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FOSCHIA, MARINA. "Environmental Sustainability ofBIOPLASTICS." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2498803.
Full textSaha, Polin, Salman Ahmad, Ashfaq Abbasi, and Masood Khan. "Environmental Management Systems and Sustainability : Integrating Sustainability in Environmental Management Systems." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3228.
Full textBerzengi, Raz, and Anna Linbom. "Competitive Advantage of Environmental Sustainability." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Business and Engineering (SET), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-1342.
Full textMore and more companies are trying to adopt a sustainability strategy, because of a growing awareness among people about a need for better environment in the future. It has been noticed that a balance between economic, social and environmental aspects is of great significance. The benefits of a strategy to become more balanced are said to be competitive advantage and stakeholder satisfaction besides the economic, social and environmental benefits.
Joachain, Hélène. "Complementary Currencies and Environmental Sustainability." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/256976.
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Tortajada, Cecilia. "Environmental Sustainability of Water Projects." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Tekniska högsk, 2001. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-3202.
Full textMcMeekin, Andrew P. "Innovation, demand and environmental sustainability." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.488071.
Full textRobertson, Peter K. J. "Applications of engineering for environmental sustainability." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2013. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.625479.
Full textWilson, Matthew. "Functional catalytic surfaces for environmental sustainability." Thesis, Durham University, 2018. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/12724/.
Full textKoepsell, Emily Diane. "Environmental sustainability assessment tool for factories." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104286.
Full textThesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2016. In conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT.
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General interest and international regulations have begun to create a world in which consumers demand to know how their products are made and companies must provide that transparency. With over 15,000 suppliers, Li & Fung wants to obtain better insight into its suppliers' environmental sustainability characteristics. The Sustainable Apparel Coalition's (SAC) Higg Index is currently viewed as the foremost way to assess a supplier's environmental sustainability; however, its facility module only applies to certain types of industries. Li & Fung requires a tool that encompasses its full supplier base and is short and robust enough to provide valuable insight into its supply chain and help it engage factories in decreasing their environmental footprints. This thesis discusses the methodology used to create such a tool and the information acquired during a successful pilot. To facilitate integration and adoption, the categories and some of the questions and language are modeled after that in the Higg Index. However, this scorecard incorporates many different and more focused questions, and the majority of its answers are standardized to promote easy analysis post-assessment. Its scoring system is also quite robust, aiming to award points accurately and with attention to the information and quality of environmental initiative undertaken at a factory. Finally, it incorporates a novel benchmarking and visualization section, which not only will help the user compare factories, but also more clearly see the areas in which a given factory is excelling or needs improvement. This knowledge will then allow Li & Fung to engage with its suppliers and help them decrease their environmental impact. The scorecard was piloted in 14 factories in the Shenzhen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong regions. Factory types included categories such as apparel, home textiles, umbrellas, and bags. Benchmarking was done across factory types to investigate commonalities and compare initiatives.
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Shobe, Amber R. "Insights into Perspectives on Environmental Sustainability." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cld_etds/19.
Full textLane, Kristen Elizabeth. "Green Think: How to Sell Sustainability Marketing, Relativity, and Environmental Sustainability." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/579048.
Full textAtkins, Richard N. "Assessing environmental, social and financial sustainability in the existing built environment." Thesis, Glasgow Caledonian University, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.743896.
Full textMiller, VirgÃnia Moura. "Environmental education for sustainability sustainability environmental education: the paths of Nursery School Teacher Izaldino in Maceià - AL." Universidade Federal do CearÃ, 2013. http://www.teses.ufc.br/tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=10948.
