Sustainability

hybrid delivery trucks, as well as many of the sustainability plans that the corporation laid out with their annual Global responsibility report. According to the Walmart website, “When Walmart set out on our sustainability journey 10 years ago, it was in an effort to improve our own operations, but we’ve learned that we can positively impact systems…

The primary distinguishing factor between weak and strong sustainability is their degree of substitutability. Weak sustainability, examined in the first part of this paper, assumes that natural capital and manufactured capital are perfectly substitutable. The second part of this paper examines strong sustainability which asserts that the substitutability of natural capital by other forms of capital is highly limited and not interchangeable. This paper will discuss weak and strong…

The chapter is about corporate social responsibility, ethics and sustainability. The corporate social responsibility is managerial obligation to take action that protects and improves the welfare of the society and the origination interest. Ethics are the principles by which people distinguish what is morally right. Sustainability is, an organization’s ability to meet its present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. The Davis model of corporate…

Biodiversity conservation and sustainability are the two major challenges on a global scale in all ecosystems and communities around the world. Multiple factors affect these two in complex ways, and both the areas are often identified as ‘wicked’ problems in ecology. As such, both the topics can be approached by fieldwork, tracking the underlying connections that affect the quality of human life and provide evidence-based feedback on policy matters. In my research statement, I provide an outline…

I am writing to apply for Tesla’s sustainability internship program offered this summer. As a junior at the SC Johnson College of Business at Cornell University, I am interested in furthering my knowledge and experience in sustainability. Given the opportunity, I believe that contributing to the continuing sustainable efforts of Tesla in minimizing our negative environmental and social impacts will allow me to fortify my abilities in sustainability. Moreover, I look forward to researching and…

Introduction Experiments in Sustainability, Kindness, and Social Responsibility; after completing a four week survey of my personal habits which include; what I generate and manage as waste, along with my comportment in the public eye, I found this experience to be quite extensive as well as enlightening. Sustainability Experiment: I have done these types of trials before in other classes. Therefore, this time around was more of a revision than a realization. It was important for me to have a…

How the Lack of Sustainability Impacts our world For decades the world has been facing an ever increasing crisis in which the sustainability of our planet is not strong enough to support the expanding population. As our population grows, the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere increases dramatically, causing a change in our climate that threatens the balance of nature. This essay will touch on just a few of the adverse impacts that a lack of sustainability in our world has had on…

Sustainability has become an issue throughout the whole globe. Sustainability is a complicated term which generally means an “approach to development that meets the needs of the present without negatively affecting the ability of the future generations to meet their needs.”(Clarke, Earle, and Wallace, 2006) According to Land Learn organization sustainability means “an ability or capacity of something to be maintained or to sustain itself.” (http://www.landlearnnsw.org.) In my opinion, it is…

Sustainability in Agriculture and Farming “In half of a century, our soils have increased from 1 percent to 8 percent organic matter, and OM [organic matter] is the foundational test of soil resilience and fertility,” states Joel Salatin, speaking of his family farm, Polyface farms (Salatin). Sustainable farming has been around for millennia, but with the destructiveness that many modern farming methods cause, it has gained a growing measure of popularity with people who wish to wisely use our…

Sustainability Earth is a small fraction of the never ending universe, however it is our only way of life and needs to be taken care of. Life as we know it depends on one speck in the universe and that speck can only hold so much. Many people do not think about the actions made and what effects they have on the Earth but it needs to start being a priority. Considering the fact that there is only one planet that has the ability to keep us alive, it is the job of humans to make sure Earth lasts…