Essays on Going Green

Introduction

If any organisation were to succeed in achieving its objectives and targets, it is at the mercy of the strategies that it develops for itself. A lack of strategy will tell on the manner the organisation works. Hence, the team employed to this effect should be efficient and have the required knowledge for the same. Plans should match what the company envisions for itself in the light of its finances and operations. Such plans work in the long run. The more changes occur in them, the more difficult it is for them to move ahead. Realistic yardsticks can be ...

Abstract

Green, fair trade companies, face unique problems since they are not oriented to maximizing profits. Indeed, they aim at improving the welfare of the members and create social and environmental impacts. As such, there is a conflict of interests from the multi-objective stakeholders. However, the study shows that careful analysis of the problems and initiating problem-solving techniques such as participatory management, strategic plans and use of qualified personnel reduce the challenges. 1.0 Background of the Study This section entails the history of the company, vision, core values as well as the vision. Additionally, it outlines the events and activities ...

Abstract

The research presentation on the corporate social responsibility of the imaginary organization Riordan Manufacturing Inc. covers the description of the social initiative to be implemented and discusses the main components of an effective CSR policy. The suggested social initiative is about going green and focuses on conducting energy audit, getting paperless by communication by e-mails and double sided print, saving water, providing leadership and involving employees. The company will benefit from becoming environmentally-friendly due to improved reputation, increased customer and employee loyalty and saved money in operational costs. An effective CSR policy should include such components as business value, ...

INTRODUCTION

- Imagine how life is in a desert, picture living in a desert or even near a dumpsite. The thirst, the hunger, the heat, the dust and the stench you would have to endure. Life would be a whole lot of torment. What is that one thing that one would want to preserve most? - The environment is apparently one of our greatest treasures. It is that one thing that we all have to make our best friend. All we have now is a reward from the ‘Mother Nature’. - Go Green is a very common term throughout the world. It is a ...

Virgin Group

Abstract Being a successful business with a long term growth potentiality is the most important objective of any business organization. Success of a business can be defined in many ways and there are a number of alternative notions of success that are commonly used by business analysts. The current dissertation explores four different notions of success and their limitations in the real world. The notions of success are explored in the context of one of the most successful conglomerates of the 20th century, Virgin Group. While the funding, profits, and management structure look into the internal aspects regarding the success of a business; ...

Analysis

The campaign for go green is rapidly growing with most companies conducting green campaigns. Producers and consumers are getting tired of selling and consuming organic products respectively. The major threats that people are worried about, are adverse climate changes, declining air quality, rising seas, lengthening droughts, decreasing animal habitats, as well as newly brewing diseases (Bonini & Oppenheim, 2008). Most consumers blame themselves for these activities. The problem is that most consumers are not willing to purchase green products. The carbon footprint has become a no go zone. People are not aware of the significance of the footprint. The main ...

1. Are there climate change and environmental pollution problems in the world?

Environmental pollution and climate change have become a pressing problem for all the nations in the world. Global environmental pollution problems are critical problems that affect the entire planet Earth. One of the most serious effects of global pollution is global climate change and calls for the cooperation of all countries. Global climate change is the sum of all pollution combined with natural changes in climate. Global problems are also problems where solutions may not be immediate and involve complex political, social, and economic components. Most people might ...

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GREEN HOSPITALS

Executive summary

Just like any other institutions of the world, hospitals are required to adopt sustainable development procedures as they go about their duties. In every diagnostic and therapeutic activity in a hospital, it is highly recommended to put into consideration the effect of the environment and hence the effects to humans and the surrounding flora and fauna. The following work is focusing on green hospital concept. What does it entail, how can be achieved, and how can it be maintained. It also stipulates the consequences to hospitals that do not adhere to the green hospital policies and the long ...

