Sustainability in Business
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Sustainability refers to the capacity of a business to have no significant negative impact on the local or global community, environment, society or the economy. These businesses strive to meet the triple bottom line (TBL) which consists of people, planet and profit. This means that the businesses demonstrate their commitment to CS through catering for people, the planet and profit. For people, it means that the organization has fair business practices that are beneficial toward the employees and the community at large. For the planet, it means that the practices of the business do not bring any harm to the environment. Lastly, in terms of profit, it means that the business has economic value and it creates an economic impact to all stakeholders in it.

Sustainability and financial success

Sustainability is a key element in the achievement of success for a business. It also creates businesses…...

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Deloitte. (2010). Sustainability in Business Today: A Cross-Industry View. Retrieved from http://www.greencareerpathways.org/uploads/Deloitte-sustainability-survey.pdf

Greenwood, M. (2007). Stakeholder Engagement: Beyond the Myth of Corporate Responsibility. Journal of Business Ethics, 74(4), 315-327.

Lacy, P., Cooper, T., Hayward, R., & Neuberger, L. (2010). A New Era of Sustainability. Retrieved from  http://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/news_events/8.1/UNGC_Accenture_CEO_Study_2010.pdf

Sustainability: hat is required to stop global warming and other negative consequences of industrialization?
The need for businesses and governments to be sustainable enterprises is one of the most talked-about subjects in the media today. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): "Sustainability is based on a simple principle: Everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations" ("hat is sustainability," EPA, 2012). For most of us, we pat ourselves on the back for our sustainable efforts when we engage in relatively simple, low-stress actions such as recycling and buying green products. This demands little 'cost' of us, other than time. However, advocates of the Deep Ecology movement and other radical environmental…...

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"Demand for SUVs on the rise in China." Truck Trend. 28 Feb 2012. [23 Jun 2012]

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Sustainability
It appears there is much riding on the earth's future. Leadership of the next decades must be ready to deal with new challenges that have not been recorded in history. A major issue of this future will be the ability for society to sustain itself amid an illusion of resource scarcity. The purpose of this essay is to investigate the next generations' ability to carry the torch of sustainability as it relates to the five capitals. These capitals include: natural capital, human capital, social capital, manufactured capital and financial capital. This essay will first present some general background about sustainability before summarily addressing each one of the five sub-points and their relation to one another.

Background

Shott (2012) explained that a new attitude must be adopted by the next generations. He explained the onus rests upon these young people due to their circumstances: "the often maligned Y-Generation is growing up in an…...

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Confino, J. (2011). Will our future leaders be the first sustainable generation? The Guardian UK, 6 Dec 2011. Retrieved from   business/blog/sky-sustainability-future-leadershttp://www.guardian.co.uk/sustainable -

Ehrlich, P., Kareiva, P., & Daily, G. (2012). Securing natural capital and expanding equity to rescale civilization. Nature, 7 June 2012, 486: 68-74. Retrieved from   Rescaling-society.pdfhttp://mahb.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2012_Ehrlich-Daily-Kareiva -

Forum for The Future. 2008. The Five Capitals Model -- a framework for sustainability . [ONLINE] Available at: ttp://www.forumforthefuture.org/sites/default/files/project/downloads/five-capitals- model.pdf.

Shott, R. (2012). Building a Generation of Sustainability Mavericks Because We Can, Or Because We Have to. Forbes, 11 Oct 2012. Retrieved from   sustainability-mavericks-because-we-can-or-because-we-have-to/http://www.forbes.com/sites/singularity/2012/10/11/building-a-generation-of -

Sustainability of Democracy
The objective of this study is to examine the sustainability of democracy including the Health Care Reform of Medicare and Medicaid that is burdening physicians and Durable Medical Equipment Providers to compete for contracts through competitive bidding and the patients not having the option to choose their providers. As well, the government control of the issues of health insurance will be examined and the question answered as to whether the sustainability of democracy will remain given the evidence of government control.