Full textO presente trabalho intitulado ―Da EducaÃÃo Ambiental para a Sustentabilidade à Sustentabilidade da EducaÃÃo Ambiental: os caminhos da Creche Escola Mestre Izaldino em Maceià â AL‖ teve como objetivo: a) analisar como a EA està sendo implantada na Creche Escola Mestre Izaldino - CEMI e o que garante que ela seja implantada com Sustentabilidade; b) registrar as aÃÃes de formaÃÃo continuada em EA desenvolvidas pela Secretaria Municipal de EducaÃÃo de Maceià â SEMED e pelo Programa de EducaÃÃo Ambiental Lagoa Viva â PEALV em Maceià e c) propor sugestÃes que contribuam para a efetivaÃÃo da EducaÃÃo Ambiental na rede municipal de ensino. A metodologia utilizada caracteriza-se como qualitativa, por um Estudo de Caso. Para a construÃÃo do referencial teÃrico fez-se uma revisÃo da literatura onde discutiu-se a crise ambiental, a perspectiva da Sustentabilidade, Sustentabilidade e EducaÃÃo, o carÃter ideolÃgico da EA, o processo de InstitucionalizaÃÃo da EA no Brasil, as AusÃncias e EmergÃncias em EducaÃÃo e FormaÃÃo de Educadores, e o Ambiental na EducaÃÃo Infantil. Seguiu-se apresentando um pouco da histÃria e objetivos e aÃÃes desenvolvidas pelo Programa de EducaÃÃo Ambiental Lagoa Viva - PEALV. Contou-se a histÃria da CEMI, analisando como ela tem educado para a Sustentabilidade e com Sustentabilidade no seu projeto pedagÃgico de promoÃÃo da EA com inserÃÃo e integraÃÃo com a comunidade onde a escola està inserida. Fez-se tambÃm uma reflexÃo sobre as concepÃÃes de EA e de Meio Ambiente da comunidade escolar (gestoras, professoras, auxiliares de serviÃos gerais e pais/mÃes de alunos/as) e percebeu-se algumas contradiÃÃes, em que certa parte dos(as) entrevistados(as) apresentam uma visÃo naturalista de Meio Ambiente e outra uma concepÃÃo de EA comportamentalista, mas isto nÃo tem comprometido a sustentabilidade da implementaÃÃo da EA na escola. Pode-se verificar que os PrincÃpios BÃsicos da AlfabetizaÃÃo EcolÃgica (a parceria, a interdependÃncia, a natureza cÃclica â que na educaÃÃo pode ser entendido como o intercÃmbio cÃclico de informaÃÃo, a flexibilidade, e a diversidade) propostos por Capra (1996), estÃo presentes na comunidade escolar da CEMI, mostrando com isto que a escola està no caminho correto para a construÃÃo da Sustentabilidade, para a construÃÃo de um EspaÃo de Educadores SustentÃveis.
Wolf-Watz, Daniel. "On Environmental Grounds : Outdoor Recreation, Place Relations and Environmental Sustainability." Doctoral thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-35900.
Full textThis thesis examines the relationship between outdoor recreation and environmental concern as part of the wider quest for environmental sustainability in late-modern societies. Generally, outdoor recreation contributes to an increased use of resources and a growing impact on the environment. At the same time, outdoor recreation is also part of a wider narrative of fostering environmental concern, where forms of nature encounter are seen as potential pathways to pro-environmental attitudes and behavior. Thus, the thesis addresses themes of recreational participation and preferences among environmentalists - and the inquiry into the ways outdoor recreation may influence levels of environmental concern.
Butler, Colin David. "Inequality and sustainability." View thesis entry in Australian Digital Theses Program, 2002. http://thesis.anu.edu.au/public/adt-ANU20030324.171924/index.html.
Full textHansen, D. Kevin. "Understanding Motivations for Modern Sustainability." Thesis, Prescott College, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1562655.
