ES_TBL_7/1 17/8/04 7:40 pm Page 1 Chapter 1 Enter the Triple Bottom Line John Elkington In 1994‚ the author coined the term triple bottom line. He reflects on what got him to that point‚ what has happened since – and where the agenda may now be headed. The late 1990s saw the term ‘triple bottom line’ take off. Based on the results of a survey of international experts in corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable development (SD)‚ Figure 1.1 spotlights the growth trend
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NT 1310 Triple Play Marketing In telecommunications‚ triple play service is a marketing term for the provisioning‚ over a single broadband connection‚ of: two bandwidth-intensive services‚ high-speed Internet access and television‚ and the latency-sensitive telephone.Triple play focuses on a combined business model rather than solving technical issues or a common standard. However‚ single standards like G.hn do exist to deliver all these services on a common platform. A so-called quadruple
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Triple Jump Biomechanics Triple Jump it is where an athlete sprints down a track‚ takes off at the board on one leg‚ hops‚ then again on the same leg before stepping onto the opposite leg and jumping into a pit of sand. This is called “hop‚ step and jump”. To be successful the athlete must be a fast sprinter with strong Gluteus‚ Hamstring‚ Iliopsoas‚ Quadriceps and Vastus muscle groups and core muscles: transverse and rectus abdominus‚ obliques and latissimus dorsi. They must also have the
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and people started to question organisations ’ practices and their environmental‚ social and economic impacts. With this in mind‚ companies started to pay more attention to business sustainability in order to improve the company ’s reputation. The Triple Bottom Line (TBL) concept is a methodology that focuses on the 3 P ’s: People‚ Planet and Profit. It was first introduced by John Elkington in 1994 and has increasingly become a basis for business sustainability. Not only has the world ’s Green mentality
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Triple X Syndrome‚ also known as XXX Syndrome‚ is a genetic disorder affecting the sex chromosomes. Females generally posses two X chromosomes‚ one from each parents‚ but females affected by Triple X syndrome possess three X chromosomes. On average‚ Triple X Syndrome affects 1 in 1000 females. Triple X syndrome generally doesn’t occur due to inheritance‚ but is rather caused by an error in the formation of the gametes known as nondisjunction‚ resulting in the extra X chromosome. Another cause of
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emIs the Triple A available ... 1. For any activities ? According to ghemawat‚The triple A suppose to bring internationals companies to the right strategy. Hypothetically thanks to the triple A ‚ internationals companies can optimize their international strategy and can face to country differences. Ghemawat takes a particular exemple to demonstrate that previous theory: the High technology area « one in the medical system and the other one in the IT » THEN we wonder if those successful
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The Triple Aim framework outlines some specific methods that participating organizations can use to reduce per capita healthcare costs. Triple Aim initiative can assist their participants in reducing their costs by creating and streamlining organizational efficiencies. Frequently experienced unnecessary wastes like delivery of inappropriate health care services‚ inefficient organizational processes‚ unneeded administration costs‚ and lack of preventive service opportunities can be prevented by following
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Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: a Triple Bottom Line approach to business The concept of Triple Bottom Line (TBL)‚ as John Elkington coined it in 1995‚ refers to the idea that companies and organizations should extend their agenda beyond the goals of economic prosperity by taking a three-dimensional approach to business‚ adding social justice and environmental quality as new goals on their agenda towards ‘sustainable capitalism’. Encouraging concern about sustainability is‚ according to
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Triple Bottom line. Corporate sustainability involves meeting the needs of today’s stakeholders in a manner that protects the environment and resources needed for future generation. It is directed at improving a company’s triple bottom line‚ which covers its performance on economic environment and social metrics. Economic. Barclays demonstrated significant success in delivering much better financial results between 2002 to 2005. They improved the cost-to-income ratio by right sizing the business
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with the Franco-Prussian War. In the Franco-Prussian war France lost to Germany which lead to the two countries never being in an alliance with one another. Once the war was over it lead to the forming of the triple Alliance which was one of the main alliances during the first world war. The Triple alliance was made up of the countries - Germany‚ Austo-Hungery and Italy‚ and it was first formed because Germany needed help to guard Alsace-Lorrain from France as France wanted to get back its stolen land
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