Environmental Issues

Greenpeace is a non-governmental environmental organization with offices in over forty countries and with an international coordinating body in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Greenpeace focuses its campaigning on worldwide issues such as global warming, deforestation, overfishing, commercial whaling and anti-nuclear issues. Greenpeace was founded in 1971 by American immigrants in Canada and does not accept funding from governments, corporations or political parties, relying on more than…

.........................................................................................40 Fair operating practices ......................................................................................................................48 Consumer issues.................................................................................................................................51 Community involvement and development .............................................................................

sustainability reporting is an initiative that attempts to create a paradigm of triple bottom line reporting that encompasses the economic, environmental, and social performance of business. Measurement and reporting of environmental and social aspects are in their infancy compared to financial/economic reporting. The objective of the GRI’s framework is to elevate environmental and social reporting to the level of financial reporting by developing reporting principles and information…

national environmental significance, department of the environment and heritage. Baines J, Morgan B. 2003. Buckenham B. From technology-focused rules to socially responsible implementation: an SIA of proposed home heating rules in Christchurch, New Zealand. Impact Assess Proj Apprais; 21:187–94. Beanlands GE,Duinker PN. 1983. An ecological framework for environmental impact assessment in Canada, federal environmental assessment review office and institute for resource and…

generated each day To counter some of the criticism, McDonald¶s partnered with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to explore new ways to make its operations more friendly to the environment. Together, EDF and McDonald¶s considered its impact on a wide range of stakeholders²customers, suppliers, franchisees, and the environment. The company gave its franchisees much autonomy in finding ways to eliminate environmental blight FACTS    McDonald¶s roots go back to the early…

their environmental practices as inadequate. • Have low expectation about companies and prefer those ones that have made improvements around its sustainable practices. • Tend to exaggerate their green behaviour and consume a lot of green products. • Want environmental protection to be easy without major sacrifices. • Tend to distrust companies' environmental claims, unless they have been independently verified. • Tend not to trust them to evaluate scientific information about…

growing and, with more people migrating from rural to urban areas, the planning profession must increasingly deal with urbanization issues, such as: * Conversion of land from natural habitats to urban built areas, * Maintenance and use of natural resources and habitats, * Development of transportation related infrastructure, * Ensuring environmental protection. Not only do planners deal with land use, but also: * Planning social and community services, * Managing…

Discuss the concept of sustainable development based on examples taken from international law and the national law of your country. Discuss the interrelationship between the concept of sustainable development and the instruments of international environmental law. “ Erick Eduardo GOYANO MAC-KAY 1287, Brazil Av. Louis Casaï, 49 - Geneva, Switzerland erickmackay@yahoo.com.br As time passes by, natural systems degradation continues to grow, affecting drastically our…

gestão ambiental; aterro sanitário. Abstract ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT WITH EMPHASIS ON THE FINAL DESTINATION OF SOLID WASTE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PEDRA BRANCA-CE The theme of urban cleaning is assuming a major role among the increasingly sophisticated needs of Brazilian society and of local communities. Either by the aspects linked to the disease, is transmitted by contamination of watercourses and groundwater, environmental approach; is social issues linked to collectors – especially…

produtos ou serviços. Além disso, há a necessidade de maiores estudos para validação das interações apresentadas. Palavras-chave: Sistema de Gestão Ambiental, Produção Mais Limpa, ISO 14001, práticas, interação. xii ABSTRACT CAPPARELLI, H.F. Environmental Management System and Cleaner Production: Analysis of practices and systems interaction. 2010. 234p. Master’s dissertation presented to the School of Engineering of São Carlos, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, 2010. The growth of…