Essays about: "a voluntary activity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 44 essays containing the words a voluntary activity.

  1. 1. The Science Based Targets initiative: Its impact on the financial results and the determinants to joing

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Beatriz Pineda Pérez; [2023]
    Keywords : Science Based Targets initiative; Financial impact; Difference-in-Differences; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Science Based Targets initiativ; Ekonomisk påverkan; Difference-in-Differences; Greenhouse Gas Emissions.;

    Abstract : We are currently experiencing a climate crisis. The planet’s temperature is rising considerably due to the emission of greenhouse gases generated by human activities. This situation poses a challenge for everyone, including companies. Private sector actors are taking actions to mitigate the consequences of climate change, such as global warming. READ MORE

  3. 2. Knowledge dissemination from and knowledge production of a public review digital information source : A snapshot of visitors and active users’ activity in two language versions of Wikipedia

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : ELLI HADJIGEORGIOU; [2022]
    Keywords : Wikipedia; Wikipedians Wiks ; DESN; knowledge generation and public content review;

    Abstract : During the last two decades, Wikipedia’s multiple language versions managed to become editable forms of knowledge source, publicly available, which deal both, with non-typical knowledge dissemination and knowledge production, thanks to visitors’ viewership and active users/Wikipedians visitation/viewership and voluntary contribution, respectively. This dissertation investigates the function of recent viewership and editing in Wikipedia in Greek (WiG) and Bulgarian Language (WiB), by visitors and active users/Wikipedians (G-Wiks and B-Wiks), respectively, with respect to the issue of knowledge production (including reproduction) in the broader spectrum of Epistemology. READ MORE

  4. 3. Drivers of Engagement in Standardization and Relationship to Company Performance

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för industriell ekonomi

    Author : Alberto Gonzalez Escudero; Anton Khaplanov; [2022]
    Keywords : Standardization; company performance; voluntary consensus standards; participation in standardization; standardization participation intensity;

    Abstract : Background:Engagement in technical standardization – both through following standards, as well as through participation in the creation of new standards – is an important part of the business strategy of a technology company. Companies face decisions on whether to participate, and if so, how, where and to what extent. READ MORE

  5. 4. Resisting Food Waste

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Linnéa Berg; [2022]
    Keywords : dumpster diving; legal consciousness; Patricia Ewick; Susan S. Silbey; sociology of law; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Today, about one-third of all produced food and drinks are neither eaten nor drunk and turn into food waste. To put this number into perspective, the amount of wasted food would feed three billion people each year. From 2012 to 2018, Swedish grocery stores have more than doubled their amount of food waste, now reaching 100 000 tons per year. READ MORE

  6. 5. Doing More Than The Minimum : A Case Study of SMEs' Voluntary Compliance to Sustainability Reporting

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    Author : Andrea Ljung; Maria Enache; [2022]
    Keywords : EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Activity; EU Taxonomy; SMEs; Sustainability Reporting; Sustainability Reporting in SMEs;

    Abstract : Background:  The introduction of the EU-taxonomy for sustainable activities in 2020 aims to create a shift in investments to foster sustainable growth. It classifies an organisation as “green” or not based on a predetermined set of categories and criteria. However, not all organisations are included. READ MORE