Ba 342
BA 342 Notes Summary (No Order)
1) SAS company of sustainability
-#3 best place to work
-sustain themselves by recycling energy back in to the company
-**Take a comprehensive approach to sustainability**
- EX. Their elevator produces energy on the way down
-they use sheep to take care of grazing instead of power
2) The 3 Drivers
- Population growth (connects to the caterpillar speech, figure out how)
- Intensity of resource usage (connects to Dan Guide speech on supply chain, figure out how)
- Climate Change (just know from a corporate standpoint climate change is managed by the UN and that the scientific side of the UN is the IPCC)
3) IPCC = International Panel on Climate Change
- The IPCC is a scientific body. It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change. It does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters.
-By endorsing the IPCC reports, governments acknowledge the authority of their scientific content. The work of the organization is therefore policy-relevant and yet policy-neutral, never policy-prescriptive.
-Michael Mann, PSU professor involved
-Climate change is a trillion dollar problem that the UN has to deal with
4) Price Water House Coopers & Climate
-**reduce carbon footprint**
5) Corporate Data on Test
-Percent of corporations that have clearly defined sustainability = 32%
6) Column to know
-Sustainability importance by organizational group column
-sustainability importance in\1s consistently as you get higher and higher up in an organization. To the point where 49% of board of directors believes sustainability is very important. Board of directors people believe sustainability is a big deal and opposite can be said for non-manager employees. Most of the employees of any kind in a corporation just see it as important and not very
1) SAS company of sustainability
-#3 best place to work
-sustain themselves by recycling energy back in to the company
-**Take a comprehensive approach to sustainability**
- EX. Their elevator produces energy on the way down
-they use sheep to take care of grazing instead of power
2) The 3 Drivers
- Population growth (connects to the caterpillar speech, figure out how)
- Intensity of resource usage (connects to Dan Guide speech on supply chain, figure out how)
- Climate Change (just know from a corporate standpoint climate change is managed by the UN and that the scientific side of the UN is the IPCC)
3) IPCC = International Panel on Climate Change
- The IPCC is a scientific body. It reviews and assesses the most recent scientific, technical and socio-economic information produced worldwide relevant to the understanding of climate change. It does not conduct any research nor does it monitor climate related data or parameters.
-By endorsing the IPCC reports, governments acknowledge the authority of their scientific content. The work of the organization is therefore policy-relevant and yet policy-neutral, never policy-prescriptive.
-Michael Mann, PSU professor involved
-Climate change is a trillion dollar problem that the UN has to deal with
4) Price Water House Coopers & Climate
-**reduce carbon footprint**
5) Corporate Data on Test
-Percent of corporations that have clearly defined sustainability = 32%
6) Column to know
-Sustainability importance by organizational group column
-sustainability importance in\1s consistently as you get higher and higher up in an organization. To the point where 49% of board of directors believes sustainability is very important. Board of directors people believe sustainability is a big deal and opposite can be said for non-manager employees. Most of the employees of any kind in a corporation just see it as important and not very