Even as individuals, SMEs may have relatively little influence, but taken as a whole their influence becomes much larger and crucial within the sustainability field. For solving the production safety problem of SMEs, it is natural and inevitable to improve government supervision [9,10]. At the ...
APEC Australia Pushing Export Coal (Greenpeace) APEC Alliance for the Preservation of English in Canada APEC American Printing and Envelope Company APEC Action Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour APEC Acquisition Planning Executive Council APEC All-Purpose Environmental Camouflage (US DoD) APEC ...
coal and gas. While other countries around the worldgo to 100 percent renewable energy, Australia's federal government is unabashedly pro-coal. While other nations turn to renewables, Australia contemplates building amassive coal minein the northeast of the country....
(f) It is difficult for the US to do much better than the rest of the world. If the rest of the world is in recession, the US will tend to head in that direction, as well. [8] I expect more conflict in 2025, but today’s wars will not look much like World War I or World ...
Until the 1960s, railwaysdominated freightacross every distance bar the shortest. Much freight went by sea, and some by truck. But then trucking grew, and grew, and grew, while rail's share of freight outside mined ore has shrunk and domestic shipping freight is diminished.By the mid-70s...
This paper explores the role of emotions in building alliances, and mobilising opponents of coal seam gas (CSG) in a particular rural setting in Australia. Drawing on interviews with anti-CSG movement participants, the paper argues that emotions help to explain how the movement has mobilised and...
investment options. ASIC said that Mercer clients invested in carbon-intensive fossil fuels, alcohol, and gambling despite advertising bans. Mercer is expected to pay a $11.3 million penalty and disclose its wrongdoing, setting a precedent for prosecuting greenwashing in A...
3.6 times the reserves of 1970 have been mined in the meantime i.e. the balance today is 5.6 times the reserves of 1970. In addition, the resources (a mineral substance category with less assured parameters) at present are estimated to be about 1.9 billion tonnes, i.e. 7.6 times present...
But don’t show too much sympathy. Listening passively to others’ complaints could damage your image and give others the impression that you agree with them. Whining can negatively impact on work productivity and even your health. This is similar everywhere. The Wall Street Journal reported in ...
The one exception is the regional research reputation numerical ranking indicator. It is calculated based on the schools within each of the six U.N. regions. Those six regions are: Africa, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Europe, Latin America and North America. ...