The following reflects course work for the MOOC Climate Change Mitigation in Developing Countries offered by Professor Harald Winkler of the University of Capetown, South Africa Week 1: Sustainable consumption patterns – a Super Wicked problem Week 2: Awareness and Response : Actions to Reduce Emissions from Personal Energy Use Week 3: A Slightly Anomalous American Week 4: A Gap as …
There are powerful social, environmental and economic implications associated with transparency. Corporations are not the only ones that should be concerned about transparency; governments, employees, consumers and the whole of civil society all have a stake. Transparency is about open access to an organization’s activities and this has implications for everything from climate change to the bottom line. Starbuck’s CEO Howard Schultz effectively communicated the …
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