Importance of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)The organizations have been focused towards adopting key business approaches and practices that would contribute towards their improved revenue as well as profitability in the marketplace. In order to achieve such strategic goals to revenue and operational growth, it is required by the management to identify and understand the changing market needs, as well as the stakeholder preferences and acco...
SDGs as a WholeThe United Nations (UN) Sustainability Reporting Goals (SDGs) can be regarded as the blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future for all. The SDGs include 17 interlinked global goals focusing on different facets of sustainability (sdgs.un.org 2022). This essay aims at specifically discuss about different aspects associated with the SDG 4 Quality Education (SDG 4). First, this essay briefly discusses about t...
BackgroundSocial businesses that have been validated by B Lab, a non-profit organization, are referred to as B Corporations (B Corp). Businesses are accredited depending on the value provided for non-shareholder constituents like as personnel, the local people, and the environmental paradigms. Crossing a specific performance threshold on these dimensions, the company needs to make certain amendments to its corporate charter so that all of the ...
Marketing Background of DessoDesso was founded in 1930 in Netherlands as a producer of woven carpets for individuals and corporates. They established a grass-manufacturing division in 1980. In 1981, they merged with Esco, a manufacturer of needle-felt carpets. The company was acquired in 1993 by Deutsche Linoleum Werke and withdrawn from the Amsterdam stock exchange. In 1998, it was taken over by Armstrong World Industries (Wallace 2015). The ...
BackgroundTitle: Achievement Prospects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a program that was created by the United Nations (Anger, 2010). Its aim is to achieve an all-round development globally through having the desire to achieve such factors as; hunger and poverty reduction, having many people access both clean and affordable energy, improvement and provision...
Definition of Total Factor ProductivityTotal Factor Productivity (TFP) is referred to as that portion of the output, which is unexplainable when it comes to the inputs that are used in the production. This level has to be decided upon how efficiently and effectively the inputs in the production are utilized. TFP plays a very important role in the economic growth, economic fluctuations and for determining the per capita income differences (Chun...
Overview of Selected Site: Tianjin Binhai New AreaTitle: Brown to Green: Sustainable Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites in China A brownfield is defined by the Environmental Protection Agency as real property, the expansion, redevelopment or reuse of which could be complicated by presence or potential existence of hazardous, contaminant or pollutant. The environmental site assessment (ESA) has to be undertaken to determine the real prop...
Assessment of the System‘Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’ is the third achievement of SDG 2015-2030 to reduce the global maternal mortality and children ratio less than 70 per 100 000 live births. Strengthening the prevention and treatment of the abused substances, like harmful use of drugs. Helping the countries by early warning of risk and their reduction, managing the national and global health ri...
The Role of Engineers in Sustainable DevelopmentEngineers play a very crucial role in the development of infrastructures in various parts of the world. Usually, Engineers are perceived as problem solvers who apply their experience and knowledge to construct projects which meet human requirements at the same time cleaning up environmental problems (Kauffman, 2015, p. 428). They are known to work on a wide range of issues and projects, and ...
Petroleum Industry OperationsSince the introduction of the industrial revolution, oil has been the source of energy to many companies, thus has facilitated direct and indirect development in most facets of the economies across the world. While the world is enjoying the commercial benefits of the petroleum industry, numerous problems are associated with the operations that when not successfully sustained, then the probability of the existence of ...
DiscussionEnergy is at the core of several sustainable development goals which range from intensifying accessibility to electricity, improving clean cooking fuels and reducing the number of inefficient energy subsidies which impulsively kills millions around the world every year. Since the past three years, all nations of the world have approved around 17 purposeful policy goals to eradicate poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity as...
Global Economic DevelopmentIn this paper, we are analyzing the role of energy in sustainable development goals; this is because energy is one of the critical factors that lead to development. The global is focusing on renewable energy and improvement of energy that is able to sustain the world and improve the economy of the world. Although energy is one of the top factors that leads to an increase in economic development their other factors th...
