Assignment 6 (50 points) In Section 6, you learned about green manufacturing and construction. Now, you'll apply what you learned. 1. In a market or mixed economy, prices of goods are partially controlled by consumers' behavior. Do you think that the behavior of consumers can also influence producers to make products more environmentally friendly?
The main resources that need to be allocated are the resource available for each retail store, corporate office or data center that can be used for renewable energy. The company’s passion for creativity and innovation helped shape the company’s culture into using renewable energy. A big obstacle for Apple is to converting Apple’s retail chain to renewable energy that it’s simply not readily available (Allan, 2014). Apple Inc. goal to achieve renewable energy will demand to be innovative in ways to use renewable
Switching to alternative sources such as electric cars can help pull this number down significantly. Electric cars are more affordable as Electricity is cheaper than gas, and can come from renewable resources such as solar and wind power. Electric cars pollute less than gas-powered cars, which makes them better for our environment. Electric cars are much more reliable and require less maintenance than gas-powered cars. By using domestically generated electricity rather than relying on foreign oil, we can achieve energy independence and will no longer need to engage in costly wars in the Middle East to secure an energy supply.
Case 14-1 (Green and Lean) Going Green has economic advantages which normally impact profitability. For George and Jeff to achieve their objective about going Green and lean simultaneously, they need to focus on some of the old axioms for transportation efficiency, namely, “don’t ship air” and “don’t ship water.” “Don’t ship air”, this recognizes that empty space in a motor carrier trailer or from empty backhauls or less- than-capacity dispatches is wasted and never recovered. So George and Jeff can put emphasis on consolidation to fill equipment to capacity or near capacity. This has a potential to significantly reduce network miles, especially in the motor carrier sector. The reduction in the network miles will improve fuel efficiency and reduce the carbon footprint.
What is Scholfield Honda's primary ethical responsibility in situations where a proposed green initiative is cost-prohibitive or even detrimental to the company's bottom line? The main responsibility here was to his company, to make sure that it remained financially stable. The “Green” effort was secondary to his ethical responsibility. The option of promoting the natural gas vehicles to his corporate and fleet consumers allowed him to not only protect the foundation of his business of selling vehicles to public consumers, but to also allow him another market completely without risking his established business. Should the government regulate companies' claims that their products are green?
If it was effective as it was said, or it is just a marketing approach to market the company in sustainability. * How much economic benefit will the plan bring the company? * How much reduction in greenhouse gas will the plan achieve? * I am favor the decision. And my reasons are listed as below: * Net zero facility would bring the company long-term economic benefits.
Furthermore, electric vehicles since it’s powered by electricity which is generally less costly than other fuels including gasoline, many Utilities in Untied States of America recommend special “time of use” rates for electric vehicles proprietors that can be used in concurrence with separate utility meters to charge for the electricity used for electric vehicle charging. Given that battery electric cars usually are recharged at night when power is often cheaper, the owners benefit from these rates. In addition, separate metering is available that allows electric cars owners to prevent their electricity usage from increasing
But what is their direct ease on enforcing this law? After this law was passed, beside major benefits like contributing to decrement of global warming, San Francisco benefited in many other ways. Firstly, environment pollution and volume of waste was significantly reduced. Secondly, they saved money that they spent on disposing waste materials. Thirdly, people are less likely to experience deceases caused by polluted
As we are theoretically reaching “peak oil”, “peak gas” etc. as well as the occurring of global warming and a number of environmental issues, the call for more “clean”, “sustainable” renewable energy has been increasing dramatically. However, some critics argue that renewable energy such as wind, solar, biomass, alone can not sustain the world in the future. In this essay, I will argue that renewable energy is not a viable way for replacing established energy sources by analyzing the geographic and natural limitations, impacts on ecosystems and the efficiency on cutting greenhouse emissions of renewable energies. The real solution should be reducing energy consumption.
Corporate environmentalism has the potential to improve the sustainability of organisations in modern times through improving the status, legitimacy and profitability of organisations. However recent criticism from environmental groups claiming companies are ‘merely window dressing’ and not ‘making any radical attempt to minimize their environmental impact’ has sparked debate over whether the true motives of large scaled firms is still profit maximisation (Whiteman and Cooper 2000). This critical analysis essay aims to inform the reader of the potential reasons as to why firms implement corporate environmentalism into their management