...below. You are to do an environmental analysis, which requires you to demonstrate your ability to identify and describe the key environmental challenges facing a particular group of managers within a specific industry operating in business today. Note that the case study provided, Landfill Gas Industries, is the same company to which you have been introduced at various points throughout this unit. Assessment details Landfill Gas Industries Pty Ltd is a company that specializes in offering gas extraction from landfill sites (rubbish dumps) around Australia. The extracted gas is used to generate electricity for local councils and landfill owners around the nation. L.G.I. Pty Ltd offers a variety of services from assessment of gas and flare capability to maintenance and monitoring of electrical generators powered by the gas they extract from landfill sites. You can find out more about landfill gas as well as the company’s specific customers, services and capabilities by going to their website at: www.landfillgasindustries.com.au Presume that L.G.I. Pty Ltd has commissioned you to conduct a preliminary investigation of the environmental factors and how they will impact the company’s operation in Australia. This investigative essay will then provide L.G.I. Pty Ltd with further research options and investment strategies in the future, once it has been presented to the board for approval. Your task is to provide an overview of the external environmental (general and specific) factors...
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...Issues in Australia Environment “How does Liverpool Council manage its waste?” Australians are among the world's largest producers of waste. Each Australian produced about 1 tonne of waste, which goes to landfill every year, with only 4% of waste recycled or re-used. The millions of tonnes of waste disposal into the environment every year are symbolic of our presently unsustainable patterns of production and consumption. The disposal and management of that waste is now an important issue for governments throughout Australia. The volume of waste per person increased from 1,200 kg to 2,100 kg over a ten-year period Waste Management Waste management is one of the geographical issues concerns that arise due to the changes in the environment. Geographical issue surrounding wastes include: the type of waste and the disposed of it and using waste as landfill, which consume large areas of land. In developed countries such as Australia, waste can be directly linked to over consumption of natural resources. The impacts of Waste Management The impacts of waste management are considerable. There are many problems associated with waste that make it a significant environmental issue. Waste that is disposed of in landfills has the potential to contaminate soil and groundwater, and emit greenhouse and toxic gases into the atmosphere. When waste is disposed of through incineration or other means, its impacts upon the environment, and potentially on human health, are also ...
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...relief organisation in Australia. In 2014 alone they provided 40,447,220 meals to those in need. They are a non-denominational, non-profit organisation which act as the pantry for charities and community groups who feed the hungry. Foodbank rescue excess edible food that would otherwise be sent to landfill from farmers, manufacturers, and retailers. Companies have the option to either deliver their donations to warehouses around Australia or Foodbank will provide a collection service for them. In 2014 donors provided 24 million kilograms of food and groceries. Over 2,500 charities and 640 schools are involved in the distribution of the food that Foodbank have collected and distribute the food to people of all ages in need through prepared meals, hampers, or emergency parcels. On average, the food rescued by Foodbank feeds 88,000 people a day. Foodbank are so efficient at what they do that for every dollar that someone donates, they are able to achieve $7 worth of food. Unfortunately even with the huge amount of food being rescued by Foodbank, supply still does not always meet demand. There is also a significant gap between the number of staple foods being rescued and what is needed by distributors...
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...water or soil (Brickenll, 2010). It was the first environmentally damaging practice to capture the attention of the public and also concern regulatory attention. Pollutants recognised include pesticides, chemicals and gases. Whilst some of these emissions are banned and illegal, some are permitted, but only within specified levels. Pollution is thus illegal when there is a release of a prohibited substance, the emission or leakage of substance in excess of an established limit, or expulsion into areas such as vast bodies of water (Bricknell, 2010). Illegal waste disposal includes the transportation and dumping of waste into landfills or other areas. Waste includes everything from hazardous substances to electronic waste, more commonly known as e-waste. Australia is one of the highest producers of waste per capita in the world (ABS, 2010). In Australia, there was approximately 2080 kilograms of waste...