Full textIt is worth great effort to identify the motivation a person may have to live a certain way. Efforts in persuading a person to change are fruitless if he or she lacks the right motivation. This thesis identifies strict parameters for sustainability as well as impediments to future sustainability. Further, it examines possible ways to overcome such impediments. Building on previous research in the field of environmental motivational research, this research proposes nine motivations why people not associated with environmental behavior would want to live a more sustainable lifestyle. The small rural town of Albion, Idaho was selected as the sample for this research. Residents living within the sample area displayed very little desire to change their current lifestyle. Top motivations for living more sustainably were a desire to live a healthier lifestyle, to live more self-reliantly, and the desire to wear things out such as reusing a zip lock bag multiple times instead of throwing it out after only one use, in order to get the most use out of any one item. In a focus group discussion, comments by participants referred to the desire to keep traditions alive, provide educational opportunities to their children, and furnish their children with the ability to live a healthier lifestyle as core reasons to live sustainably. In the mind of the participants, there is not much difference between the terms "sustainable lifestyle," "self-reliant lifestyle," and a "rural lifestyle." All three lifestyles are viewed synonymously.
Keywords: sustainable, sustainability, environmental sustainability, stewardship motivation, motivation for sustainability, environmental motivations, environmental motivational research
Anupam, Angesh. "Nonlinear dynamical systems modelling for environmental sustainability." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22532/.
Full textFauré, Eléonore. "Sustainability goals combining social and environmental aspects." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys (fms), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-191524.
Full textUtsläpp av växthusgaser (GHG) och andra miljöproblem, såsom förlust av biologisk mångfald, markanvändning och övergödning av sötvatten och marina kustekosystem, är stora utmaningar för mänskligheten. De planetära gränser för dessa områden har redan överskridits. Av de 16 svenska miljömålen för 2020, vars syfte är att lösa dessa ödesfrågor, bedöms bara ett – "Ett skyddande ozonskikt" – uppnås i tid. Vad gäller sociala mål på global nivå fram till 2015 – FN:s Milleniemål – har visserligen betydande framsteg gjorts på en del områden, t.ex. jämställdhet i utbildningen, men utfallet skiljer sig mellan länder och inom länder med avseende på socioekonomisk grupp och kön. Denna avhandling undersöker hur man kan ta hänsyn till både miljömässiga och sociala hållbarhetsmål som ska användas i framtidsscenarier eller som underlag till beslutsfattande. I artikel I väljs fyra hållbarhetsmål i en tvärvetenskaplig process. Målen ska uppfyllas 2050 i s.k. normativa framtidsscenarier (backcasting) för Sverige i en kontext av nedväxt eller låg tillväxt. De två första målen handlar om klimatförändringar och markanvändningsfrågor. De två andra är sociala mål och omfattar delaktighet och inflytande i samhället samt tillgång till resurser och fördelning av dessa. För att uppnå de valda miljömålen, kommer drastiska minskningar av växthusgasutsläpp (GHG) och markanvändning att behövas, jämfört med dagens situation. Båda de sociala målen är inom räckhåll i dag, även om graden av uppfyllelse skiljer sig mellan olika grupper i samhället. I artikel II genomförs en kvalitativ dokumentanalys för att samla information om befintliga och föreslagna klimat- och energimål på global, nationell och lokal nivå. Vi letar också efter rättviseperspektiv i befintliga klimat- och energimål samt förslag till sådana perspektiv i föreslagna mål i den vetenskapliga litteraturen liksom i rapporter från miljöorganisationer. En slutsats är att rättvisa inte är uttryckligen formulerat i befintliga klimat- och energimål. Vi använder en teoretisk ram för social rättvisa som skiljer mellan vem som ger och får det som fördelas, vad som fördelas (rättvisevaluta) och hur det fördelas (distributionsprinciper). Utifrån vår analys fann vi att en egalitär princip används för de flesta föreslagna målen, exempelvis för globala mål om utsläpp av växthusgaser per capita. Samtliga av de granskade målen omfattar endast rättvisa mellan människor och exkluderar därmed andra levande varelser. I artikel III analyserar vi hur fyra olika backcastingscenarier för markanvändning i ett svenskt sammanhang år 2060 påverkar andra hållbarhetsmål när ett klimatmål om noll CO2-utsläpp är uppfyllt. Med hjälp av en matris gör vi en målkonfliktanalys med de övriga svenska miljömålen, jämställdhetsmål och mål för folkhälsan med dess 11 tillhörande målområden. Analysen visar att de potentiella målkonflikterna är fler i scenarier utan globalt klimatavtal. Detta beror främst på att vissa miljöfrågor måste behandlas