For the last decade there has been a topic that everybody has either something positive or negative to talk about, and that would be climate change. It is something where people are trying to figure out the main reason that is causing climate change. One of the main reasons that people believe is the problem are big corporations. Some of the worst companies from an article by business insider are Archer Daniels Midland, AES, PPL, Progress Energy, Duke Energy, FirstEnergy, Southern, Bunge, American Electric Power, Ameren, Consol Energy, ConAgra Foods, Allegheny Energy, NRG Energy, Peabody Energy. (Yarow, J. (2009).) Most of these companies that were listed are mainly energy companies, which could explain why they are listed as the fifteen worst companies that are destroying our environment. All of these companies do something that contributes in destroying climate change from polluting, not trying to use other resources that are more environmental friendly, and not having any environmental policies. What also makes them worst is that these companies do not know what environments that they are destroying when making and selling their product. From an article from Quartz called the world’s biggest forest destroyers don’t even know what forests they’re are destroying, talks about how there is many countries do not even know that the products they are making are causing a damage to the environment. “Overall, though, the response rate was just 21%, CDP said, leaving massive gaps
Extreme Rain”, by the author David Leonhardt, published by The New York Times, believes rising air temperatures are the cause of the extreme rainfall that occurred during Hurricane Irma. David Leonhardt is a notable man who has been in the journalism business for a while now. In 2011 he won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary which is only awarded to those in the realm of journalism. David is also the founder of The Upshot; a Section in The New York Times that looks at data and graphics to provide information
Since the birth of human civilization, mankind has always been playing a competitive game with mother nature. The relentless pursuit of his progress, security, and comfort has resulted in an increase of stress on mother nature. It all began in the year of 1760. What we call the industrial revolution was a major turning point in Earth’s ecology and humans’ relationship with their environment. The revolution drastically changed every aspect of human life and lifestyles. Human development, health, and
the life of all the living things. (World Wildlife Fund) There are many factors that will result in deforestation such as “fires, clear-cutting for agriculture, ranching and development, unsustainable logging for timber, and degradation due to climate change” (World Wildlife Fund). Human activities would be the main cause of deforestation. (Ronca, 2008, p.1) World Wildlife Fund states deforestation is a concern especially in tropical rainforests since rainforest is an essential ecosystem, which provides
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SeaWorld in San Diego, California recently announced its facility has plans to phase out its killer whale shows. This decision is what PETA and other oppositions of SeaWorld has been seeking, but there is no news of ending these shows at their Orlando and San Antonio locations. There is Federal legislation in the works to ban orca breeding, importing and exporting them for public display. This legislation is called the Orca Act and is still in its early stages of proposal. Passing of
challenges this world faces is how to ensure that a growing population… has enough foods to meet their needs. (Business Insider)” The report also states that in order to have enough food for the estimated 10 billion people in the year 2050, food production must increase by 50% globally. Also in the report by Business Insider, statistics proved that in areas of greater conflict and fluctuation in climate the problem of world hunger is harshest. Another reason for the world hunger epidemic is food availability
Security
Topic: Insider Threat Detection and Management
ABSTRACT
Insider threats are considered as one of the most serious security problems in many studies and have received considerable attention among organizations over the world. This report will present the term “insider” and “insider threats” in cyber security, motives and effects of insider threats, underlying issues and causes of insider threats, prevention and detection of insider threats and management of insider threats within the
Major Media Companies Continue to Dump Newsprint
Journals: The New York Times, 8/10/14 (Print is Down, and Now Out)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/11/business/media/media-companies-spin-off-newspapers-to-uncertain-futures.html?_r=0
The Atlantic 8/11/14 (A Terrible Year for Newspapers, a Good Year for News)
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/08/a-terrible-year-for-newspapers-a-great-year-for-news/375859/
SUMMARY OF PRINT IS DOWN, AND NOW OUT
Recently, huge players in the newspaper
facilities, backup generators and LP gas can help any restaurant deal with service interruptions with minimal consequences.
Enlisting Insurers as Business Partners
Too many restaurant owners view insurance as a necessary evil instead of a business-building financial partnership, but I want to reassure you that the right insurance coverage can keep your business afloat in a sea of turbulent circumstances. The largest companies--including banks, multinational corporations, and even government entities--protect
Gender in Management: An International Journal
Emerald Article: How women entrepreneurs lead and why they manage that way Dorothy Perrin Moore, Jamie L. Moore, Jamie W. Moore
Article information:
To cite this document: Dorothy Perrin Moore, Jamie L. Moore, Jamie W. Moore, (2011),"How women entrepreneurs lead and why they manage that way", Gender in Management: An International Journal, Vol. 26 Iss: 3 pp. 220 - 233 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17542411111130981 Downloaded
enterprise: Too Good To Go (“TGTG”). Through the TGTG app, one can order food that may otherwise be thrown away at reduced prices.
It is a social initiative addressing a 3 of the UN Sustainable development goals: Responsible Consumption and Productions, Climate Action and in some way, reduce inequality: everyone is deserving and worthy of healthy and quality food regardless of demographic.
The founders, British born Chris Wilson and James Crummie, were troubled by the amount of