Essays on Palm Oil

Introduction

Benin is a country found in the West African region. It borders Togo to the East and Nigeria to the West. Trade in Benin is dated back to 15th century when the Europeans involved in slave trade. The Europeans imported slaves from other African countries into Benin. However, sources argue that Benin prohibited the exportation of male slaves to prevent its population from depletion. Their main exports were Palm oil, ivory, cloth, and pepper. This paper discusses trade in Benin, its imports and exports and the changes witnessed in the last 30 years.

Benin remains a significant business hub ...

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INTRODUCTION

The following discussion is a literature review on five sources each for sustainability monitoring systems and effective indicators.

Sources for Characteristics of Good Monitoring Systems

“Monitoring Systems for Sustainability. What are they measuring?” This is a doctoral thesis from an Australian university that examines the sustainability reporting and monitoring systems by governments, private corporations and global non-governmental organizations. Australian frameworks are compared to those of international models. Sustainability indicators in the Australian context are discussed extensively. Two case studies from the private sector are presented. (Davidson, 2008) Using the case study of the Australian Gas Light Company, shortcomings in current sustainability reporting practices ...

Background

Successful modern business marketing lays emphasis on meeting the needs of the customers. This focus is a departure in the opposite direction from the traditional business whose major concern was selling its products or services. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is one way of meeting not only the direct customers’ desires but also the needs and expectations of all the stakeholders of a business (Ortenblad 2016). Unethical profiteering practices of large companies and customer awareness due to free flow of information have forced many companies to make CSR a key strategic focus in their conduct of business. Besides enabling a ...

Role of community citizen in palm oil producing nation

The role of a community citizen in a palm oil producing country is very important. A community citizen will have two main roles. The first is to ensure that the people benefit from the output of palm oil and the second is to ensure that there are no adverse effects on the environment during palm oil production. This role requires the citizen to work together with palm oil producers to ensure that the population is educated about the best ways to protect the environment while producing palm. The community citizen is also tasked with working with government to ensure ...

Q. 1 I do not think that Unilever was employing the true CSR course. Indeed, at the heart of CSR is to give some value away to the community in an attempt to improve the bottom line, which is the welfare of the subjects. However, the enterprise became philanthropic with the aim of ensuring that the sales persons and suppliers adhered to the company’s working principles. Here, Unilever is not attending to the welfare of the stakeholders. Rather, it is using CSR to manipulate them. The chief reason for the low score was the fact that Unilever was ...

With the population expected to surge to nine billion people by the year 2050, there is a need for every individual to strive to make sustainable food choices. The sustainability problem can be addressed through the three pillars of sustainability, that is, environment, economy and society. First, to address the environmental sustainability, I believe that what I can do is to adopt a shift in my diet. I intend to lower my consumption of meat and dairy products and start eating more vegetables. Approximately 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions can be accounted to beef production. If meat consumption ...