Sustainable democracy is addressed in a report of the Government Commission on Swedish Democracy which states that democracy "is not immutable. The institutions of democracy are fragile in the sense that they take a long time to build up but can collapse significantly more quickly, not least through violence. However, de-democratization can also creep forward, by small but conscious adjustments of important details of the structures." (Ministry of…...

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Nix, K. And Senger, A. (2012) The Promise of Consumer-Directed Health Plans: Studies Show Success at Reducing Costs and Maintaining Quality. The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved from:  http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/07/promise-of-consumer-directed-health-plans-studies-show-success-reducing-costs-maintaining-quality 

Smith, J. (2008) Democracy and Sustainability. Can We Survive in Freedom: The Relationship Between Democracy and Sustainability. Retrieved from:  http://www.open.edu/openlearn/society/international-development/environmental-decision-making/democracy-and-sustainability-can-we-survive-freedom 

Sustainable Democracy (2000) Policy for Government by the People in the 2000s. Report of the Government Commission on Swedish Democracy. Official Government Reports-SOU 2000:1 Ministry of Justice. Stockholm, Sweden. Retrieved from:  http://ilrs.org/budapest/democracy.pdf

Sustainability of Britt Coffee
Sustainability is a huge word in business today. It is an admirable goal for business to make promises to lower their carbon footprint. Yet, it is the businesses that take this mission and align it with strategic financial goals that illustrate the theories of the late Peter Drucker in action. Drucker believed that without taking care of its operations first, there is no way a business could really be socially responsible in any other meaningful way. Thus, for modern businesses to be successful in their sustainability strategies, they must also be successful in their strategic operational strategies. The health of the business always comes first, according to Drucker, and then the health of their social responsibility and sustainability efforts will come after. This can be seen in the strategy of Britt Coffee, a company that in many ways combines its effort to gain a competitive advantage and…...

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References

Britt Coffee. (2014). Sustainability. Experience Cafe Britt. Web.  http://www.cafebritt.com/sustainability 

Drucker Institute. (2014). Peter Drucker's Life and Legacy. About Peter Drucker. Web. http://www.druckerinstitute.com/link/about-peter-drucker/

Mok, Karen. (2012). Reinventing Work, Reinventing Organization. Peter Drucker Challenge. Web.  http://essay.druckerchallenge.org/fileadmin/user_upload/essays_2012_pdf/S_Karen_Mok_Peter_Drucker_Essay1.pdf 

Stallone, Jesse. (2010). Peter Drucker on Sustainability. Sustainability. Web.  http://jessestallone.com/2010/09/17/peter-drucker-on-sustainability/

The biggest problem with maintaining sustainable fisheries levels around the world is gaining the cooperation of other counties. Many other countries, such as Japan and some European nations do not comply with sustainable fishery practices, which means they are depleting the fisheries at a more rapid rate than countries who do comply, and they could fish many species into extinction. However, many countries besides the United States understand the importance of creating sustainable fishing practices. Many countries around the globe are working to reduce or control overfishing while still providing popular seafood items to diners around the world.
Overfishing is not the only problem with the world's fisheries that can lead to nonsustainability. Other practices include net and trawling fishing (sometimes called "longline" fishing) that can take up many other species along with the intended catch, such as birds and dolphins. Managing fishing practices to maintain sustainability is also an…...

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Increase long-term economic and social benefits to the nation from living marine resources."

12. Editors. "Various." International Institute for Sustainable Development.  http://www.iisd.org/ 

Use information from several pages to fill in gaps in information throughout the report. Use in movement examples to show different areas of sustainability and why they are important. Eradicate poverty to create a better lifestyle and reduce dependence on agricultural pursuits that damage the land and ecosystems. "Yet if the rate of greenhouse gas emissions remains at the current level, the world could face an increase in average temperature of between three and 10 oC."

Buildings will be equied to obtain enegy cetification. At the cuent time, constuction enginees ae the most likely candidate fo the job. This being the case, it is estimated that appoximately 12,000 enginees will need to be etained to cay out these functions (Covedale, 2002).
As one can see, the EPBD will place a stain on the constuction industy in tems of knowledge and the manpowe needed to cay out the task. This eseach will play a significant ole in the ability of the industy to moe closely identify its futue needs in tems of education, pesonnel, cost and othe challenges that ae a esult of the new enegy legislation. This eseach will play a significant ole in assessing the needs of the constuction industy and the actions that they need to take in ode to be eady fo the changes and challenges that the EPBD bings. It will identify…...

