Essays about: "Benchmarking for Sustainability"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 39 essays containing the words Benchmarking for Sustainability.

  1. 1. Shifting focus from yields to food supply : an evaluation of the ‘number of people fed per hectare’ indicator at farm and national level

    University essay from SLU/Department of Molecular Sciences

    Author : Ida Ekqvist; [2024]
    Keywords : Land use efficiency; Sustainability indicators; Agricultural productivity; Food production;

    Abstract : The challenge of feeding a growing global population while reducing the pressure on climate and ecosystems has gained much attention in research over the last decades. A crucial yet often overlooked aspect in research addressing this complex challenge is the efficiency of food production in meeting nutritional needs within the constraints of global cropland resources. READ MORE

  3. 2. IMPLICATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG TO ALIGN WITH THE GOVERNMENT’S TARGET REGARDING CLIMATE NEUTRALITY BY 2045 - Scenarios and Consequences

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för biologi och miljövetenskap

    Author : Nafiseh Kazemi Ashtiani; [2023-06-21]
    Keywords : Climate Neutrality; GHG emissions; higher education institutions HEIs ; Net Zero emission; carbon footprint; carbon capture and storage CCS ;

    Abstract : It is widely acknowledged that one of the most significant global challenges of the 21 st century is climate change. In its Fifth Assessment Report (2014), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) described the present extent of the problem and the hazards involved, citing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities as the primary contributor to global warming since the mid-20th century. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mandating transparency on deforestation and ecosystem conversion

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Moritz Driescher; [2023]
    Keywords : sustainability reporting; mandatory disclosure; deforestation; ecosystem conversion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : The production of eggs, meat, and dairy products in the EU indirectly contributes to deforestation and ecosystem conversion (DEC) in Latin America due to extensive imports of soy for animal feed. This thesis explores under which preconditions the mandatory European Sustainability Reporting Standards for the agriculture and farming sector can increase transparency in the opaque soy supply chains and incentivize reductions of imported DEC. READ MORE

  5. 4. Comparative Study of the Inference of an Image Quality Assessment Algorithm : Inference Benchmarking of an Image Quality Assessment Algorithm hosted on Cloud Architectures

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Jesper Petersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Machine learning; Cloud Computing; Benchmark; Image Quality Assessment; Maskininlärning; Molntjänster; Jämförelse; Bildkvalitetsbedömning;

    Abstract : an instance has become exceedingly more time and resource consuming. To solve this issue, cloud computing is being used to train and serve the models. However, there’s a gap in research where these cloud computing platforms have been evaluated for these tasks. READ MORE

  6. 5. Growing Furniture : Designing a mycelium side table

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle

    Author : Sam Hedrén; Noah Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Industrial Design Engineering; Product Design; Furniture Design; Mycelium; Prototyping; Sustainability; Biodegradability; Side Table Design; Material Driven Design; Teknisk Design; Produktdesign; Möbeldesign; Mycel; Prototypande; Hållbarhet; Nedbrytbarhet; Sidobord; Svampar;

    Abstract : Product development can be taxing for the environment. When it comes to hardware products then a lot ofthe materials generally involved are based on finite resources such as fossil fuels. READ MORE