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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Environmental and social sustainability"”.
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Measuring environmental and social sustainability in the apparel supply chain
… in an unsustainable way. Materials, energy, and other resources are used inefficiently throughout the apparel supply chain, leading to unsustainable levels of waste generation. Post-purchase use and disposal are rarely considered during the design and production of apparel products. Apparel …
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Multivariate optimization of neighborhood scale problems for economic, environmental, and social sustainability
… determining the trade-offs between the social, economic, and environmental sustainability of an architectural problem. The method is tested on a neighborhood-scale mega-development. This scale of built environment intervention falls between the building scale work of architects and the …
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Iceland as Norm Entrepreneur : Implementing Innovation in the Measurement of Economic Progress
… have been raised internationally about the environmental and social sustainability of policies focused solely on economic growth. Economic growth is most often represented by gross domestic product (GDP), the most universal economic indicator. GDP, however, through its inherent flaws, …
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Consumers' Perceptions Towards Sustainability: A Cross-Cultural Analysis
<p>Sustainability has become a subject of increasing concern to academics and practitioners in recent years. Increasing consumer demand for socially responsible products encouraged supply chains to put increasing emphasis on sustainability. In adapting sustainability practices consumers play a very …
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Sustainable building maintenance within social housing
The social housing sector contains the largest number of professionally managed properties and as such has a significant role to play in improving the UK’s economic, environmental and social sustainability. This thesis explores the viability of integrating the sustainability agenda with social …
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SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES AND GREENWASHING ALONG FOOD VALUE CHAINS: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS
… but it also entails major impacts in terms of environmental and social sustainability. In order to address the sustainability-related challenges, companies have been increasingly taking an active role in promoting sustainability, by adopting voluntary sustainability standards (VSS). Companies …
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Understanding the antecedents of employee sustainability behaviours: measuring and theorising self- and collective efficacy for sustainability
… are increasingly committing to ambitious new environmental and social sustainability goals that will necessitate employees across the organisation changing their workplace behaviours. While both practitioners and scholars recognise the benefit of integrating sustainability into everyday work, …
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Linking entrepreneurial motivation, attitude, behaviour and sustainable supply chain performance measurement in South African manufacturing small and medium enterprises
… Supply Chain Performance Measurement (SSCPM) and management are pivotal processes for any organisation to ensure the attainment of strategic intent. Large enterprises have been successful with the implementation of SSCPM. One of the reasons is that their motives and attitudes are consistent …
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The City, The Body and The Mind: Interwoven Symbiosis of Nature, People and Architecture
… having an impression on identity, architecture and buildings share a symbiotic relationship in form of providing shelter to the human body. This thesis explores enhancing social fabric through the exploration of the interwoven symbiotic tectonics of the community's culture, their identity and …
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Urban Freight Transportation: The Interaction of Home Deliveries in Cities
… correctly, it can potentiate economic growth and support urban lifestyles. Nevertheless, the movement of goods in cities is usually in conflict with other urban flows and is generally perceived as having more negative externalities, above all for environmental and social sustainability. While …
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A Study of Social Sustainability of High-Rise Living in Kolkata, India
… living because of various socio-political and geographical factors examined in this study. The sustainability of high-rise apartment buildings has been the subject of several studies. These have covered various dimensions, including energy efficiency, economic, environmental, and social …
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Livelihoods, capabilities and insurgent citizenship in and around a rainforest metropolis : from violent urbanism to a new rurality?
Latin America is one of the most unequal and violent regions in the world. This unevenly affects the poor, who bear a disproportionate share of social pathologies including violence, poor health and inadequate access to healthcare and social rights. This uneven distribution of injustices has been …
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Ahumados Arte-Sano
… en los últimos años debido a la creciente demanda de productos alimenticios de calidad y sabores distintivos, además de los cortos tiempos que demandan en su preparación. En el desarrollo del proyecto se presentan aspectos claves como el mercado objetivo, la propuesta de valor única, la …