på global nivå, samt att minskningen i miljöpåverkan kommer att bero på åtgärder som inte bara vidtagits i Sverige utan också globalt. Utifrån dessa tre artiklar diskuterar jag sedan olika aspekter som måste beaktas vid fastställandet av mål. Eftersom hållbarhetsmål är långsiktiga och kännetecknas av en hel del osäkerhet diskuterar jag behovet av att sätta upp "försiktigt utopiska mål" (cautiously utopian goals), det vill säga mål som kan vara omöjliga att uppnå, men möjliga att närma sig. Sådana mål kan få till stånd de djupgående förändringar som krävs för en hållbar och rättvis framtid samtidigt som de är acceptabla för de intressenter som berörs. Mål är ofta otydliga vad gäller vad som ingår eller inte. Vad gäller klimatmålen, exempelvis, är det ofta otydligt huruvida utsläpp från handel är inkluderade eller ej och vilket referensår en viss utsläppsminskning baseras på. Sådana avgränsningar bör synliggöras och helst diskuteras med avseende på hur de kan påverka till exempel andra länders utsläppsminskningar. Det finns också ett behov att skilja mål från medel för att uppnå målen, eftersom det gör det möjligt att formulera mål som kan uppnås på olika sätt. Ekonomisk tillväxt ses ofta som ett mål i sig, såsom i FN:s nya hållbarhetsmål (SDGs). Tillväxt borde dock betraktas som ett rent verktyg för att uppnå egentliga mål rörande, exempelvis, välbefinnande. Mål är också normativa och återspeglar både olika kulturella och etiska perspektiv på vad en god hälso- och sjukvård eller bostadsstandard bör vara. De underliggande värdena bör därför också synliggöras och ifrågasättas. Både inter- och intragenerationella rättviseperspektiv bör göras mer konkreta och tydliga så att sådana frågor kan följas upp. En bra start kan vara att förutom ett territoriellt perspektiv börja använda ett konsumtionsperspektiv vid upprättandet av klimat-eller markanvändningsmål, då effekten av vår konsumtion på andra länders miljö och hälsa har ökat under de senaste årtiondena.
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Pezzey, John Charles Vincent. "Theoretical essays on sustainability and environmental policy." Thesis, University of Bristol, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/43e46957-cec7-4004-9f38-f3d95eea89a7.
Full textBhana, Heena. "The mining sector’s response to environmental sustainability." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23768.
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Dlamini, Thokozani H. "The banking sector’s response to environmental sustainability." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/23800.
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Jones, Philip Sumner. "Environmental performance and sustainability of bioretention cells." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/9324.
Full textThesis research directed by: Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
Oraee-Mirzamani, Nikzad. "Sustainability, environmental law and rules-based systems." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/33129.
Full textMarchi, Anna <1996>. "Environmental sustainability certifications in the fashion industry." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/20800.
Full textKnowles, Kathryn. "A holistic framework for environmental change: socio-environmental cohesion for sustainability." Thesis, University of Hull, 2010. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:4918.
Full textThorn, Jamie. "Sustainability in Parks and Protected Areas." Thesis, Prescott College, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10277458.
Full textThe purpose of this research was to explore the state of sustainability in U.S. Parks and Protected Areas (PPAs) as well as to create a tool to help measure and maintain sustainability in PPAs. The primary research question driving this research was “What is the current state of sustainability in U.S. PPAs?” This guiding question also addressed a sub-question, which asked, “Can a tool be developed and validated to measure the state of sustainability in parks?” The second research question in this project was “Do current park managers believe the use of a sustainable parks certificate would aid ongoing efforts to uphold and maintain sustainability in their parks?” Each research question was addressed through the creation of a survey to measure the state of sustainability through five hypothesized domains, with 55 Likert-scale-style questions and six open-ended questions addressing the certificate program. The survey opened in May 2017 and ended in October 2017. It was sent to approximately 2,645 managers across the country and included national parks and state parks in U.S. states and territories. The data showed that participants were in favor of creating a sustainable parks certificate to help them become more sustainable. A chief recommendation was to start an initiative aimed at providing an online platform for sustainability training geared specifically toward PPAs. This research project has begun the steps necessary to advance the state of sustainability in U.S. PPAs.
