations (i. e. development) which optimizes the economic and societal benefits available in the present, without jeopardizing the likely potential for similar benefits in the future. A primary goal of sustainable development is to achieve a reasonable and […]

Water is an essential element for life. Many people must confront daily the situation of an inadequate supply of safe water and the very serious resulting consequences. The intention of this paper is to present some of the human, social, economic, ethical and religious factors surrounding the issue of water. The Holy See offers these […]

Sustainability necessitates a comprehensive approach to action, recognizing the significance of involving all individuals in decisions that impact their lives. Sustainable development is too extensive and wide-ranging to be solely entrusted to environmental experts or specific departments. It must garner backing and participation from all sectors within the organization. In the realm of business, it […]

Market Analysis Opportunities India had an installed solar power capacity of 1700 MW in 2007 which amounted to roughly 1% of its total power generation of 130,000 MW. India is currently ranked 7th in the world in Solar PV cell production. But considering India’s geographic location and climatic conditions, this is a huge market waiting […]

The large scale impacts of Tourism include environmental, socio-cultural and economic impacts. Impacts can be positive, as well as negative, but should never be underestimated. The concept of sustainability is factored into these tourism impacts, when the size of the impacts become large enough to drastically alter economic, socio-cultural and environmental areas of a tourist […]

Groupe Danone is a world leader in the production of diary products being one of the largest dairy food and water produces in the world. With 90,000 employees in 120 countries of the world the company is very much knowledge-intensive and innovation-driven. Growing to become one of the most successful food and beverage companies in […]

Sainsbury’s, also referred to as J Sainsbury PLC, is a UK-based supermarket chain that has diversified investments in property and banking. As of March 2007, the company’s estate was valued at approximately ?8.6 billion. Sainsbury’s, the largest grocer in the UK until 1995, lost its position to Tesco that year and was later pushed into […]

The Socio-Economic effects of dolphinariums on small island destinations By: Joanne Armantrading & Stefan Oosterwaal International Management & Business Research Methodology University of Aruba 2008 Table of contents Intro 3 Literature Review 6 Conceptual Model11 Stakeholders14 Hypotheses 21 Research Design23 Secondary data analysis27 Primary data30 Conclusion37 References38 Introduction There has been significant debate regarding the […]

Economic Sustainability The business of staying in business Deborah Doane & Alex MacGillivray New Economics Foundation March 2001 Executive Summary Although sustainability is now generally understood to be a combination of environmental, social and economic performance, this report finds that economic sustainability is the most elusive component of the “triple bottom line” approach. There is […]

Case Sustainability Initiative at Roche Table of Contents Introduction3 Sustainable development: the triple bottom line3 Economic, social and environmental responsibility3 Social responsibility: the key elements5 Corporate Responsibility Innovation at Roche5 What is corporate responsibility? 5 Corporate responsibility according to the Roche corporate brochure6 Target of responsibility as reflected in reported organizational structures, policies and practices. […]

Bangladesh has survived the recent economic recession & was successful to hold a sustainable inflation rate during that period. This country has a better GAP growth rate than the other developing nations too. This report is prepared as an integral part of my task for the DDCD, as one of their strategy 2050 report holder […]

Can a Product Manufacturer Become a Successful Service Provider? In Pursuit of a Business Model that Fosters Complementarily between Product and Service Activities perspectives Vivian Visions and Bart Van Alloy Academic paper to be presented at the Academy of Management Conference, San Antonio, LISA, August 2011 Why this paper might be of interest to Alliance […]

The concept of gender used in this report assumes the fact that the prevailing identities of man and woman are created by societies and do not correspond to a permanent and fixed condition. The UNDP defines gender as “the social attributes and opportunities associated with being male and female and the relationships between women and […]

Beside impacts of integration, modernization, hunger alleviation and poverty reduction, sustainable development requires special contribution of science and technology in order to preserve biodiversity and cultural diversity, conserve natural resources and prevent environment pollution. Today, education is treated by governments and various stakeholders as an investment for future and is considered an effective tool for […]

Ecotourism (also known as ecological tourism) is responsible travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and (often) small scale. It purports to educate the traveller; provide funds for conservation; directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities; and foster respect for different cultures and for […]

The Energy Audit proposal is an inspection, survey, and analysis of energy flows in a building, process, or system aimed at reducing the energy input without negatively affecting the output(s) in order to achieve energy conservation. This audit seeks to identify opportunities for financial savings by eliminating wasteful use of electricity, coal, and fuel oil […]

The recent global energy crisis has had a dual impact on both the environment and economy. The escalation of fuel costs has led to higher prices for necessary commodities, while the utilization of non-renewable sources of energy has detrimentally affected the earth by contributing to both climate change and extreme weather conditions. Although there are […]

Throughout this paper I will refute the claim that there can be no authentic participation without empowerment by arguing that although empowerment is a key objective of participation in that it seeks to give local people a role in development projects, empowerment is not an inevitable outcome. As often factors such as the complex relations […]

“The phrase ‘sustainable development’ appears to have been first used in 1972 by Donella Meadows and other authors of the Limits to Growth and by Edward Goldsmith and the other British authors of Blueprint for Survival in the same year” (Wheeler 2004, p.19) In 1987, the phrase ‘Sustainable Development’ “has come to represent mainstream thinking […]