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… in Indonesia throughout the fall of 2015, covering the region in haze, the ubiquitous commodity was placed under increased scrutiny. In addition to being used as a cooking oil, … a versatile plant with efficient, high yields, oil palm, and the oil derived from it has become a multibillion-dollar ($44 billion in 2013 according to Bloomberg ) industry that … greenhouse gas emissions. Much of the deforestation related to palm oil has occurred with companies and individuals setting fire to the landscape. In 2015, fires raged for months in …
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… weddings, to eat, or simply to gawk at the facilities. But as the integrated resort had become a temple of luxury recreation, could it also become a symbol of sustainable enterprise? MBS's management hoped so. A small team led by Kevin Teng and backed by MBS leadership as well as the resort's parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp., had worked hard to make operations and facilities more …
… to result from consumers’ reliance upon a “zero-sum” heuristic, whereby they assume that companies have a fixed amount of manufacturing resources. Thus, resources devoted to “making the product green” come at the expense of making the product better performing. Use and Applications Professor … types of perceived tradeoffs, such as healthfulness and taste. Read the paper: http://www.jstor.org/stable/info/10.1086/677841 Areas of Focus Equity and Justice Circularity …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might expect, he is passionate about coffee – … finest examples of the coffee-making art, and the growers, roasters and baristas will be compensated fairly for the expertise they contribute to every cup. Unfortunately, the … (made all the more likely by the ravages of climate change) or a sudden decline in the commodity price of coffee can drop them below subsistence to hunger. Even in good times, …
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… switch to aluminum for 2015 was a major part of the savings of 700 pounds in vehicle weight compared to the 2014 model But even with the announcement of the F-150's aluminum body, … relationships with steel makers and for over a century had geared their production to steel components. In addition, aluminum faced competitive threats from other materials. Steel makers were working on lighter alloys to …
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