Bauer, Marcy. "A CAMPUS ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR MIAMI UNIVERSITY." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1125631461.
Full textSannö, Anna. "Time to change : zipping sustainability into operations." Doctoral thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Innovation och produktrealisering, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-37110.
Full textParker, Jonathan. "Sustainable Environmental Identities for Environmental Sustainability: Remaking Environmental Identities with the Help of Indigenous Knowledge." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc177240/.
Full textEgas, Galarza Daniel Francisco. "Optimising the environmental sustainability of the dairy industry." Doctoral thesis, TDX (Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa), 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670668.
Full textEls resultats d'aquesta tesi van demostrar que és possible una avaluació i millora ambiental constant dels sistemes lactis mitjançant l'ús d'eines especialitzades com CalcPEFDairy, auditories energètiques i indicadors d'economia circular; i que junts són capaços d'identificar i proposar mesures de millora d'alt impacte. Els resultats també demostren la viabilitat de comunicar adequadament els resultats mediambientals obtinguts amb CalcPEFDairy com una estratègia de màrqueting. Ja que la qualitat i fiabilitat dels resultats obtinguts és tal que poden usar-se en un procés de verificació extern per obtenir una declaració ambiental i una Ecoetiqueta per a un producte lacti disponible al mercat. Aquestes credencials mediambientals verificades brinden als productors lactis la possibilitat real d'augmentar els seus guanys econòmics sense afectar la sostenibilitat ambiental del seu sistema productiu i productes.
This thesis results shows that a constant environmental assessment and improvement of dairy systems is possible through the use of specialised tools such as CalcPEFDairy, energy audits and circular economy indicators; which together are capable to identify and propose high impact improvement measures. The results demonstrate the feasibility of properly communicating the CalcPEFDairy environmental assessment outcomes as a marketing strategy since their quality and reliability is such that they can be used in an external verification process to obtain an environmental declaration and eco-label for a market available dairy product. This verified green credentials give dairy producers the real possibility of increasing their economic returns without affecting their system and products environmental sustainability.
Lam, Wai-nam. "Learning for environmental sustainability : the green school experience /." View the Table of Contents & Abstract, 2005. http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkuto/record/B35081296.
Full textAganaba, Timiebi. "Towards space sustainability: lessons from environmental liability regimes." Thesis, McGill University, 2012. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=106614.
Full textCette thèse est sur la soutenabilité de l'espace et la nécessité de protéger l'environnement spatial à long terme. Elle traite du problème en regardant le régime de responsabilité civile spatiale, notamment en se penchant sur le fait qu'il ne tient pas compte des dommages causés à l'environnement spatial. Des leçons de jurisprudence peuvent être tirées des régimes actuels de responsabilité environnementale pour les activités dangereuses sur terre, pour protéger l'environnement spatial. Alors qu'il est reconnu qu'il y a des limitations dans les régimes de responsabilité tels qu'ils se présentent, si l'on remédie aux faiblesses inhérentes, la responsabilité environnementale pourrait être un bon outil de dissuasion et de responsabilité pour les dommages causés à l'environnement spatial par les pollueurs.
Weber, Lydia, and Dominique Kuehn. "The Challenges of Internal Communication about Environmental Sustainability." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-257380.
Full textLam, Wai-nam, and 林蔚南. "Learning for environmental sustainability: the green school experience." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2005. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45014152.
Full textLaw, Man-suet Michelle, and 羅文雪. "Achieving corporate sustainability through environmental education and training." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206704.
