Essays about: "Standards Legislation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 143 essays containing the words Standards Legislation.

1. 1. Global Framework Agreements - A solution to fill the vacuum of global labour law?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Anna Larsson; Hanna Engblom; [2024]
   Keywords : Globalisation; Global framework agreements; International framework agreements; Multinational enterprises; Global union federations; Global supply chain; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The phenomenon of global framework agreements has emerged through the difficulties of regulating the global labour market where the multinational enterprises' operations have been driven by an economic agenda and profit. The challenges of creating transnational legislation have brought social actors, such as the United Nations and the International Labour Organisation, to initiate self-regulatory instruments. READ MORE

3. 2. Influential Factors and Key Actors Shaping Sustainability Assurance Opinions: A Case Study of a Big-4 Firm

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : John Gerendas; Axel Tottie-Håkansson; [2024]
   Keywords : Sustainability assurance; CSRD; Comfort; Task-oriented language; Materiality construction;

   Abstract : The rise in sustainability reporting has increased the demand for sustainability assurance, especially in the light of new legislation, requiring more companies to undergo third-party assurance. This thesis provides insights into the practical work of a sustainability assuror in the sustainability assurance process and how sustainability assurance opinions are formed as well as how materiality is constructed. READ MORE

4. 3. Prospects for standardisation of industrial PET plastics to support the transition towards a circular economy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljö- och energisystem

   Author : Agnes Ström; [2024]
   Keywords : Standard; standardisation; industrial PET; polyethylene terephthalate; circular economy; plastic; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Plastkonsumtionen har ökat markant över tid och har utvecklats till ett viktigt material i dagens samhälle, men med utmaningen att råvaran främst kommer från fossila källor. Användningen av plast är i linje med den linjära ekonomin och den så kallade slit-och-släng-kulturen, vilket bidrar till felaktig hantering av plastavfall och en ineffektiv användning av resurser. READ MORE

5. 4. Planning for heat resilience - A comparative study between Greater Gothenburg´s and Skåne´s work on heat

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Rebecca Johansson; [2023-08-17]
   Keywords : climate adaptation; heat mitigation; heat stress; urban planning;

   Abstract : Due to climate change, it is expected that heat waves will be intensified and occur more frequently in Sweden; hence, heat-related risks are anticipated to increase, i.e., morbidity and mortality. Through heat mitigation strategies, risks associated with heat can be prevented. READ MORE

6. 5. Patent law and standardisation - managing IP rights for green technologies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Dzhamilia Mamysheva; [2023]
   Keywords : Patent law; standardisation; green technology; standard essential patents; FRAND.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The development of the new green industries based on standards creates legal issues of the collision between patent law and standardisation processes. Whereas some solutions have already been implemented in the industries like telecommunications, it is of an interest to research on whether these solutions might be used when managing intellectual property rights in the green technologies or there will be a shift in the policies. READ MORE