16 McKinsey on Payments March 2011 Designing a sustainable card model: The growth challenge In the face of dire predictions about the health of the global credit card industry‚ a number of issuers are rallying around new positioning‚ new products and new value propositions – seeking profits there rather than through risk-based charges and fees. The new positioning includes making finer distinctions among consumer groups. The new products range from family charge cards to “programmable” credit
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Building a Sustainable Supply Chain Lisa Powelson Chattahoochee Technical College Abstract Building a sustainable supply chain requires a holistic approach that includes the company as well as their suppliers and their suppliers‚ suppliers – downstream and upstream. To ensure goals and objectives are achieved‚ sustainabilty must be a part of strategy‚ applying measurement metrics solidifies executive level sponsorship. Sustainable supply chains are typically viewed from a 3BL (3 bottom line)
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the beginning of time‚ the built environment has been an integral part in providing shelter needs for men‚ women and children. Maslow (1943) formulated that shelter is a basic requirement of humans. In the future‚ humans will have to construct sustainable shelter otherwise would they would risk depleting resources for subsequent generations. Construction is an example of a multitasking activity. The lifecycle of construction can be broken into phases. Achieving building sustainability in modern
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‘How Sustainable Am I’ Sustainable Development is a "hot" topic these days and sustainable related change is all around us. Many people struggle though with the question on "how can I make a change to improve the health of our planet?" Our society is clearly in a new state of thinking with respect to the important topic of sustainability and I like to believe that I ’m playing my role‚ but how sustainable am I really? In order to answer that question it obviously is crucial to first clearly
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RUNNING A SUSTAINABLE EVENTS BUSINESS. By Flora Wallace Word count: 1‚470 Abstract A practical look at running an event‚ putting sustainability at the forefront of event mangers decisions. Discussing why sustainability is important for a business’s future. How to go about changing business practices and how to communicate this to staff‚ suppliers and other stakeholder. Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Running a sustainable events business 4 2.1 Existing
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TO WHAT EXTENT DOES GLOBALIZATION CONTRIBUTe TO SUSTAINABLE PROSPERITY FOR ALL PEOPLE? The Contribution of Globalization to Sustainable Prosperity As citizens of this country and this world‚ we may be asked the question. To what extent does globalization contribute to the sustainable prosperity of all people. Many people will not be able to give you an answer‚ some may give a random explanation of globalization or sustainability that in fact has nothing to do with the topic being spoken of.
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Is it sustainable? (10 marks) Groupon’s business model is one that focused its main goal on growing as fast as they could. They knew that customer acquisition was necessary to achieve to make their company grow into a publicly traded corporation‚ but their business
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Towards A Sustainable Reclamation for Hong Kong Albert Cheng Ting Ning‚ JP Project Manager HKSAR Highways Department Aaron Bok Kwok Ming‚ Chief Engineer HKSAR Highways Department Daman Lee‚ Director Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited K K Yin‚ Director Ove Arup & Partners Hong Kong Limited Synopsis The call for sustainable development within the built environment has often been the lead priority amongst many of today’s governments’ agenda globally. Hong Kong is of no exception for this course
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Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 7 (2003) 453–468 www.elsevier.com/locate/rser A review on the energy production‚ consumption‚ and prospect of renewable energy in China J. Chang a‚ Dennis Y.C. Leung b‚∗‚ C.Z. Wu a‚ Z.H. Yuan a b a Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion‚ Guangzhou‚ China Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ The University of Hong Kong‚ Pokfulam Road‚ Hong Kong‚ China Received 14 April 2003; accepted 14 April 2003 Abstract China is the second largest
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Chapter 22 Sustainable Cities Summary 1. Almost half of the world’s population lives in urban areas and half in rural areas. Government policies‚ poverty‚ lack of land to grow food‚ declining agricultural jobs‚ famine‚ and war that force people out of rural areas are all factors that determine how urban areas develop. 2. Urban areas are rarely self-sustaining‚ threaten biodiversity‚ destroy and damage ecosystems‚ lack trees‚ grow little of their own food‚ concentrate pollutants
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