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Boucon, Philip G. "Identifying environmental sustainability strategies in West Michigan manufacturing." Thesis, Baker College (Michigan), 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3738950.
Full textThe increased consumption of finite resources threatens the preservation of the environment. Environmental pioneers George Perkins Marsh, Gifford Pinchot, and Aldo Leopold were the first to address this concern in the United States. With this background, environmental sustainability in the United States has become a common consideration for public, private, and government organizations. Many organizations have implemented environmental management systems to handle environmental issues. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore what environmental sustainability programs manufacturing firms in West Michigan pursue and their motivation for doing so. Leaders from 13 West Michigan manufacturing companies were interviewed. Research questions addressed the benefits administrators perceive can be gained by adopting environmental sustainability programs, disadvantages in adopting environmental sustainability programs, and what organizations are doing to pursue environmental programs. Cost savings was cited as a major reason for pursuing sustainability programs with the lack of time and resources being the greatest restraint environmental administrators encounter. Company leadership noted that sustainability programs provided their firm a competitive advantage with many Millennial employees preferring companies that manage robust environmental programs. The sustainability strategies identified in this research can be leveraged by firms seeking to implement or improve their environmental programs.
Волк, Ольга Миколаївна, Ольга Николаевна Волк, and Olha Mykolaivna Volk. "The role of ICT in assuring environmental sustainability." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2007. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/8393.
Full textGordon, Wayne Barry. "Corporate culture and strategy in environmental sustainability interventions." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29655.
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Katz, Ashley. "SOCIAL DISCOUNTING OF CLEAN WATER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY." OpenSIUC, 2019. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2619.
Full textIONESCU, ROXANA, and NEMA ALI. "Students' perspective on environmental sustainability: a reality check." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279751.
Full textMiljömässig hållbarhet är en av de mest akuta utmaningar samhällen står inför idag. Globalisering resulterar ibland i företag som är starkare än stater, genom att de påverkar politiska beslut för sin egen fördel. Det är viktigt att högutbildade medarbetare bidrar till att ökad miljöprestanda och minska klimatpåverkan i sina organisationer. Generation Y och Z spelar där en nyckelroll i att stoppa klimatkrisen, eftersom de detta decennium utgör majoriteten av världens förvärvsarbetare. Denna studie syftar till att finna de faktorer som huvudsakligen påverkar miljöpositiva intentioner hos nuvarande studenter vid olika europeiska universitet, när de överväger en anställning. Litteraturen och arbetsmarknaden visar på vikten av kompatibla kärnvärden mellan företag och arbetssökande för att attrahera och nära långsiktiga samarbeten. Men korrelationen mellan elevers miljökunnande och deras kriterier för företagsval behöver studeras djupare, eftersom det kan vara en källa till radikal förändring av arbetsmarknader och företagens arbetssätt.
Back, Anna, and Jenny Hedblom. "Cooperative Platforms for Improved Environmental Sustainability in Logistics." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-297329.
Full textDenna studie undersöker överlappningen av digitala plattformar och samarbetsprocesser inom logistik och hur detta kan vara av intresse för att göra industrin mer miljömässigt hållbar. Studien utforskar forskningslitteraturen om digitala plattformar, horisontellt samarbete och miljömässig hållbarhet inom logistik. Data samlades in genom intervjuer utförda med experter inom logistikindustrin och representanter från en mjukvarulösningsleverantör och från små- och medelstora företag inom logistik, för att få en nyanserad bild från branschen. Ett ramverk skapades för att ge svar på hur digitala plattformar kan användas bättre för samarbete inom logistik för att förbättra miljömässig hållbarhet. För att uppfylla detta så identifierades incitament och utmaningar för små- och medelstora företag för samarbete genom plattformsteknik. De incitament som hittades klassificerades som drivande och pressande. De drivande incitamenten syftar till de uppenbara fördelar för små- och medelstora företag att ansluta sig till kooperativa logistikplattformar, medan de drivande incitamenten baseras på externa faktorer och problem som potentiellt kan lösas genom en samarbetsplattform. Utmaningarna för att samarbeta via digitala plattformar identifierades relaterat till samarbetsprocesser, teknik och digitalisering, samt miljömässig hållbarhet. Dessa utmaningar identifierades sedan ur ett systemperspektiv för att förstå hur de påverkar problemet på flera nivåer inom logistikbranschen. Tillsammans utgör incitamenten och utmaningarna det slutgiltiga ramverket och illustrerar hur plattformar för samarbete kan förverkligas mer inom logistikindustrin.
