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Sustainability Reporting

In the modern business environment, there is growing number of companies placing weight on sustainability-related issues, such as waste management, local communities, use of resources etc. At the same time such stakeholders as investors, consumers, employees and communities are increasingly interested in understanding company’s efforts and progresses in the area of sustainability. With that respec

Analysis of practices and organizational awareness of sustainability – the case of Thule AB

Aim: The aim of this degree project is to carry out the corporate wide analysis and investigation to identify the existing and upcoming sustainable practices in Thule AB, general awareness and perception on sustainability among employees and to calculate carbon footprint of a bike rack, a Thule product produced at Seymour plant, USA. Approach: We embarked on this project by dividing it into two di

A study of sustainability in Thule AB: Investigation of awareness and practices within the company and a transformation strategy

Sustainability has begun to be embraced by more competitive and modern businesses. We believe that the issue of sustainability cannot be avoided today by any company. Organizations that are in leading positions are already trying to take advantage of sustainability and integrating it into their business models. The concept of sustainability will be introduced and a discussion is made about the cur

Sustainability Trends - and its revelance to Thule

This document deals with the sustainability trends and the relevance of these trends to Thule AB. The purpose of this report is to advise THULE AB about the trends in sustainable development practices. This document is part of our work thesis for master’s degree in Sustainable Business Leadership Program, at Lund University, Sweden. The research was done with classmates Jorghe Cardozo, Bei Gao and

Sustainability Benchmarking- the case of Thule

Climate change and scarcity of natural resources are the growing challenges for the present world. This results in a greater realization especially among the business communities to sustain the environment for future generation. The concept of sustainability is becoming a focal point for most of the companies. Organizations are more concerned about the ways to accomplish sustainability criteria bu

Sustainability Trends And their Relevance to THULE

The concept of sustainability has been put forward since 1987 and from that point of time research regarding it has emerged and evolved since its appearance. Definitions of sustainability vary from person to person due to the context used, and big amount of companies have started to realize its importance and begun with searching their ways till achieving a sustainable development in today‘s tough

Jämställdhet i revisionsbranschen? En karriärstudie utifrån ett genusperspektiv

Syfte: Det övergripande syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka om det finns skilda förutsättningar för män och kvinnor att göra karriär i revisionsbranschen. Syftet är fortsättningsvis också att kartlägga vad som utmärker de kvinnor som faktiskt når toppen. Metod: I vår uppsats har vi använt oss av både ett positivistiskt och tolkande perspektiv, då vårt syftes första del kräver ett positivisti

Djungeljakten på stabilitet

Det finns en problematik i hur externa intressenter ska kunna bedöma ett kunskapsföretags stabilitet utifrån extern information. I ett traditionellt tillverkande företag bedöms ofta stabilitet med hjälp av finansiella nyckeltal. De finansiella nyckeltalen är dock inte lika användbara i ett kunskapsföretag eftersom dessa företag ofta har liten andel lån och litet eget kapital. Att ett kunskapsföret

Coaching - från hästvagn till ledarskap

Titel: Coaching - från hästvagn till ledarskap Nivå: Magisteruppsats i Service Management, maj 2010 Författare: Orhan Arnautovic och Samir Nurovic Institution: Institutionen för Service Management, Lunds Universitet, Campus Helsingborg Handledare: Lars Nordgren och Pavla Kruzela Problematisering: Coaching har blivit ett trendord och används idag i många olika sammanhang. Tack vare begreppets popul

Coacha för hälsa - En studie av ett hälsofrämjande ledarskapsverktyg

Uppsatsens syfte är att ur ett ledarskapsperspektiv beskriva hur ett coachande förhållningssätt används som ett verktyg för att skapa friska arbetsplatser. Uppsatsen har genom skapandet av Pusselbitsmodellen belyst sambanden mellan synsätten coaching, HRM, hälsofrämjande ledarskap och friska organisationer. Vår empiriska studie har visat hur chefer i serviceorganisationer arbetar med det coachande

Hur de vuxna kan hjälpa grundskolebarn med ADHD att klara sin vardag: En kunskapsöversikt med särskilt fokus på fritidspersonalens möjligheter

Vår främsta fråga i vår undersökning är, hur unga skolbarn med ADHD klarar av sin vardag? Med denna frågeställning kom vi fram till att vi ska använda oss av kvalitativ litteraturstudie. Eftersom ADHD är ett känsligt tillstånd så har vi uteslutit intervjuer och observationer, för att vi inte ska få missvisande reslutat. Vi kom fram till att pedagogernas roll är viktig för att barn som har ADHD ska

Long Run Relationships between Base Metals, Gold and Oil

This paper investigates the possible presence of long-run relationships (cointegration) among base metals and between base metals, Crude oil and Gold, using the Johansen multivariate approach and VEC Engle-Granger causality tests. The commodities used are seven base metals: Aluminum, Aluminum Alloy, Copper, Nickel, Zink, and Tin (from the London Metal Exchange), Crude oil and Gold. The Johansen ap

Animal Comparisons and Analogies in the Portrayal of Northern Europeans in Roman Late Republican and Imperial Literature

In this paper the characterisation and portrayal of northern europeans in Roman late Republican and Imperial literature is examined. It looks specifically at the employment by Roman authors of animal comparisons and analogies as part of this characterisation and explores the reasons for which they are used, including the choice of vocabulary and imagery. This also involves a broader examination of

Communication in a Cognitively Overloaded Environment, A Case Study of Newsletters in a Global Company

To use newsletters as a corporate communication mean is easy: once penned they are quickly distributed to an arbitrarily large group of recipients with the main purpose to inform. On the basis of a case study with a global IT company the question is answered whether newsletters could be used as a communication channel and convey management's message organisational issues, to the employees in a