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...completely. This makes the bags stay in environments longer, in turn leading to great build-up on the natural landscape (much more than degradable materials like paper). In other words, the more plastic bags you use, the greater the chances of environmental damage. Threat To Animal Life As per Marrickville Council of Australia, as many as 100,000 whales, turtles and birds die have been reported to die every year, mainly because of plastic in their environment. Plastic bags not only have adverse effects on our natural habitats, but have also been found to be responsible for the death of many animals, mainly on account of the suffocation encountered on eating them. Suffocation Not only animals, infants and young children have also been reported to have lost their life, on account of plastic bags. Since plastic bags are thin and airtight as well, children often end up blocking their mouths and nostrils with them. In case they are not being monitored by an adult, this leads to suffocation and, in some cases, even death. Pollution Plastic bags are extremely durable. In case you are thinking of this as an advantage, just bring to mind an image of the huge landfill that you visited on the city outskirts, the other day. In most probability, majority of the...
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...Summary (as at 10 Feb 2014) Transpacific Industries Group Ltd (TPI) provides integrated industrial cleaning, recycling and total waste management solutions to customers across Australia and New Zealand. TPI is also a player in the domestic heavy-duty commercial vehicles industry. Cleanaway: The division is an operator in the solid waste sector in Australia. Services provided include: (i) Collections - commercial & industrial, municipal and residential collection services for all types of solid waste streams; (ii) Post Collections - ownership and management of waste transfer stations, resource recovery and recycling facilities, secure product destruction, quarantine treatment operations and landfills; and (iii) Commodities trading - sale of recovered paper, cardboard, metals and plastics to the domestic and international marketplace. Address: Phone: Fax: Website: ACN: ABN: Level 1, 159 Coronation Drive Milton, QLD 4064 +61 7 3367 7800 +61 7 3367 7878 www.transpacific.com.au 101 155 220 74 101 155 220 Sector: Share Price: Market Cap: Shares Issue: Industrials $1.09 (25/07/2014) $1,722 million 1,579 million New Zealand: Transpacific Waste Management in New Zealand is a provider of solid waste services in the market, including collection, recycling, landfill construction and operation. Industrial services include the operation of specialist facilities, liquid and hazardous waste collection and treatment and emergency response. Commercial...
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...ASSESSMENT COVER SHEET Please ensure this form is fully completed prior to submission. This page should be on the front of your assessment and needs to be easily accessible. Student ID Number: | 2085435 | Date Handed In: | 28th May 2012 | Student Name / Group Name: | Hirotoshi Matsushima | SGA Unit code | 1247 | SGA Unit Title: | International business forecasting | Course: | Diploma of Marketing | Trainer’s name: | Mr. P Mc Intoish | Received By (Academic Office): | | Assessment No: | 3 | PLAGIARISMPlagiarism is the act of representing as one’s own original work the creative works of another, without appropriate acknowledgement of the author or source. COLLUSIONCollusion is the presentation by a student of an assessment as his or her own which is in fact the result in whole or in part of unauthorised collaboration with another person or persons. Collusion involves the cooperation of two or more students in plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct and as such both parties are subject to disciplinary action. Plagiarism and collusion constitute cheating. Disciplinary action will be taken against students who engage in plagiarism and collusion as outlined in the school’s policies. See ‘Student Discipline/Misconduct Policy’ and ‘Assessment Policy' STUDENT DECLARATION I hereby certify that: 1. This assessment is my own work based on my personal study / research and not the work of another student and / or source 2. I have acknowledged all material and...
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...Waste Management 33 (2013) 1237–1250 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Waste Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/wasman Review Electronic waste management approaches: An overview Peeranart Kiddee a,b, Ravi Naidu a,b,⇑, Ming H. Wong c a Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment, Mawson Lakes Campus, Adelaide, SA 5095, Australia c Croucher Institute for Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, China b a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 27 July 2012 Accepted 8 January 2013 Available online 10 February 2013 Keywords: Electronic waste Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Material Flow Analysis (MFA) Multi Criteria Analysis (MCA) Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) a b s t r a c t Electronic waste (e-waste) is one of the fastest-growing pollution problems worldwide given the presence if a variety of toxic substances which can contaminate the environment and threaten human health, if disposal protocols are not meticulously managed. This paper presents an overview of toxic substances present in e-waste, their potential environmental and human health impacts together with management strategies currently being used in certain countries. Several tools including Life...
