Essays about: "environmental risk"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 1149 essays containing the words environmental risk.

  1. 21. The Power of trust : Exploring what influences consumer trust in environmental sustainability claims.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring och turismvetenskap (MTS)

    Author : Caesar Friberg Jonsson; Anton Barrklint; Max Åkerberg; [2023]
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    Abstract : Background: Environmental sustainability claims refers to communications made by companies about their improved environmental performance. Improved environmental performance can for example be a company claiming to emit less carbon dioxide or climate compensating the consumer's purchase. READ MORE

  3. 22. Sustainable Entrepreneurship : idolization and pitfalls

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Lovisa Källén; [2023]
    Keywords : Sustainability; Holistic sustainability; entrepreneurial sustainability; entrepreneurial idolization; entrepreneurial challenges;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research study is to focus on the idolization and pitfalls of sustainable entrepreneurship, the study aims to highlight the challenges, gaps, and key barriers that hinder sustainable entrepreneurship in start-ups and small enterprises (SSEs). Examine the idolization of sustainable entrepreneurship and its potential implications on entrepreneurial decision-making and risk perception. READ MORE

  4. 23. Värdväxter hos Coleophora - säckmalar : koppling till utbredning och hotstatus

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : David Lundgren; [2023]
    Keywords : värdväxter; insekter; nattfjärilar; säckmalar; Lepidoptera; Coleophora; lövminerare; småfjärilar; fjärilslarver; rödlistade arter; hotade arter; pollinerare;

    Abstract : Att stoppa utarmning av biologisk mångfald och livsmiljöer är en stor utmaning och en ödesfråga för mänskligheten. Klimatförändringar, exploatering, kalhyggesskogsbruk, intensivt brukad jordbruksmark, invasiva arter och miljögifter medför att jorden är inne i sitt sjätte utdöende. READ MORE

  5. 24. Exploring patterns in risk factors for bark beetle attack during outbreaks triggered by drought stress with harvester data on attacked trees: A case study in Southeastern Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Nikolaos Kouskoulis; [2023]
    Keywords : Geography; GIS; Geographic Information Science; Forest ecosystems; Bark beetle outbreak; Southeastern Sweden; Predisposing factors; Triggering factors; Drought stress; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : ABSTRACT Raising temperatures and climate variability have intensified extreme weather events worldwide. These extremes can enhance and trigger possible pest outbreaks. Bark beetle attacks have become a major concern in regions with extensive spruce forest areas. Southeastern Sweden has faced repeated outbreaks resulting in widespread tree loss. READ MORE

  6. 25. Can ancient pathogens emerging from glaciers and permafrost reach Europe by aerosolization?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Author : Anna Bruhn; [2023]
    Keywords : Ancient pathogens; Greenland; Aerosolized pathogens; Aerosol transport; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Glaciers and permafrost capture bacteria and viruses when they form, which can be suspended for millennia. This includes long since extinct pathogens which are functionally novel. As polar regions get warmer these pathogens will emerge and spread through the local ecosystem, potentially altering it. READ MORE