Discussion of Sustainable Planning Act 2009 of Queensland StateThe paper will provide with the discussion of Sustainable Planning Act 2009 and Planning Act 2016 of Queensland State. It will present an analysis of the key differences among the development rules of both the Act. It will demonstrate the changes that would occur during the implementation of the new Act that would differ from the current Act. Thus, the paper will discuss the develo...
What is sustainable development?Sustainable development is very important as it has become a priority to save the environment. Sustainable development means to fulfill all the needs of the present without compromising the needs of future generation. There are so many scarce resources that need to be utilized in a very effective manner. It is important to sustain the business with all the growth and profit for a long- term without harming the e...
The Importance of Sustainable Development in the Construction IndustrySustainable development is all about ensuring that meeting the needs of the present will not compromise on the ability of the future generations to meet their needs (Kissinger, Rees, & Trimmer, 2011). As such, all this focused on ensuring that the current generation meets their requirements to a satisfiable level but maintaining the resources. Resources may be depleted eit...
Data Source and SectionsMargaret the CEO of a Human Capital Management company in Melbourne recently attended a TED Talk in which Michael Green discussed the importance of the 2030 United Nation Sustainable Development Goals. Michael presented challenges that countries around the world would face to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals and elaborated on the importance of the Social Progress Index in that process. Some of the questions t...
Sustainable Development and its Importance for EngineersSustainable development refers to the kind of development that involves the capacity to fulfill the present needs of the world without compromising on the needs of the future generation (Holden, Linnerud and Banister 2017). The development that encourages the concept of sustainability plays a major role in the overall environment development of the world in which we live. The concept of sus...
Introducing Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD)It is known to us that our planet, countries, towns and villages are having long term relation with water. In fact humans are often found situated nearby water resources. But to human activates, a rapid climate change can be seen in present world. In present time, countries like Australia are continuously suffering from low ground water. In this situation, humans are not only in need of pure water...
Gathering information for policy planning1. Sustainability defines the interaction between few components like environment, economy and social equity. Therefore, sustainability development policies must be applied throughout the company to make a balance between the three components. For implementing sustainable development policies in the company first an analysis of the stakeholders should be done then the objectives of the policies sho...
Identifying Unsustainable Aspects of Personal LifestyleMy ecological footprint measured in global hectares is 2.7 gha. A global hectare defined a productivity normalized region that provided a given continuous flow goods as well as services for the purposes of human survival. 2.7 global hectare ecological footprint means I demand 5 global hectares of are over any given period of time. In a year, I need the amount of goods as well as services g...
The Federal GovernmentThe federal government functions based on the separation of power that are stated on the Article 127 of the Constitution of Malaysia. Therefore, the three branches of the Malaysian government include the legislature, judiciary and executive. While the three tiers of the government system consist of the federal government, state government and the local government. The federal government- the federal government of Malaysi...
Challenges faced by the parkThe “Uluru–Kata Tjuta National Park” located in the Northern Territory of Australia is a protected area and in the recent times has emerged as one of the major tourist attractions which the nation of Australia offers to the tourists (Parksaustralia.gov.au 2018). Furthermore, the tourist destination is a part of the World Heritage property because of the natural beauty as well as the cultural herita...
Development Operational plans help to develop a framework for conducting various operations of an organization. It is an essential portion of any startup and it helps to define the relevant sets of objectives which are to be fulfilled (Wirtz et al., 2016). There are various portions to develop a proper operation plan. The step by step operation development plan is described below: The initial development phase consists of all the important thou...
Major challenges for implementation of SDGSustainable Development refers to the development that can help in meeting the needs of the present and it does not compromise ability of the future generations of meeting their needs. Sustainable Development can help in protecting the resources of the world and its primary agenda is controlling the resources of the world. Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) is known as global goal and it calls for endi...
Project backgroundMelbourne Park was a sports complex that was initiated by the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment departments to help the city regain its lost image. The projected facilities include an open grand slam, tennis courts, theatres, and football pitches among other important social facilities that could be used to host various events. The project can be traced back to 1988 when the initial phases of construction were...