Essays about: "commission on sustainable development"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 70 essays containing the words commission on sustainable development.

  1. 16. Facilitating Sustainable Investments - How the EU Taxonomy is expected to change the principal-agent relationship between fund managers and retail customers

    University essay from

    Author : Pontus Elmrin; Astrid Johansson; [2020-07-02]
    Keywords : Fund manager; Retail customer; Environmental Sustainability; Sustainability Investments; EU Taxonomy; Capital reallocation; Sustainable Development Goals Agenda; Principal-agent; Greenwashing;

    Abstract : There is currently an information asymmetry on the financial market, which has implications for the practice of greenwashing, hindering the capital allocation towards the Sustainable Development Goals. To fill this information gap, the EU Commission initiated the development of an EU Taxonomy - a standardized classification system to facilitate sustainable investments. READ MORE

  3. 17. Non-financial reporting: What about the internal interest? : A quantitative study on commission in the private sector

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Företagsekonomi

    Author : Pernilla Danielsson; Sandra Ek; [2020]
    Keywords : Sustainability reporting; GRI; Non-financial report; Stakeholders; Employees; Internal interest;

    Abstract : The topic of sustainability has never been as relevant as it is today. Most recently, we have been following climate activists strike worldwide, the U.S. withdraw from the Paris Agreement and we have seen the world elite leave climate meetings without agreements. READ MORE

  4. 18. Enabling Circular Economy in Local Solid Waste Management - The Case of Muang Kalasin Municipality, Thailand

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Pornpimon Somneuk; [2020]
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    Abstract : The volume and complexity of solid waste have increased locally and globally. Waste pollution has environmental, social, and economic impacts on every country, such as mistreatment of waste caused air quality and water contamination, plastic particles from human activities are carried out to the seas and harm marine creatures, people can face health problems from polluted air and water as well as plastic-contaminated seafood. READ MORE

  5. 19. Tourism development in Natura 2000 areas: lessons for Turkey.

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Turismvetenskap

    Author : Ayhan Gök; [2020]
    Keywords : Natura 2000; Tourism in protected areas; Nature protection and tourism; EU’s environment policy.;

    Abstract : Tourism in protected areas is still a debated topic and its impacts investigated for decades. Initially, protected areas considered as a way for protecting biodiversity, and human intervention is strictly prohibited. Over the course of time, this strict conservation approach shifted to sustainable tourism model in protected areas. READ MORE

  6. 20. How to protect the environment without infringing the competition: A study on environmental vertical agreements in theory and in practice

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Alicia Grethes; [2020]
    Keywords : Environment; competition law; vertical agreements; vertikala avtal; miljöavtal; miljöskydd; konkurrensrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : As humanity is facing its biggest challenge ever – the climate crisis – it is now more important than ever that environmental protection is integrated in all parts of the European Union. Environmental protection is considered a main objective of the EU. READ MORE