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...Most accounts of issues claim that there are a variety of benefits of recycling. “Recycling is the process of converting products back into their constituent raw materials and then reprocessing this raw into new article” (Healey, 1999). People’s desire is limitless, but the resources in the world are not infinite. In daily life, there are so many products that can be seen everywhere, for instance, glass, paper, steel, plastic products and rubber products. Hence, ignoring recycling is a large waste, that means just throwing garbage or disposing of it in landfills which is not a permanent solution. As the impassioned discussion over the issue of recycling comes into the spot light of the world, it has long been asserted that the issue of recycling in modern times is very important. Recycling makes participants feel fine, and is considered by some to be a moral responsibility, which has become a ‘social norm’ (BIEC, 1997). This essay will try to demonstrate three main benefits of recycling including its important role in economies, environment and energy-saving. Recycling generates substantial economic benefits and it has made a vital contribution to job creation and economic development. A great illustration of it is that recycling helps people save money and creates jobs in waste management and manufacturing industries. Recycling programs cost less to operate than waste collection, land filling and incineration. According to Beck (2001), there are direct impacts and indirect impacts...
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...high-quality products. They recognize communication among Nations can become challenging. By recognizing and defining the language barriers among the various cultures, SC Johnson is able to easily overcome the challenge of language barriers and work diligently together globally to stay on top in the industry. SC Johnsons commitment to each country they perform business in, is to be an innovative one stop shop for products that offer environmental benefits. Communication and green choices are essential in SC Johnsons cross-cultural ethics. SC Johnson is a global organization with a multinational presence that has manufactured household brands for over a century. Their worldwide locations include Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Australia. SC Johnson formerly stated the principals in ‘This we Believe’. Which is the essence of who they are as a global organization and how they expect their employees to work with others (SC Johnson, Inc., 2013). It explains SC Johnsons values to the stakeholders they are responsible to and who’s trust they intend to keep. These stakeholders include employees, consumers and users, general public, neighbors, and world community. SC Johnson is sincere in their beliefs which encourages them to act with integrity. They are supported by a culture of fairness and inclusion to drive innovation, quality, and results. SC Johnson is a globally successful corporation. SC Johnsons offices span across the entire world. Their industry is primarily based...
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...globe. Mc Donald's is a huge corporation implanted in almost every country around the world. Their impact on the environment is massive, and I remarked that since couple of years, their marketinig tent to go toward environmental care and transparence, and I thought it will be interesting to focus my researches into it. 1.What ressources does the organisation use? As an international fast food organisation, Mc Donald's disposes of a huge system of resources which has a massive impact on the environment. They use all primary resources as water, food (meet, dairies, veggies, fruits...), energy ( as electricity, gaz, fuel petrol) in a huge amount to provide all the restaurants, offices, charity foundations ect. For instance, just in Australia in a year, Mc Donal's use: more than 381 million hamburger buns more tha 86 million of English muffins more than 83 million kilos of potatoes 26 million kilos of beef 18 million kilos of chicken more than 91 million eggs more than 10 millions australian fresh grown product as tomatoes and letuce 720 000 kilos of slliced and diced apples 1,5 million kilos of coffee beans (from Rainfores Alliance) 43 millions litres of milk Some Mc Donald's restaurants participate to the Sydney Water Use Programm (95 restaurants) and the study shows that they're using in average 746 000 litres of water per day, which is 7 853 litres of water used in a day per restaurant. The organisation is still bit blurry about...
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...Australia Beverage Ltd (ABL) 1. What type of organisation is ABL? o ABL was established in the 1938’s. The company is now a publicly listed entity, having been listed since 1996 on the ASX. o Tow Dwyer (TD) is the MD who joined in 2008. During that time, the company was experiencing low shareholder confidence and low growth of its traditional area which is carbonated soft drinks (CSD). TD was able to relief the company with successfully strategic planning and now ABL became the second largest non-alcoholic beverage manufacturer in Australia. 2. What industry, product segments/markets does ABL operate in? o ABL is in the Australia non-alcoholic beverage industry. ABL is the second largest non-alcohol beverage manufacturer in Australia and is not far behind the industry leader, Butlers Corporation. Their core activities is producing a diverse range of non-alcoholic beverages from carbonated soft drinks (CSD), milk drinks, fruit drinks, sports drinks, ready-to-drink tea/coffee and energy drink as well as snack food products. o Unlike other competitors, ABL is currently not in bottled water industry but the company see an opportunity in going into producing bottled water to offer a wide range of products in order to move from the second largest non-alcoholic beverage manufacturer to the largest non-alcoholic beverage manufacturer. The bottled water industry consists of two segments which is still water and sparkling water. Further, a recommendation is required...