Going green simply means the idea of implementing various ways in our daily life that contribute to the protection of our surrounding and entails several aspects from newspaper recycling to living a lifestyle that is fully green. The green movement of the present day has been underway for many years, and it has become more popular because of the population growth effect whose evident result is global warming and increased scientific research ability. With the new equipment and technologies, scenarios that affect our surrounding can be measured and evaluated by research and our lives will be affected. Sometimes research reports ...

The globe is facing a severe environmental crisis of its kind in this 21st century. The major environmental hazard that has shaken the world at the moment is air pollution. All over the world, everybody thinks that this crisis is most likely to affect or have a catastrophic impact on humans in the future. However, even nowadays, the negative impacts of this environmental crisis are evident in all forms. These impacts range from growing deserts due to lack of enough rainfall, increased cases of cancer, majorly lung cancer as a result of unclean fresh air and lastly the loss of numerous plant ...

Green Building and Site Development: An Evaluation

Going green especially in the school campus was a challenge for UC-Merced as sustainability or constructing environment-friendly buildings had a corresponding cost. Undeniably, going green is quite an investment. Typically, an original truthful or realistic investment of up to $100,000 to integrate features of green building into a $ 5 million project can provide a saving of about $1 million over a building’s life assumed predictably to be 20 years. The site or location of the university is accessible to many places in California. Adjacent to Lake Yosemite Park, as well as outside Merced city, UC-Merced continues to develop its convenient location ...

INTRODUCING A SUSTAINABLE RESTAURANT TO THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Introduction Planning is one of the most important aspects from the viewpoint of an organization as it is an important and most significant element for the organization as far as increasing their financial belongings is concerned. It is important for organizations to have effective planning before the establishment of the company. The main perspective of this assignment is to make a plan to make a restaurant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A state that has been chosen for the same analysis is Dubai, and the area which has been chosen for the same analysis is Dubai Mall, which ...

Introduction

Meeting the demands of this generation requires embrace to new technology and a greater sense to the future. The world at this juncture suffers from the financial crisis that need to be solved; there is energy crisis and a cry for the greener environment. This is what Chevy Volt kept in perspective and developed one of the automotive that has satisfied most of its buyer. The vehicle is pocket friendly, effective, safer and modern. This has reduced environmental degradation, and the life span of the battery is long lasting ("The car of the future | Drive For Innovation – AVNETExpress").

Major Innovation of Chevy volts

Chevrolet Volt has been ...

The concept of efficiency advocates for a level of performance that involves processes that use the least amount of inputs to produce the biggest amount of output. It takes into consideration all the inputs that go into the production of a desired output including energy and time. In essence, the desired central point is using less to create the biggest impact. All inputs in the context of efficiency are scarce; the main inputs are raw materials, time and capital all of which are limited and hence the need to conserve and implement better management on these vital inputs in order to ...

The Savoy Hotel United Kingdom

Abstract Hospitality consists of one or more of the core services of food, drink and accommodation and how they can be used to create a blend of an atmosphere of comfort and serenity. One has to look as far back as the start of civilization to trace the history of the hospitality industry. Thermal baths were erected for rest and recreation in the early Greek villages and the Romans kept travellers who came to town on government business in mansions they built for those purposes. This tradition of catering to people’s needs kept growing with monasteries and religious ...

Concepts for Science and Technology

Focusing on ‘living things’ as the main topic in the lesson plan sequence not only allows students to discover more about themselves and their natural environment, and thus, relate science and technology to their everyday lives, but also allows the teacher to integrate various concepts that meets the learning program of the school – Going Green and multiculturalism and diversity, encourages multidisciplinary approach in teaching, and the introduction of various issues that affect the lives and the future of the students. The Science and Technology syllabus (Board of Studies, 1991, p. 3) indicates that students learn best when “they are ...

Frostburg State University

101 Braddock Road

Frostburg, MD 21532

28th May 28, 2013 Dear Dr. Gibralter, RE: ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS TO HELP THE FROSTBURG CAMPUS GO GREEN Going green is inevitable and essential. Frostburg State University has adopted measures, programs, projects and policies that are aimed to keep the environment healthy and productive while reducing pollution as well as making the environment friendlier to human beings. However, as explained below, other universities have engaged in other measures that are beneficial in attaining the green goal. Florida State University and the University of South Carolina have environmental programs that can be implemented at Frostburg ...

