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the study is the Directive 96/61/EG on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC-Directive) which serves as an … across environmental media, like air pollution, water pollution, soil contamination, generation of waste, resource use, noise …
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Circular economy (CE) is a new trend in balanced development, directed at limiting consumption of resources and minimising waste production. In consideration of the European Commission’s (EC) postulates of the CE implementation, the article aims at verifying whether coal power plants in...
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This study aimed to investigate the nature of energy applied in hotel industry in Macedonia. It explored the indicators for resources application in three, four and five star hotels. The data were collected by means of an online survey conducted among 45 managers and department supervisors. It...
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The need for transition to indefinitely sustainable macro economic production functions and the attendant required evolution of modern portfolio theory are discussed. A new, 'next economy' methodology is proposed to practically apply modern realities to portfolios in meaningful ways. Existing...
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Climate change is one of the most critical environmental issues of the twenty first century. Buildings have a negative environmental impact; they emit Green House Gases (GHG), consume energy, water, and raw materials. Managers of firms working in the building sector take important decisions when...
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Economies are increasingly becoming dependent on Information Communication Technology (ICT) and concerns over sustainability have called for the investigation of the relation between sustainability and ICT. While the majority of the studies in this field have an environmentalist focus in this...
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Campus greening is often the first step universities take towards sustainability. However, the diffusion of sustainability reporting methodologies and rankings is still at an early stage, and is biased in mainly measuring energy efficiency indicators while omitting basic features enabling...
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This paper discusses the role of sustainable landfilling of municipal waste in the current systems of municipal waste management systems as the manner of final disposal of wastes. The actual data considering share of landfilling as final waste disposal in various countries all over the world...
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There have been many events connected with damaging abundance of water in Polish towns in recent decades. Some of them have been caused by flood waves on rivers passing through towns. Others have been caused by intense precipitation overwhelming the capacity of storm sewer systems. A brief...
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Environmental sustainability is generating increased concern among business executives, governments, consumers, and management scholars. Amidst the stakeholders' struggle and the challenges and opportunities from environmental concerns, HRM function joins the ongoing discussions and debates. The...
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