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...8191 or see the website: www.mcf.amta.org.au AMTA Members Carriage Service Providers Dodo Australia, Lebara Mobile, Lycamobile, Optus, Telstra, VHA Pty Ltd AMTA Vision The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association is the peak national body representing Australia’s mobile telecommunications industry. AMTA’s vision is to promote an environmentally, socially and economically responsible, successful and sustainable mobile telecommunications industry in Australia. AMTA aims to achieve its vision by: ■ effective industry representation and leadership ■ generating consensus on whole-of-industry issues ■ improving the level of trust between the industry, related industries, key stakeholders and the wider community ■ promoting an improved understanding of the mobile telecommunications industry and its contribution to the Australian community. Handset Manufacturers LG Electronics Australia, HTC ( Aust & NZ), Nokia Australia, Motorola Mobility Australia, Research in Motion, Samsung Australia, Sony Ericsson, ZTE Australia Retailers Mobile Network Infrastructure Suppliers Alcatel-Lucent Australia, Ericsson Australia, Huawei Technologies, Nokia Solutions and Networks, Qualcomm International Support Industries Crown Castle International, Evans Planning, KPPR, Paradigm.one, RF Industries, Risk Insure, Urbis Pty Ltd 1st Floor 35 Murray Crescent, Griffith ACT 2603 Australia | PO Box 4309 Manuka ACT 2603...
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...Sponsored by: The Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, New Delhi. NSWAI ENVIS FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK • SEVENTH ISSUE • FEBRUARY, 2007 Decomposition and stabilization of solid organic waste material has been taking place in th The 7 issue of NSWAI-ENVIS newsletter portrays two nature ever since life appeared on this planet. With the progress of civilization and advancements of topics : scientific knowledge, efforts are being directed 1. Carbon Credits in India 2. Bio-bin composting towards rationalizing and controlling the process in This is in continuance with the topics discussed in such a way as to make it more effective and efficient. Bio-bin is one such system of composting which is our earlier newsletters. effective in terms of time and space. This topic is Day by day the cycle of climate on earth is changing. discussed in our second article, “Bio-bin composting” Global warming has led to season shifting, changing I hope that the newsletter will serve the landscapes, rising sea levels, increased risk of drought and floods, stronger storms, increase in heat purpose of understanding the above subjects in a related illness and diseases all over the world. This better and proficient manner. has resulted due to emissions of Green House Gases – Dr. Amiya Kumar Sahu (GHG’s) from various anthropogenic activities. Since the inception of Kyoto Protocol in the year 1997, Carbon Credits in India countries all over the world have become more Our earth...
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...You should spend about 40 minutes on this task. Many high-level positions in companies are filled by men even though the workforce in many developed countries is more than 50 per cent female. Companies should be required to allocate a certain percentage of these positions to women. To what extent do you agree? Write at least 250 words. Model answer In many countries these days, females make up over 50 per cent of the workforce, and increasingly highly skilled women are taking managerial positions. However, it is still a fact that high positions such as CEO posts are still dominated by men. Although this is not desirable, I do not personally believe that imposed quotas are the solution. Firstly, I believe companies have a right to choose the best person for the job, whatever their gender, in order to contribute to the success of the business. Forcing companies to hire, promote and appoint women could negatively affect business in the short term and even the long term. Secondly, to my mind the solution to this problem should be solved outside the workplace. Girls need to be encouraged to take more male-dominated subjects at school and later at university, and to aspire to do well in their careers. Girls and boys also need to be taught equality from an early age. This education can take place in schools and career programmes and in the home. To those who argue that quotas are a good way to initiate this change, I would like to point out that artificially imposing rules has not always...
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