Deniz, Deniz Seçkin Yavuz. "Sustainability And Environmental Issues In Industrial Product Design/." [s.l.]: [s.n.], 2002. http://library.iyte.edu.tr/tezler/master/endustriurunleritasarimi/T000136.pdf.
Full textBenini, Lorenzo <1982>. "Sustainability indicators for environmental management and decision making." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/3772/1/Benini_Lorenzo_tesi.pdf.
Full textBenini, Lorenzo <1982>. "Sustainability indicators for environmental management and decision making." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/3772/.
Full textPapaleo, Maria Carmela. "Issues in Environmental Economics: Sustainability and Eco-efficiency." Doctoral thesis, Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10556/1953.
Full textThis thesis deals empirically with various research questions in environmental economics. In particular the issues of sustainability and eco-efficiency are approached on three different data-sets. The first paper deals with the analysis of eco-efficiency for 103 provincial (NUTS 3 - Nomenclature of Units for Territorial Statistics 3) capitals of Italy throughout 2000-2008. It focuses on the link among economic growth, energy consumption and air pollution, modeling cities as territorial units that ought to promote growth, while at the same time minimising its environmental impact. Subsequently, the eco-efficiency of this panel of provincial capitals is measured through panel estimates of an input-distance function. Within this procedure, considering some environmental control variables, the paper evaluates if environmental best practices correspond either to those municipalities that adopt environment-friendly policies or to cities characterised by a particular urban context. The evidence points to the existence of a significant link between economic development, energy consumption and air pollution at the provincial capital level. The most ecoefficient provincial capitals are also among the wealthier, which is consistent with an Environmental Kuznets Curve. The second paper investigates the Ecological Footprint indicator by focusing on the notion of sustainable development and then of carrying capacity of land. The impact of man on nature is explored through an empirical analysis of the growth rate of population, and the percentage of urban and rural population, in Europe. The level of CO2 emissions per inhabitant in the EU is compared with that of developing countries. Through a sectoral approach, the total CO2 emissions per capita from fuel combustion, electricity and heat production, manufacturing industries and construction, transport and other sources are separately appraised. The third paper studies the relationship between rice production and methane emissions. Rice farming is believed to be a major anthropogenic source of methane emissions, which are measured emissions at both country and world levels of aggregation. It presents a quantitative estimation of the statistical relationship between rice production dynamics and methane emissions with regression estimates computed (country-wise and globally) over a large set of countries. The evidence only partly validates the expectation of a positive statistical influence of rice production on methane emissions. In fact a Kuznetstype evidence shows up: increasing rice production is correlated with fewer emissions. This negative relationship holds for a measure of countries sufficient to emerge significantly also at the world level. [edited by Author]
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SANFILIPPO, SARA. "Energy and Environmental Tools for Process Sustainability Evaluation." Doctoral thesis, Politecnico di Torino, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11583/2506108.
Full textSaglia, Pietro. "New frontiers and environmental sustainability of refrigeration systems." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3426241.