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references to those wishing to learn more about the implementation of sustainable practices in the construction industry. These books are likely to become essential in the library of the construction engineer. Many of them include the principles contained in this research study, but they put in more precise terms that can be used to develop sustainable practices in the industry, These guides include:

Batty S, Davoudi S. And Layard a (Eds.) Planning for a Sustainable Future (London: Spon Press, 2001).

Cox J, Fell D. And Thurstain-Goodwin M. Red Man, Green Man (London: RICS (Foundation, 2002).

I will have to send this in two parts, the document was too big to send at once. If there are any changes that need made, I will do them immediately upon receipt.

Sustainability
Financial Sustainability Imagine work a business consultant. Companies governmental entities hire firm make recommendations streamlining business operations, make companies fiscally sound. You asked supervisor present a local business conference subject financial sustainability

Financial sustainability: Mathematical models

Sustainability is one of the top 'buzzwords' today in terms of marketing products, but what does it actually mean? One definition of sustainability provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is that "everything that we need for our survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on our natural environment. Sustainability creates and maintains the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony, that permit fulfilling the social, economic and other requirements of present and future generations" (What is sustainability, 2012, EPA). Sustainability requires a long-term focus by the individual and corporate entities, but in the interests of making a quick profit, sustainability is often put on the shelf. Consumers gravitate to blue-chip…...

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References

CFOs seek boldness and shareholder value in sustainability. (2012). Environmental Leader.

Retrieved:  http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/06/13/cfos-seek-boldness-and-shareholder-value-in-sustainability/ 

Energy. (2012). Interface. Retrieved:

 http://www.interfaceglobal.com/Sustainability/Our-Progress/Energy.aspx

Edwards (2005) writes, "This principle asks businesses to use foresight in the development of new products and processes and, if these are deemed potentially dangerous to society, to refrain from further action" (p. 55). This ethical concept shifts responsibility from the consumer and regulators to the business itself. The burden lies with the company to prove that technologies, chemicals, or practices are sustainable and safe. This is important because many companies view the requirement of proving non-hazards as an obstacle to technological advancement.
Maybe the most important concept in sustainability is that economic development is human development. This view integrates culture and economy. "The economy represents our societal metabolism; it processes resources and information and circulates the resulting products throughout" (Goerner et. al., 2008, p. 157). Prosperity is a function of human capital and local networks of collaboration. This is important since it reverses top-down notions which promote material means…...

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Bibliography

Edwards, a.R. (2005). The sustainability revolution: portrait of a paradigm shift. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society.

Goerner, S.J., Dyck, R.G., & Laterroos, D. (2008). The new science of sustainability: building a foundation for great change. Chapel Hill, NC: Triangle Center for Complex Systems.

Hawken, P., Lovins, a., & Lovins, L.H. (1999). Natural capitalism: creating the next industrial revolution. Brown: Little, Brown, and Company.

Sustainability Scorecard
SU specifically gained support for implementing the STARS model by doing two things. The first was that the sustainability office contacted the top administrators before applying to be a pilot site. This step is important to initiating organizational change, but does not constitute best management practice. For any initiative to succeed, senior management buy-in is essential, but so is their vocal support (Mackenzie, n.d). The rest of the organization sees senior management commitment as a sign of an initiative's perceived worth to the organization. The sustainability department at SU received permission from senior management but the initiative did not have a senior management champion. This manifested in problems downstream, such as the lack of serious support from members of the faculty.

The second thing that SU did to gain support was to send e-mails to mid-level administrators to gain their support for the project. This was not good business practice.…...

