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Can Walmart Integrate Values With Value?: From Sustainability To Sustainable Business, Margot Meeks, Rachel Jc Chen
Can Walmart Integrate Values With Value?: From Sustainability To Sustainable Business, Margot Meeks, Rachel Jc Chen
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This article focuses on Walmart’s recent setbacks and how those setbacks provide an expanded role for product sustainability in Walmart’s business model. Walmart’s recent struggles are discussed and brief examples of their sustainable initiatives are given. Sustainability’s effect on consumer behavior is addressed. Consumer demand for and loyalty to green brands is one of the main reasons Walmart’s sustainability index could revive the company.
The Facts Of The Weather Extreme Events In The United States: Is There A Trend?, Rachel Jc Chen
The Facts Of The Weather Extreme Events In The United States: Is There A Trend?, Rachel Jc Chen
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Numerous weather and climate extremes impact human society, the societal infrastructure, and the natural environment. The main purposes of this study were to review the historical record of weather extremes in the United States, identify the frequency and intensity of severe storms in the historical record, and examine the extent of economic damage resulting from those extreme events which occurred over the most recent decades. Potential changes in climate are forecast to result in possible frequency and/or intensity changes in extreme events, increases in precipitation, decreases in extreme low temperatures, increases in extreme high temperature, and changes in ecological systems …
From Management To Sustainability: Strategies For Producers, Consumers, And Small Businesses; Journal: Journal Of Management And Sustainability, Maria Hunter, Rachel Jc Chen
From Management To Sustainability: Strategies For Producers, Consumers, And Small Businesses; Journal: Journal Of Management And Sustainability, Maria Hunter, Rachel Jc Chen
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The effects of climate change and other stressors on the agricultural sector provide proof that the need to achieve agricultural sustainability is a legitimate issue that should be addressed immediately. The ultimate financial benefits to achieving sustainability are immense. This study investigated the causes of climate change and reported how it directly and indirectly affects the agricultural sector of the Southeastern Region of the United States. We concluded that crops vary with the different adaptation strategies and with the predicted rise in temperature and fluctuation in precipitation. It is essential for producers to monitor closely their previous growing seasons. Long …
Effects Of Climate Change In North America: An Overview, Rachel Jc Chen
Effects Of Climate Change In North America: An Overview, Rachel Jc Chen
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As forecast by many researchers, climate change can be expected to impact regions through direct effects (e.g., temperature shifts, changes in sea level, extreme weather events, and precipitation changes) and indirect effects (e.g., migrations of species and changes in ecosystems). Previous studies have reported how various regions will face challenges as to adaptations and vulnerabilities brought on by climate change differently according to their wealth. Interrelated impacts have been forecast to occur in North America stemming from variations due to climate change, including economic, ecological, environmental, and social impacts, as well as social and ecological changes. This study overviews the …