Essays about: "National oil companies"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words National oil companies.

1. 6. Sustainable investment processes : A multiple case study of the Swedish national pension funds

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

   Author : Liselotte Berggren; Yodit Berhe; [2017]
   Keywords : investment process; AP-funds; sustainable investments; SRI; ESG;

   Abstract : Today, the Swedish national pension funds (i.e. the AP-funds) are managing about 21% of the total pension savings in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 7. Tap Dancing Around Sustainability:The Case of Palm Oil Key Stakeholders

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

   Author : Abdul Muis Sulaiman; [2016]
   Keywords : ethical sourcing; food cosmetic industries; influence strategies; palm oil; sustainable palm oil initiative; sustainable development; stakeholder theory; stakeholder roles; value chain activities;

   Abstract : The Swedish Initiative on Sustainable Palm Oil in food and cosmetic and detergent industries hasemerged in 2014 following other EU national initiatives. This thesis project aims to explore thecondition of the initiative by examining who the key important stakeholders are and how these palmoil key stakeholders in Swedish market develop and implement their Sustainable Palm OilInitiatives. READ MORE

4. 8. From rice to sugar, from smallholder to businessman : a case study of outgrower schemes within the EcoEnergy Bagamoyo project, Tanzania

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Agnar Kjeller; [2016]
   Keywords : outgrower scheme; LSAI; rice; sugar cane; smallholders; cooperation; organisation; Tanzania;

   Abstract : Many governments in Africa envisage the potential to create rural employment, improve energy balances and strengthen their national economies by encouraging investment in large-scale agriculture. This trend is being intensified by global demand for alternative sources of energy and food, against a background of high oil prices and growing world population. READ MORE

5. 9. Switching to the “Golden Age of Natural Gas” with a focus on shale gas exploitation : a possible bridge to mitigate climate change?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Hossein Maazallahi; [2015]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem Science; GEM; shale gas exploitation; fugitive methane; climate change; carbon dioxide; age of natural gas; fossil fuel combustion; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Currently, policy makers put high attention in supplying global energy demand by focusing on 2°C policy; global temperature anomaly based on the global mean temperature of pre-industrial era (13.7°C). How to keep the 2°C policy at global scope is the main question in climate framework. READ MORE

6. 10. General description of measures for environmental compliance of substations owned by Svenska kraftnät in protected areas with focus on oil spill

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för kemivetenskap (CHE)

   Author : Victoria Done; [2014]
   Keywords : substation; environmental compliance; transformer oil; oil separation; oil handling; ställverk; miljösäkring; transformatorolja; oljeavskiljning; oljehantering;

   Abstract : Svenska kraftnät is the Swedish transmission system operator, responsible for the national electrical grid with power lines of 220 kV and 400 kV, and the electrical substations of the grid. In this master thesis an old substation located in a sensitive environmental area is inspected and its environmental risks defined and assessed. READ MORE