Essays about: "Nicolas Acosta"

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1. 1. Sustainably Sourced Luxuries: a Road for the Mining and Metals Industry: Differentiating Metal Commodities through Sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Nicolas Acosta; [2011]
   Keywords : Mining; Metals; Product Differentiation; Environment; Sustainable Development; and Luxury Products.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Metals play a key role as a cornerstone of our modern society; they are part of the most basic elements of our daily life and have been part of our lifestyles for millennia. Current trends of metal production point out that developing countries in order to attain a developed-countries consumption level will require 3-9 times the present metal stock per capita, yet their mining practices are far from desirable (UNEP, 2010) This project is driven by necessity to address those environmental and social challenges that the mining and metals industry currently faces through the market-based policy tool of private regulation and under the sustainability product differentiation framework. READ MORE