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Why is it important to promote employabilty within a sustainable development model of firms?
The Employability has become a key issue in our society where numerous factors, including the gap between the world of education and the workplace, the decline of the traditional career and the advent of boundaryless career, have replaced the emphasis on the responsibility of the individual to...
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Commitment to Biking - towards a more sustainable mobility system
Sustainable mobility has been gaining increasing prominence in Europe and Portugal, both by the impact of public investments in large cities (even in those characterized by a trend of little bicycle use) and by the recognition in public policies of their importance as a means of transport. ...
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Can sandy beaches be the answer to a better energy storage?
Coming from a Sicilian family, I know very well the heat of Sicilian sandy beaches. A memory of my childhood is the burning feet when walking on the sand: for going from your sunbed to the shore for a bit of freshness, you had to run very quickly. At the time, I never thought that the sand...
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Environmental Responsibility in the Tourism Industry
The travel and tourism sector has developed into an industry with a substantial economic impact. It changes the world but not always for the better. In a book titled, Overbooked: The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism , the American journalist Elizabeth Becker uncovers that what was...
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The Importance of Sustainable Innovation in Sport
The purpose of this blog post is to address the challenge how sports can be engaged as an important channel to reach citizens and to inform them about society’s challenges related to environment and resource efficiency. Additionally, by providing information and setting an example by...
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Environment education and sustainability in schools
Green flag – program is an international sustainable development program and recognition for schools and kindergartens. School or kindergarten that fulfills certain criteria is allowed to use ‘Green flag’ as a sign of their dedication and work in sustainable development....
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Public engagement as one of the key dimensions of Resposible Research and Innovation
By Elisabeth Unterfrauner and ilse Marschalek (Centre for Social Innovation, Vienna) Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) gained importance in the last years in the European Research Area as it has become one of the cross-cutting themes of the European Commission’s...
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Europe's eyes on Earth
During the last decade Europe has undertaken substantial research efforts towards the development of Earth observation systems.The most important one has been the Global Monitoring for Environmental Security (GMES), which later on turned into the ongoing Copernicus programme. Copernicus...
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Electronic Waste: Producers’ Responsibility?
Every year millions of tonnes of e-waste are produced worldwide. This number has always been growing since we started using electronic devices, but in the past decade the rise was higher than ever before. The relatively young segment of consumer electronics has surely added to the trend. But...
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Understanding sustainable human resource management through corporate websites
Many companies now advertise their commitment to sustainability. In order to strengthen their employer brand and improving their ability to attract and retain talents, companies make known to the public the actions taken for a sustainable management of human resources. But which arguments...
