Business Strong Sustainability Performance: Evidence from Food Sector -- Bio-compounds production from agri-food wastes under a biorefinery approach: Exploring environmental and social sustainability -- Environmental indicators in the meat chain.This book highlights various methods of quantifying sustainability indicators in the food sector, highlighting the environmental indicators in the meat…
The goals of the Circular Economy clearly point towards the cascading approach. Reuse and recycling of materials and products keeps secondary resources circulating and thus protects primary resources from being exploited. Cascade Use in Technologies is dedicated to cascading approaches of materials and products and fits perfectly to the Circular Economy discussion within Europe and the rest of …
Concepts and definitions of risk and adaptation -- Disaster risk prevention and reduction -- Disaster recovery strategies and solutions -- Community based initiatives for urban risk management and adaptation -- Innovative methodological and technical solutions for risk management and adaptation -- Institutional frameworks and multi-level governance -- The integration of risk management in spati…
Foreword - Externalities in Supply Chains -- Introduction – Challenges and opportunities for addressing SDGs through sustainable supply chains in the post-global economy -- Part 1. Critical conceptual approaches to building sustainable supply chains for SDGs - Chapter1. Is sustainable supply chain management sustainable? (Paul Nieuwenhuis, Anne Touboulic and Lee Matthews) -- Chapter2. Supply …
Chapter 1. Introduction: Objectives, Substantive Issues, and Structure of this Book -- Chapter 2. Overview of Governance Theories that are relevant for the SDGs -- Chapter 3. Laying out Actors and Dynamics in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development -- Chapter 4. Exploring Some Specific Case Studies -- Chapter 5. Governance Pillars and Competences: Power, Knowledge, and Norms as Cross-cuttin…
This book raises awareness of environmentally friendly and resource-sparing management of winter sports areas, in order to increase the number of certified ski areas. Many ski areas today are advertised with seals of approval, titles and awards. Often, however, it is unclear which institutions and criteria are behind these appraisals. This practice is widely criticized as “green-washing”, s…
Chapter 1. Introducing Corporate Water Stewardship in the Context of Global Water Governance -- Part I: Incorporation -- Chapter 2. Understanding the Enabling Environment -- Chapter 3. The Rise of Corporate Water Stewardship -- Part II: Involvement -- Chapter 4. Companies and Water Resources Management -- Chapter 5. Companies and Water Sanitation and Hygiene -- Part III: Influence -- Chapter 6.…
Chapter 1-Introduction to Ethics and Technology -- Chapter 2-Technological Competence -- Chapter 3-Outsourcing -- Chapter 4-Receipt of Privileged Information -- Chapter 5– What Is Technology? -- Chapter 6-How Did We Get Here? -- Chapter 12–Technology Assisted Review -- Chapter 14-Effective Communication -- Chapter 17–Effective Supervision -- Chapter 18–Using Technology for Improved Bill…
Economic and Technical Feasibility Studies, Reserve Estimation -- Design, Planning and Optimization of Surface and Underground Mines -- Planning under Uncertainty -- Mine Development -- Transition from surface to underground mining -- Mine Automation and Information Technology -- Internet of Things in Mining -- Drilling, Blasting, Tunneling and Excavation Engineering -- Innovative Materials Han…
1. Introduction -- 2. The Play of Power in the Politics of Harm -- 3. Palm Oil in Colombia: National and Local Context -- 4. Colombia’s Contested Grounds -- 5. Preparing the Ground: Discourses, Mechanisms, and Impacts -- 6. Reaping the Fruits -- 7. Conclusion: to Miss the Forest for the Trees? -- Annex: List of Interviews and Site Visits.This book examines the politics of harm in the context …