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BalancedScorecard.org. (2011). Balanced scorecard basics. Balanced Scorecard Institute. Retrieved August 17, 2011 from  http://www.balancedscorecard.org/BSCResources/AbouttheBalancedScorecard/tabid/55/Default.aspx 

Mackenzie, M. (no date). Senior leadership's role in the change process. Townsend School of Business. Retrieved August 17, 2011 from  http://www.dowling.edu/faculty/mackenzie/docs/change.pdf 

STARS (2011). Website, various pages. Retrieved August 17, 2011 from  https://stars.aashe.org/

Analysis of the Field Sustainability is a concept that is receiving attention in numerous industries—from auto manufacturing to accounting (Bouten & Hoozee, 2015; Kwangeson, 2014). Companies like Tesla, Porsche, GM, Audi, Volkswagen and others are finding ways to become more sustainable by creating electric vehicles (EV) that consumers can buy in place of gas-powered cars to avoid polluting the earth. Sustainability concepts focus mainly on green energy and protecting the environment, but they also focus on managing waste more efficiently and promoting social goals and values that are important to communities. Lago, Kocak, Crnkovic and Penzenstadler (2015) examine the environmental dimension of software performance, for instance, and discuss how one of the main problems of “current software engineering practice with regard to sustainability is that the technical and economic dimensions are taken into account while the environmental and social dimensions are not” (p. 70). By focusing attention on how products and…...

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References

Anderies, J. M. (2014). Embedding built environments in social–ecological systems: Resilience-based design principles. Building Research & Information, 42(2), 130–142. doi:10.1080/09613218.2013.857455

Baue, B., & Wood, R. (2015, Aug-Nov). 11/30 - Leveraging integral leadership to shift sustainability mindsets into a ThriveAbility paradigm. Integral Leadership Review, 279–284.

Baumgartner, R. J. (2014). Managing corporate sustainability and CSR: A conceptual framework combining values, strategies and instruments contributing to sustainable development. Corporate Social Responsibility & Environmental Management, 21(5), 258–271. doi:10.1002/csr.1336

Bouten, L., & Hoozée, S. (2015). Challenges in sustainability and integrated reporting. Issues in Accounting Education, 30(4), 373–381. doi:10.2308/iace-51093

Dovleac, L. (2015). The role of new communication technologies in companies’ sustainability. Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov. Series V: Economic Sciences, 8(1), 33–40.

Kwangseon, H. (2014). Sustainability, new economics and policy: Greening pathway for the auto industry. International Journal of Technology Management & Sustainable Development, 13(1), 3–14. doi: 10.1386/tmsd.13.1.3_1

Lago, P., Kocak, S. A., Crnkovic, I., & Penzenstadler, B. (2015). Framing sustainability as a property of software quality. Communications of the ACM, 58(10), 70–78. doi:10.1145/2714560

Lubin, D. A., & Etsy, D. C. (2010). The sustainability imperative. Harvard Business Review, 88(5), 42–50.

Background United Parcel Service (UPS) was founded in 1907 and is the world's largest package delivery company. As a provider of transportation and logistics services, UPS operates globally, using airplanes and trucks to move goods around the world. The company's ground-based shipping business has long been its mainstay, but after the arrival of FedEx, UPS entered into the overnight courier business as well. This move began the company's transformation into more of an integrated logistics provider from being simply a package delivery company. It now has a retail operation, as well as package delivery and specialized logistics services.
Background of its Sustainability Practice
Perhaps the earliest component of UPS corporate social responsibility platform is the UPS Foundation. This is the company's charitable works foundation, and is focused on building communities, and on projects like the Global Forestry Initiative, both in terms of finances and in terms of volunteer work. It is worth noting…...

Online Advertisement: The Exercise Clothing of LululemonOne of the most controversial and successful brands of athletic wear is Lululemon. Lululemon has become so synonymous with yoga its clothing has become integral to the stereotype of an affluent, (usually) white, suburban woman who does yoga and is very into physical fitness as well as has the budget to support her fitness habit. The company, however, has also been the target of a great deal of backlash regarding its products sustainability, encouragement of unhealthy behaviors, and lack of diversity on its website. Lululemon, partially because many of its consumers identify as socially conscious, has tried to diversify its fashion models and also launch advertisement campaigns that encourage healthier attitudes to exercise, life, stress, and even food.This aspiration and attempt to change the companys brand image can be seen in the text of the above-cited advertisement. In it, a woman wearing the iconic…...

