Transform Unsustainable Organization Into Sustainable One
Sustainability
Land and water management
Energy, carbon and transport management
Supply chain management
Waste, pollution, recycling management
Sustainability performance indicators
Social sustainability
Long-term sustainability vision
The final report is prepared in conjunction with the ANW Construction Ltd. The report prepared to demonstrate the level of sustainability is effective in highlighting the key features that the business has implemented in its operations. The following sections are focused to the differences that a sustainable organization can have in comparison with the unsustainable business. The recommendations are made based on the academic and professional literature. The notable areas for sustainability in a business are addressed as land, water management, energy, carbon, transport management, supply chain management, waste, pollution, and recycling management. Furthermore the report also provides insight on the sustainability performance indicators, social sustainability, and long-term sustainability vision for businesses.
Sustainability:
According to Bell, and Morse (2008) the original forms of sustainability are divided into two categories. These categories include the maintenance of environment quality and a multidimensional effort to achieve the objectives. The ecological and technological roots are also explained in order highlight the effectiveness of sustainability causes. The carrying capacity of the system is explained in the research through using a conjunction of maximum sustainable yields. These yields are also represented as (MSY) that are related to ecological resources utilization. The overuse of resources eventually results into a collapse of population. The concept presented through MSY helps in identifying the relative features of population increase or greed. The collapse of the system has consequences that are not beneficial for the dependents of the system.
Land and water management:
The construction companies leading the industry with Operations acquire land for their projects. The companies are also socially responsible for their existence. It is already an effort to develop a sustainable project for housing and commercial use. The destruction of ecological agriculture and assurance of natural products should also be catered. In order to maintain environmental regulations the organization has to establish a robust mechanism for compliance with the industry and governmental laws (Prakash, & Potoski, 2006).
Climate change is also an important factor which is influenced by land utilization for purposes other than earthly businesses including development of land for housing and commercial purposes. Climate change can be denoted as the changes occurring in earth's temperature, wind, sea levels, rain schedules, and floods. The world is worst most effected by climate change. The causes of the climate change can be related to natural as well as unnatural factors. However, the human factors causing climate change are denoted as extensive energy consumption. The increased amount of carbon and nuclear emissions are also affecting global climate which is expedited through construction industry and it will also impact ANW Construction Limited projects (Williams, 2013).
ANW Construction Limited also causes land utilization and as result it impacts climate change. The forests of the planet are decreasing on hourly basis causing a major damage to environment. It is also a cause of increased floods and high temperatures. The increased rainfall, snow, fog, and storms are also caused by disruptive eco systems. The environment around the industrialized and urbanized cities is worst effected through energy consumption and carbon emissions. The efforts for renewable energy are not appropriate to mitigate climate change risks and damages caused by unnatural factors on earth (Williams, 2013).
The climate change factors are not only limited to the factors discussed above. The influence of political and economic factors is also overwhelming in climate change efforts and causes of such elements incurring as notable components of the issues. The climate changes are propagated by a number of nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations throughout the globe. However they are only regarded as activists and major players for energy, oil, and gas strongly lobby with government officials to resist environmental policies, laws, and regulations.
The ANW Construction Limited should take serious actions in individual capacity to preserve earth's environment. Furthermore taking active position for strict implementation of environmental regulations is also helpful for sustainable operations. The industries are also causing major contaminations for water, air, and disposal of waste without
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