Full textIl processo di asciugatura dei vestiti ha un elevato impatto nel consumo elettrico domestico. Di conseguenza, c'è un forte interesse nel miglioramento dell'efficienza energetica delle asciugatrici domestiche al fine di ridurre il loro consumo di energia. La tecnologia tradizionale di questi elettrodomestici utilizza resistenze elettriche per riscaldare l'aria prima dell'ingresso nel cesto. Da alcuni anni, i sistemi a pompa di calore sono stati identificati come la tecnologia più adatta per realizzare asciugatrici domestiche più efficienti. Nel caso di questo tipo di elettrodomestico, il miglioramento dell'efficienza del singolo componente, del singolo processo o del funzionamento generale ha un ruolo fondamentale. In particolare, lo studio si è focalizzato sullo scambio di massa all'evaporatore al fine di incrementare il tasso di condensazione, facilitando la rimozione dell'acqua dall'aria di processo. Le caratteristiche della superficie alettata dell'evaporatore influenzano lo scambio di calore, lo scambio di massa e le perdite di carico dell'aria. In un'asciugatrice, la scelta della superficie che consente di ottenere una più rapida deumidificazione è fondamentale. A questo scopo, un'indagine sperimentale è stato intrapreso al fine di valutare l'impatto di diversi rivestimenti superficiali sull'efficienza dell'evaporatore durante il processo di deumidificazione. Gli studi in letteratura inerenti all'impatto di trattamenti della superficie alettata nei processi di deumidificazione sono limitati. Inoltre, dati sperimentali in condizioni di elevata umidità assoluta non sono disponibili in letteratura. Una galleria aerodinamica è stata progettata e costruita all' ITC-CNR di Padova per le indagini sperimentali. I primi test sono stati effettuati per caratterizzare il comportamento dello scambiatore di calore in assenza di deumidificazione. Successivamente, sono state condotte prove in deumidificazione per confrontare i risultati sperimentali con un modello di deumidificazione. Buone previsioni sono state ottenute utilizzando un modello di differenza media efficace entalpica (LMED) per prove con umidità assoluta di ingresso fino a 30 gv/kga; per valori maggiori, la differenza relativa tra i risultati sperimentali e quelli del modello aumenta. Ciò è dovuto da un'invalidazione di un'ipotesi del modello che pone il fattore di Lewis pari a uno; per tali prove è stato calcolato un fattore di Lewis pari a 0.5. Perciò, è stato considerato un modello alternativo, basato su una modifica del precedente (m-LMED). Questo modello include il valore del fattore di Lewis nel calcolo del coefficiente di scambio termico totale. Per i test con umidità assoluta di ingresso maggiore di 30 gv/kga sono state trovate differenze relative inferiori al 10% tra i risultati sperimentali e quelli del modello m-LMED. La maggior parte dell'attività sperimentale ha interessato lo studio dell'impatto dei trattamenti della superficie alettata sull'efficienza dello scambiatore in deumidificazione. Le prove sperimentali sono state caratterizzate da elevati valori di umidità assoluta di ingresso, maggiori di 40 gv/kga. Tre campioni aventi caratteristiche diverse delle alette sono stati analizzati. Il primo è caratterizzato dalla superficie in alluminio non trattato, il secondo da un rivestimento idrofilico ed un terzo da uno idrofobico. Sono stati effettuati confronti in termini di potenza termica scambiata, di tasso di condensazione e di peso dell'acqua ritenuta. Le prove in deumidificazione sono state condotte in condizioni stazionarie a diverse portate volumetriche dell'aria. Il campione idrofobico ha evidenziato i più bassi valori di potenza termica scambiata e di tasso di condensazione, ma i più elevati valori di peso dell'acqua ritenuta. D'altra parte, il campione non trattato ed il campione idrofilico hanno manifestato valori simili in tutte e tre le categorie di confronto, non evidenziando particolari differenze nel loro funzionamento in deumidificazione.
Bushong, James. "Environmentally responsive skyscrapers high-rise architectural design informed by the demand for environmental sustainability /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1116189801.
Full textBUSHONG, JAMES A. "ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIVE SKYSCRAPERS: HIGH-RISE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN INFORMED BY THE DEMAND FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116189801.
Full textPapoutsi, A. "An exploration of the disclosure of practices for environmental and social sustainability in sustainability reports." Thesis, City, University of London, 2018. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/19260/.
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