Essays about: "voluntary instruments"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words voluntary instruments.
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1. Exploring metropolitan governance in the Öresund Region
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : For the first time in history, more people in the world live in urban areas than in rural areas. Almost half of this world urban population now live in metropolitan areas, which are becoming central spaces of world economic and social activity, and where major global challenges happen and should be tackled. READ MORE
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2. The Swedish policy framework for Forest Ecosystem Services : a study of integration of objectives, policy instruments and local actor’s knowledge about policies and policy objectives
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest EconomicsAbstract : Paper 1 There is a trend towards intensification of forest use in many European countries, fuelled by an increased demand for forest products and services, driven by the global population, income growth and an increasing per capita consumption of forest products and forest ecosystem services, and politically promoted by a shift towards a bio-based economy. Based on the assumption that decisions on forest management relate to synergies—e. READ MORE
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3. Improving Corporate Compliance in the Global Supply Chain - A study on the potential of using a functional interaction between frameworks concerned with CSR and the transnational anti-corruption
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrättAbstract : The option between mandatory and voluntary approaches become an unfinished debate in order to reach corporate compliance in the global supply chain on environmental, labour, human rights and anti-corruption issues. In this situation, this thesis proposes an alternative strategy that combines both approaches. READ MORE
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4. The transfer of knowledge for renewable energy policy-making between Europe and Peru in the period 2006-2009 : Impacts in the Peruvian Solar Photovoltaic innovation system
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Energy generation and use is one of the main contributors to climate change, as it is responsible for two thirds of the global greenhouse gas emissions (IEA 2015). In this context, renewable energies (RE) are increasingly gaining momentum as a key driver for the transition towards a low-carbon society (REN21 2016) and a source of technological and social innovation. READ MORE
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5. Financialization and human rights abuses provoked by business: the case of Samarco disaster in Brazil
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : The aim of this study is to explore the implications of the financialization process on human rights compliance by business, based on an analysis of the Samarco case, in Brazil. In 2015, Samarco Company’s tailing dam collapsed and killed people, destroyed the surroundings and polluted 650 km of a river basin’s waters. READ MORE