Frostburg State University (FSU) is going green by adopting some measures to reduce environmental degradation and instead help in maintaining a clean and sustainable environment. One of the ways to achieve environmental sustainability is by reducing usage of plastic water bottles. This will be done by skipping bottled water and instead water purifiers to purify tap water which students shall drink from reusable water bottles. Buying bottled water is both an expensive venture which also generates a lot of plastic waste. Plastics are non-biodegradable and they need energy consuming processes such as burning in order to reduce them to ashes ...

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Many people do not support the idea of going green if this will lead to an increase in prices of goods. Increase in prices reduces the purchasing power of people and as a result, people may prefer not going green. This is where the government should intervene for the benefit of the whole society. Recycling does not work. Even though there are recommendations that many items be recycled, there are no companies that can help recycle the various products and if they exist, the citizens are now aware of how they can recycle these products. Hugging a tree is very ...

Introduction: History of the Green Movement in the US.

The transcendental philosophies celebrating the natural world in the early 1800’s came just in time to witness the pillaging brought by the Industrial Revolution. Natural forests began to disappear under the axes of lumbering moguls and coal had now become a popular energy source causing tremendous air pollution in large cities such as Paris, London and Philadelphia. As these trends continued, people began to realize that industrialization was wiping out natural forests, endangering human health and polluting the environment. This resulted in early efforts to manage natural resources, and the first national park, the Yellowstone National Park in ...

1. "Design for a Sustainable World" Margolin 1998 JSTOR. Published in Design Issues, Volume 14, No. 2 (Summer, 1998), pp. 83 - 92, by The MIT Press

In the article Design for a Sustainable World written by Victor Margolin and published by The MIT Press in Design Issues in Summer of 1998, Margolin traces the history of sustainable design from the late 19th century on. When Margolin starts his story on sustainable design he observes that it was “conceived as an art of giving form to products for mass production” ("Design for a Sustainable World" Margolin 1998, at pg. 83). In this ...

U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce | Cities for Change

The U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce | Cities for Change is an expansion of what used to be the green chambers of San Diego but has expanded its branches to Texas and Florida. It is however hopeful to expand its branches throughout the nation. This nonprofit organization has dedicated its activities to offer business in all cities to conduct business in an environment conservative platform. It has united over 100 cities and many businesses within the cities to conduct business in an environmentally friendly manner while making profits (Vosti, 2012). It is a common believe that if an organization involves itself ...

Introduction

Climate change and environmental pollutions are the sole reasons for adoption of the green economy in the world. This forms the basic rubric upon which the Australian case study is based. This paper adopts an analytic point of view into the Australian case by investigating the reception of the green jobs economy in the country. The paper describes what green jobs are and their role in the economy of the country. Questioning of the global and the Australian stand in as far as adopting the green jobs policy is also given a highlight. The paper also develops an insightful enquiry ...

The article starts with a story of a rental tower which has introduced charging stations for electric cars a few years ago. Although this still does not bring much profit, the owners like to think that they are going green. The number of charging stations in Manhattan alone has grown to over 50 this year and they will keep on growing. Many car companies will be producing electric cars and hybrids and so the demand for charging stations will grow. There is now even an application for mobile phones which can help quickly locate the nearest station. This can also be done ...

INTRODUCTION

Strategic management is an area concerned with the main and upcoming initiatives that managers are required to do on behalf of business owners. This area involves proper usage of resources within an organization so as to make a firm as effective as possible in relation to its external environment. Strategic management calls upon a manager to outline their organization’s objectives, mission and vision. In this area of management, managers are also required to develop plans and policies so as to achieve the organization’s objectives (Gronroos, 1998, p. 3). It is interesting to note that studies done recently show that ...