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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"environmental practices"”.
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Enhancing environmental practices in Khoja faith communities – a collaborative inquiry
… based in England to improve and enhance environmental practices in the faith communities. The knowledge landscape within which this project is located is a wide and complex one and brings together several different domains of knowledge that arise and come into play in this research. These …
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Sustainable tourism awareness and environmental practices in luxury safari lodges
… accommodation businesses to balance economic, environmental and social issues, taking into account the needs of current and future generations. However, despite the ever E increasing attention on sustainable tourism and the acknowledgement of the impacts of tourism on the environment, this form …
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The Role of Competitive Capabilities and Stakeholder Pressure in the Adoption of Environmental Practices and Business Performance
… AND STAKEHOLDER PRESSURE IN THE ADOPTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES AND IMPACT ON BUSINESS PERFORMANCE MAJOR PROFESSOR: Dr. Suresh Tadisina This paper examines the underlying effect of manufacturing plants' competitive capabilities and their adoption of environmental practices. A Natural …
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Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Operations and Supply Chain Practices, Complementary Assets, and Performance
<p> Operations-related research in environmental management has its roots in pollution control and regulatory compliance going back to the 1950s. Formalization of this movement came with the creation of the environmental management system or ISO 14001 in 1994. Today because of the issues and …
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CONTINUITIES AND CHANGES IN TRADITIONAL AKAN ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION PRACTICES
… examines traditional religio-cultural beliefs/practices and environmental problems in Ghana using the Kwahu Traditional Area as a case study. Its primary objective is to examine the continuities and changes in the traditional Akan environmental preservation practices. It explores how these …
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Louisiana cotton, rice, soybean and sugarcane farmer stakeholders: who are they and what are their perceptions of farming practices as related to the environment
… the stakeholder perceptions of agricultural practices and their relationship to the environment. An environmental perceptions survey was conducted with two of the most important stakeholder groups identified – Experiment Station Research Faculty associated with plant commodities and Louisiana …
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Roots and Routes: Exploring Environmental Identity Among Chinese Immigrants in the Capital Regional District
This study investigates the environmental identity of first-generation Chinese immigrants in the Capital Region (CRD), focusing on how age at immigration, years of residence, and interaction with the natural environment affect their environmental identity. Findings indicate that these immigrants …
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Exploring The Market Potential Of Non-Timber Forest Products In The United States
… for NTFPs? (2) What are the social and environmental factors influencing companies' decisions to source sustainable products, and how can this understanding be utilized to expand market opportunities for NTFPs in the United States? The first chapter identified and analyzed several …
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Corporate adoption and implementation of innovative environmental policy measures in China
… China have begun to implement systematic environmental policies aimed at curtailing industrial pollution. During the past three decades, the traditional environmental policies have evolved from simple directives regarding emission limitations into comprehensive packages using various …
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Impact of RFID information-sharing coordination over a supply chain with reverse logistics
<p>Companies have adopted environmental practices such as reverse logistics over the past few decades. However, studies show that aligning partners inside the green supply chain can be a substantial problem. This lack of coordination can increase overall supply chain cost. Information technology …
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Optimum mine environmental planning
An approach and technique for optimizing mine environmental planning was developed. As a basis for discussion, the perspective of the environment was reviewed for several disciplines. The characteristics of environmental planning and some common methods in environmental planning were reviewed. As a …
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Geopolitical Ecology of Rebellion on Environmental Quality in Northeast Chiapas, Mexico
… size and reasons for rebellion as well as environmental practices of selected official and rebellious entities. Literature review of settlement patterns and the current rebellion reveals that land disputes have a long history in Chiapas. Chiapan environmental impact also proves to have a …
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Shoes, sweatshops, and sanctions : comparing the impacts of labor codes of conduct in three footwear contractors in China
… under scrutiny for engaging in "sweatshop" practices has been to formulate corporate codes of conduct. The codes serve as sourcing guidelines for the firms and as a set of standards for labor and environmental practices for their subcontractors. This thesis presents an exploration into …
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Hotel Guests' Intentions to Choose Green Hotels
… in order to determine the relationships between environmental concern, rewards, attitude, social norms, and perceived behavioral control with hotel guests' intentions to engage in green behavior, such as choosing a green hotel or participating in green programs while staying at a hotel. The study …
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Analyzing the Environmental Impact Assessment Process for Sustainable Development of the Oil and Gas Industry in Trinidad and Tobago
… of economic development, social equity, and environmental protection. One instrument used to advance sustainable practices and advocate sound environmental management is an environmental impact assessment. In the oil and gas industry, a carbon extensive industry, sound environmental practices …
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CEDAR: Collective Environmental Data Sensing using AR
CEDAR (Collective Environmental Data Sensing using AR) investigates how participatory data visualisation, supported by Augmented Reality (AR), can enhance citizen science by fostering experiential, aesthetic, and situated engagement with environmental data. Situated at the intersection of citizen …
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Sustainable economic development : the case of implementing industrial ecology
… ecology (IE) is an emerging paradigm for environmental control. IE offers a framework for altering industrial activities so that they more closely reflect a closed loop cycle, rather than a linear flow of extraction and disposal. Implementation of IE is occurring through the eco-industrial …
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Ecologically responsive urban forms : the design of human settlements in a technologic age
… indulgence in crude, inefficient and wasteful environmental practices. The specific objective of this study is to develop an alternative model for human settlements that is responsive to the natural environment. Ecological design concepts - soft energy sources, ecologic support systems, site …
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Researching Critical Incidents of Transformation
… inform participants about social injustices and environmental practices that threaten the planet, and to encourage them to act on that information. The research focused on critical incidents at or shortly after the workshop that produced significant and meaningful change in the subjects. It also …
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Green Supply Chain Management: práticas de uma cadeia de suprimentos do setor gráfico na grande João Pessoa ‐ PB
… This concept is focused on the junction of Environmental Management and Supply Chain Management since it has attached to these notions the "green" to indicate this ecological principle. Whereas the partnerships in the supply chain has already shown themselves as an excellent form of reducing …
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