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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Bottom dwellers refers to any species of animal or some other organism that lives on the sea floor. Biologists often use the term benthos to refer to bottom dwellers. Benthos feed off algae. Examples include many species such as crab rock-fish worms sea slugs sea snails. Sea cucumber Starfish Crayfish coral Some Bottom dwellers clean the ocean floors Bottom dwellers refers to any species of animal or some other organism that lives on the sea floor. Biologists often use the
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Review of “The Bottom Billion” by Paul Collier Over recent decades various countries have developed exponentially while a select few‚ referred to as the “bottom billion‚” are failing to escape poverty. Paul Collier focuses on this group‚ arguing that through consistent growth‚ the bottom billion can escape poverty. Unfortunately‚ poverty traps such as conflict‚ natural resources‚ being landlocked with bad neighbors and bad governance; coupled with the lack of productive intervention policies‚
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Electricity has become the main sources of domestic energy in Australia over the last 200 years and played an important role in today’s society‚ industry . In the early time when the British started to settle in Australia‚ firewood was the most important fuel. In 1831‚ Michael Faraday put forward the electromagnetic induction‚ which led to the development of electric generators and made the large amount of electricity supply become possible. After 1879 when the perfect light globe was designed
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Hazards of Static Electricity; Lightning Lightning is a massive electrostatic discharge between the electrically charged regions within clouds or between a cloud and the surface of a planet. It is the sudden high-current discharge caused by the atmosphere’s electrical breakdown. Lightning is also one of the most deadly natural phenomena known to man. Lightning is an electric current; thus within a thundercloud up in the sky‚ many small bits of ice (frozen raindrops) collide into each other as
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Triple Bottom Line Home Topic Index Archives About Top of Form Bottom of Form 89 years of economic insights for Indiana The IBR is a publication of the Indiana Business Research Center at IU’s Kelley School of Business Get PDF of this article 369 The Triple Bottom Line: What Is It and How Does It Work? Timothy F. Slaper‚ Ph.D. Director of Economic Analysis‚ Indiana Business Research Center‚ Indiana University Kelley School of Business Tanya J. Hall Economic Research
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Chocolate comes from the cocoa bean‚ this bean mostly is known to inhabit the tropical climates of Western Africa‚ Asia‚ and Latin America. The cocoa bean is known as cocoa‚ in this article we are going to refer to it as cocoa to make it easier for us and for you to make it easier too. In most of Western Africa‚ there are cocoa plantations. Ghana and Ivory control the market of cocoa production in Western Africa‚ they import 70% of all cocoa beans in the world. Through Western Africa‚ cocoa is the main
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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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Electricity and magnetism run nearly everything we plug in or turn on. Although it’s something we take for granted‚ it has taken hundreds of years of experimentation and research to reach the point where we flick a switch and the lights go on. Ancient Greeks knew rubbing amber generated static electricity‚ but they didn’t know why. The Greek word for amber is elektron. People knew about electricity for a long time. Ancient Greeks noticed that if they rubbed a piece of amber‚ feathers would
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Electromagnetism and Modern Technologies The invention of electricity has benefited mankind in several aspects of life ever since the 1800s. Over the course of the past two centuries‚ scientists have been developing theories that serve as the backbone for various devices today. Such intellectuals have been attempting to understand the credibility and applicability of the already existent theories‚ such as electricity and magnetism. In addition‚ they have introduced new concepts by either creating
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