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21-30 of 33 for the Category : Economics and the Subcategory : Economics - GeneralGreen Building - Using natural materials
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Using natural materials for construction of dwellings and community buildings, is the oldest method of building since humans moved away from caves.
Read more about Green Building - Using natural materialsGreenwash
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Greenwash is not a new concept. The term emerged from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, and it entered the Concise Oxford Dictionary in 1999.
Read more about GreenwashLife Cycle Assessment (LCA)
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Life cycle assessment (LCA) looks at the entire life cycle of a product, process or activity ‘from cradle to grave’ or from the first moment it was thought of until its final disposal or destruction.
Read more about Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)Oil Peak
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Oil is the quintessential commodity in the modern industrial economy. Although the industrial revolution was initially powered by coal, since the first commercial oil well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 1859 oil has gained increasing prominence a
Read more about Oil PeakRainwater Harvesting
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Rainwater harvesting is the practice of collecting rainwater or storm water, and storing it for subsequent use either indoors or outdoors.
Read more about Rainwater HarvestingSustainable Development
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The most commonly used definition of Sustainable Development is: 'Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs'.
Read more about Sustainable DevelopmentSustainable Development ~ A Scorecard of Progress & Pitfalls
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There is no doubt that business is doing far more than ever before to tackle the sustainability challenge. Evidence appears in plain sight: a plethora of voluntary codes, management systems by the truckload, volumes of sustainability reports, sociall
Read more about Sustainable Development ~ A Scorecard of Progress & PitfallsSustainable Development ~ Maintaining Profits or Sustaining People & Planet
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Sustainable development is widely advocated as the way to deal with the issues that fill the pages of this publication. The concept is, however, hard to apply in practice, and easy to manipulate.
Read more about Sustainable Development ~ Maintaining Profits or Sustaining People & PlanetSustainable Development ~ The Banking & Finance Sector
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The 1990s heralded the concept of globalisation and there was a growing awareness that companies had a role to play in sustainable development and that their activities had global ramifications.
Read more about Sustainable Development ~ The Banking & Finance SectorSustainable Development ~ The Business Case
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Terminology is often a barrier to getting different sectors of society to appreciate that they are quite often talking about the same thing though their goals and outcomes might be different.
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