GCM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Employee Retention, Biomimetics, High Visibility
18 Jan 2017
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Pangea organics: packaged with recycled newspaper. How to recycle: trident boxes we have to separate the film wrap then recycle, fruit box, must separate box from paper/cardstock wrapped around it. Biodegradable organics that end up in landfills contributes to climate change. 40% of the produced food is wasted = 1. 3 billion tons = billion: small fridge will prevent people from buying too much food. Profit, people, planet (economic, societal and environmental) Ecologically sustainability is how biological system stay diverse and productive forever. When something gets to landfill it is end of the product"s lifecycle: which creates methane gas and is 25% worse than greenhouse gas. Sustainability = profit, people, and planet: the three pillars of john elkington"s triple bottom line to sustainable business, profit = remain healthy sales; people who care about environment are willing to pay more for organic/expensive products. T im h ortons & s tarbuc k s c b c.
