Essays about: "Local organisations"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 214 essays containing the words Local organisations.

1. 21. Exploring culture as a driver for urban sustainability

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Annete Priyadarshini; Irene Riquelme Fernández; Nicole Macharová; [2022]
   Keywords : cultural governance; collaborative governance; culture for urban sustainability.;

   Abstract : Many scholars and practitioners consider culture an essential ingredient of sustainability that is often underrepresented in the mainstream discourse on sustainability. However, in the last decade, the idea of culture as an agent of transformation capable of driving urban sustainability has gained momentum. READ MORE

3. 22. Next Stop: Value Creation - Analysing the Potential to Enhance Public Transport Authorities’ Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility by Providing Mobility as a Service

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Nick Reimer; Timo Schirwitz; [2022]
   Keywords : Creating shared value; value creation; social responsibility; corporate social responsibility; strategic corporate social responsibility; business strategy; mobility; mobility as a service; public transport; public transport authority; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Concepts such as Creating Shared Value [CSV] and Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility [SCSR] respond to a demand for organisations to take responsibility for their contributions to increasing social issues such as social exclusion or the effects of climate change. The concept of SCSR is describing activities that provide economic values for organisations while at the same time targeting social issues, thereby bringing social responsibility into the core of organisations. READ MORE

4. 23. UPPROP NITROLACK - A conversion of two industrial buildings  into a new public space for Lövholmen

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Pazcal Vasquez; [2022]
   Keywords : Transformation; post-industrial; public space; Lövholmen; Upprop Nitrolack; Fokus Lövholmen - Upprop Nitrolack; Nitrolackfabriken; Förbandsfabriken; Repurpose; alteration; Conversion;

   Abstract : The former industrial area Called Lövholmen in Stockholm is in a state of transformation, it is about to open up to the public for the first time in over a hundred years. The idea from the municipality and the property owners is to develop a new housing area and a majority of the remaining buildings is planned to be demolished. READ MORE

5. 24. The role of community renewable energy in the transition to renewable heating - The case of Germany

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Katharina Hartmann; [2022]
   Keywords : Community renewable energy; heating decarbonisation; Germany; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : In the past decades, community renewable energy (CRE) has significantly contributed to the uptake of renewable technology to decarbonise Germany's electricity sector. Meanwhile, the primary source of household emissions – heating – is still highly dependent on fossil fuels, especially gas. READ MORE

6. 25. Investigating Uppsala Regional Alternative Food Networks - an explorative case study on Farmer-to-Wholesale Food Hubs

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Energy and Technology

   Author : Veronica Chifamba; Daniel Petri Cortés; [2022]
   Keywords : Alternative Food Networks; ; Local Food Systems; Regional Food Hub; Swedish Food Strategy; Ät UPPsala Län; Small-scale Farmers; Microenterprises; Wholesale; Food Service; Retail;

   Abstract : The sustainability crisis that conventional food systems are suffering worldwide has recently led Sweden and Uppsala County to publish reports on new food strategies. Solutions for the problems need collaborative efforts from a multiplicity of actors. READ MORE