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The report, designed for interested parties of the industrial food industry in France, is founded on three research questions inspired by literature studies of sustainable development, management of corporate social responsibility, industrial food production and food product quality. The research questions search for the identification and explanation of critical categories of concern relevant for

Since 1999, the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) encourage developing countries to prepare the so called poverty reduction strategies (PRSs), which are national integrated strategies formulated through a participatory process coordinated with donors. This research has aimed to contribute to the development of effective PRS, especially the Sustainable Development and Povert

Kvinnomisshandel är idag ett etablerat samhällsproblem. Också i massmedia får detta problem stor uppmärksamhet. När kvinnomisshandel diskuteras kan det kännas som om kvinnan skuldbeläggs. Den kvinna som stannar kvar hos våldsmannen kanske inte får förståelse ifrån omgivningen lika lätt som den som bryter upp? Syftet med uppsatsen är att få en större förståelse om varför en del kvinnor inte lämnar

The paper investigates opportunities to minimize electricity consumption that will arise from the expected rapid penetration of households with set-top boxes due to the digitisation of television platforms. The study explores opportunities from a perspective of technical and behavioural change and how to promote this change through policy intervention and industry action. To explore the drivers an

This is an interview based qualitative case study on two Women's Migrant Associations in Malmoe, which I interpret as being part of a women's movement, with characteristics of a new social movement. The aim of this study is to get a deeper understanding on how the collective identity is being constructed, in this women's movement where the membership is not based on an exclusive ethnic

Abstract Environmental communication is more complex and challenging today compared to ten years ago. Moreover, it is experienced that many companies fail in their environmental communication. If companies want to succeed in their environmental communication, they must have a clear understanding of their environmental communication process. The impact from individuals and organisational condition

Source reduction and source separation are important ingredients for sustainable municipal solid waste management. They facilitate waste reduction and valorisation. However, waste managers find that it is challenging task to promote source reduction and source separation. The situation is even more difficult in developing countries and lack of environmental awareness and lack of public cooperation

Plastic materials come in a variety of forms from non-renewable resource based thermosets and thermoplastics to renewable resource based bio-plastics each of which have unique qualities and properties. These materials are seeing ever increasing production and consumption rates throughout Western Europe, being utilized in a growing number of products which inevitably enter the waste stream upon end

Citizenship and immigration policy are controversial aspects of the European integration project. Fourteen years ago Roger Brubaker stated that the vital differences between German and French citizenship policy were unthinkable to harmonise. This paper therefore seeks to investigate whether the old image of the two countries are accurate. By evaluating citizenship and immigration policies in today

Indigenous tourism is a vehicle of sustainable development for indigenous people. However, as the increase in the exposure to a westernized rationale along with tourism development, indigenous tourism development may result in the degradation of indigenous culture. The purpose of the thesis was to identify significant aspects of indigenous tourism especially focused upon cultural sustainability.

The overall environmental impact of a product is influenced by decisions made during product development, e.g. on alternative materials. Different tools exist on how to select materials. However they are seldom adapted to a company's needs. The research question of this thesis is dedicated to this issue: Designing a material selection tool for the product development process of an organisation

Miljöfrågorna och miljöarbetet har förändrats under de senaste åren och det har blivit uppenbart att något måste göras för att begränsa människans miljöpåverkan. I Rio, 1992 hölls FN:s konferens för hållbar utveckling och grunden för det internationella tänkandet om det ?uthålliga samhället? lades och gav genomslagskraft även i Sverige. Sveriges Ekokommuner är en ideell förening som jobbar för att

Den här studien syftar till att göra en miljöstrategisk jämförelse av två olika tekniker för rening av enskilda avlopp. Detta innebär en jämförelse av såväl juridiska som ekonomiska aspekter utöver den grundläggande reningseffektiviteten. Målsättningen är att visa att en rotzon är ett väl så bra alternativ som en markbädd vid rening av enskilda avlopp. Detta visade sig också stämma. Beträffande re

The purpose of this Master's thesis is to make suggestions as to how librarians can promote young reluctant readers to help them find the joy of reading. We want to show how the comprehension of these children and adolescents can be translated into action in the librarians work with reading promotion. Our main questions are: ? What attitudes do the librarians find that children and adolescen

Detta examensarbete är utfört på Helsingborgs Dagblad AB i Helsingborg. Examensarbetet omfattar en analys ur kvalitetssynpunkt av HD:s material-, energi- och transportflöden, dess påverkan på miljön, kopplingen mellan HD:s tre kärnvärden och vikten av ett strukturerat miljöarbete samt ett antal förslag på fortsatt arbete. HD:s materialflöden består främst av material för tryckningen men även en he

Under sextio och sjuttiotalet genomfördes en del förändringar som gjorde att man började ifrågasätta den traditionella rollen av att kvinnan skulle vara hemma och ta hand om barnen. Föräldraförsäkringen som kom 1974 gjorde att båda föräldrarna hade samma möjligheter att stanna hemma med sina barn och få ersättning. Syftet med denna uppsats är att utifrån tidningen Vi Föräldrar visa hur bilden av p

Children who are exposed to crime are a delicate issue. The purpose of this study was to describe and analyze children's narratives in the juridical process. Our primary questions focused on how adults could help children to express their experiences and what kind of elements imposed the narrative. How is the narrative structured? How does the court evaluate children's testimonies? What in

Abstract In today's western society the self-help culture is widespread. It consist of varies of medias: from courses and tv-programs, to articles in papers and magazines and entire books. The aim of many of the self-help books is to help heterosexual couples with problems in their love-life. These books have a large number of readers and are sold in millions of copies around the entire weste

The background for this assignment is based upon a wonder about why the Danish and the Swedish law differ on the subject of prostitution. In relation to this the object of the assignment is to clarify which discurses that are dominating the research on prostitution done in Denmark and Sweden. To conduct a study of this, a thorough examination of a Danisk and a Swedish report of prostitution is don