Sustainability and Cc
COLOURFUL CORPORATION
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IN PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE
Individual Assignment 2
WORD COUNT 3126
Executive Summary
The aim of this report is to provide the CEO of Colourful Corporation with advice and recommendations on a future vision and strategy that CC could consider for a sunstainable corporation. Taking into consideration analysis on the impact of the six world foresight forum themes which are: a) ecology and sustainability, b) population and demographics, c) science and technology, d) economy, e) geopolitics and security, f) society and culture.
This aim is based upon the following assumptions:
• Colourful Corporation is Australian based and owned • Colourful Corporation is a business strategy, investment and consultancy group • Colourful Corporation is affiliated with many companies globally
It is concluded that:
Sustainable Science is a relatively new field of science that studies the factors that are needed towards sustainability. This makes it a hard field to invest in but nonetheless promising. Developing technologies related to renewable energy and the like will have minimal effects in the short run but significantly huge effects in the long run.
Population growth has a huge effect on the carrying capacity of our planet. The way to monitor this is by determining the maximum sustainable level of use of the resources and determining the maximum sustainable level of abuse of the environment.
Technological advances in general bring about new trends. These trends should be monitored so that companies could adapt and innovate its products and services to meet the evolving needs of the consumers in the future. Cross-functioning teams must be made to address and react to these trends.
Maximizing labour efficiency can lead to macroeconomic sustainability. The combination of less working hours, work hour sharing and appropriate increase in manpower will
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IN PREPARATION FOR THE FUTURE
Individual Assignment 2
WORD COUNT 3126
Executive Summary
The aim of this report is to provide the CEO of Colourful Corporation with advice and recommendations on a future vision and strategy that CC could consider for a sunstainable corporation. Taking into consideration analysis on the impact of the six world foresight forum themes which are: a) ecology and sustainability, b) population and demographics, c) science and technology, d) economy, e) geopolitics and security, f) society and culture.
This aim is based upon the following assumptions:
• Colourful Corporation is Australian based and owned • Colourful Corporation is a business strategy, investment and consultancy group • Colourful Corporation is affiliated with many companies globally
It is concluded that:
Sustainable Science is a relatively new field of science that studies the factors that are needed towards sustainability. This makes it a hard field to invest in but nonetheless promising. Developing technologies related to renewable energy and the like will have minimal effects in the short run but significantly huge effects in the long run.
Population growth has a huge effect on the carrying capacity of our planet. The way to monitor this is by determining the maximum sustainable level of use of the resources and determining the maximum sustainable level of abuse of the environment.
Technological advances in general bring about new trends. These trends should be monitored so that companies could adapt and innovate its products and services to meet the evolving needs of the consumers in the future. Cross-functioning teams must be made to address and react to these trends.
Maximizing labour efficiency can lead to macroeconomic sustainability. The combination of less working hours, work hour sharing and appropriate increase in manpower will
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