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Works Cited

Lin, Lily, and Brent McFerran. “The (Ironic) Dove Effect: Use of Acceptance Cues for Larger Body Types Increases Unhealthy Behaviors.” Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, vol. 35, no. 1, 2016, pp. 76–90. JSTOR,   Accessed 12 Nov. 2022.http://www.jstor.org/stable/44164869 .

Tennant, Mieka. “Chic Sustainability.” Corporate Knights, vol. 4, no. 5, 2006, pp. 12–15. JSTOR,   Accessed 12 Nov. 2022.http://www.jstor.org/stable/43242445 .

This essay is on Sustainable design within retail spaces store design (including the physical space of the store, as well as the merchandising fixtures, and products).  This paper will explore some different brands that utilize this sustainable design concept.
Introduction & Defining the Concept

The concept of sustainability is, for the most part, in the eye of the beholder.  In theory, sustainability reflects consumption that can be sustained indefinitely, implying that no non-renewable resources are used.  In practice, the term sustainable is applied more broadly along a spectrum where the actual amount of sustainability in the subject is moderate to high, though usually not total.  As applied to design, the concept of sustainability is focused on using a variety of tools, techniques, and designs that are sustainable.  It is rare that a building will be 100% sustainable, but concepts that contribute to sustainability have become the leading trend in building design in…...

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Contreras, J., Roth, H. & Lewis, M. (2011).  Toward a rational framework for sustainable building materials standards.  Standards Engineering. Vol. 63 (5)

Farr, D. (2008).  Sustainable Urbanism.  Wiley.

Fuerst, F. (2009).  Building momentum:  An analysis of investment trends in LEED and Energy Star-certified properties.  Journal of Retail and Leisure Property. Vol. 8 (2009) 285-297.

Kreider, J., Curtiss, P. & Rabl, A. (2010).  Heating and Cooling of Buildings:  Design for Efficiency. Taylor & Francis:  Boca Raton, FL.

Krygiel, E. & Nies, B. (2008).  Green BIM:  Successful Sustainable Design with Building Information Modeling.  Wiley:  Indianapolis

Nidumolu, R., Prahalad, C. & Rangaswami, M. (2009). Why sustainability is now the key driver of innovation.  Harvard Business Review.  Retrieved March 10, 2015 from

Ogle, J., Hyllegard, K. & Dunbar, B. (2004).  Predicting patronage behaviors in a sustainable retail environment.  Environment and Behavior.  Vol. 36 (5) 717-741.

Plevoets, B. & Van Cleempoel, K. (2012).  Creating sustainable retail interiors through the reuse of historic buildings.  Interiors:  Design, Architecture, Culture. Vol. 3 (3) 271-293.https://hbr.org/2009/09/why-sustainability-is-now-the-key-driver-of-innovation

Introduction Milton Friedman’s quote gets to the heart of the conflict between shareholder theory vs. stakeholder theory. Shareholder theory posits that a corporation’s sole responsibility is to maximize the return on investment (ROI) for shareholders. Stakeholder theory posits, on the other hand, that a company owes a duty to all stakeholders (not just shareholders)—members of the community, workers, consumers; in short, anyone who is part of or who is impacted in some way by the company. The question is: Do corporations exist only to serve the interests of shareholders or do they also have a responsibility to serve stakeholders as well? This paper will answer that question by looking at the nature and essence of business social responsibility from the standpoint of the four major sources of ethical values in business: Law, Culture, Philosophy, and Religion. It will show that in today’s business environment, stakeholder theory needs to be pursued instead…...

The term global perspective actually has a few different meanings, depending on the discipline.  It can refer to an individual’s personal lens and how they view the globe; to various perspectives about an issue from around the globe; and to views linked to globalization and the impact of individual or nation-wide actions on the world and its inhabitants.   We are going to provide a range of topic suggestions that incorporate all of these different definitions of global perspectives, with the most suggestions coming from the last topic, as it is the most commonly used across academic disciplines.

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