Climate Change Challenge

November 04, 2016

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Choose a company or non-profit organization whose operating model is likely to be significantly affected by climate change’s physical manifestations and/or related regulation, including threats and opportunities associated with mitigation and/or adaptation. Describe how the organization is likely to be affected, the steps the organization is taking to address those effects, and describe and justify what additional steps you think the organization should consider implementing.

Note: The post for this assignment should be 600–800 words, and must conclude with a word count such as “(778 words).” Posts should not exceed 800 words.

Submitted (927)

Samsung Electronics : Green & Eco Management
Christian Jung
Last modified on November 7, 2016 at 4:48 pm
Thoughts on the way how Samsung is navigating through the challenges and opportunities by Green and Eco Management
From Oil to Carbon: How Global Energy Trader Moved Into Carbon Emissions Trading
PatL
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Mercuria Energy Group is one of the world’s largest commodity trading companies which trades a vast portfolio of commodities ranging from coal to crude oil. Founded in 2004, Mercuria had expanded into five continents with over 30 trading offices transacting [...]
Your Google Searches Are Contributing to Global Warming
BRZ
Last modified on November 2, 2016 at 11:03 pm
Global internet penetration rates are approximately 46%, representing 3.4 billion total internet users (1). This number is expected to grow nearly 21% by 2020 to 4.1 billion internet users (2). Delivering content to this enormous and growing number of people [...]
Intrawest: In Search of Snow
TK
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 12:46 pm
Will climate change melt Intrawest's snowy ambitions?
Pattern Corporation: long-term investment strategy facilitated by the climate change.
DS
Last modified on November 7, 2016 at 5:31 pm
Based on an actual project done for a CIS oligarchic investment fund (real name disguised to maintain client confidentiality). The process of climate change, specifically the global warming aspect of it, creates enormous long-term challenges for companies and governments worldwide. [...]
It’s Not the Ship That’s Sinking, It’s the Port!
HR
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 9:53 am
An underappreciated impact of climate change in a city that feels the water rising
BHP Billiton: Unearthing a response to climate change
msmith
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 4:32 pm
Examining how the world's largest mining company thinks about climate change.
Starbucks: the Arabica challenge
CC
Posted on November 3, 2016 at 9:44 pm
‘Farmers are seeing the effects of a changing climate, with severe hurricanes and more resistant bugs reducing crop yields. The company is now preparing for the possibility of a serious threat to global supplies.’ – Jim Hanna, Starbucks Sustainability Director, [...]
Coca-Cola: Survival in an Era of Climate Change
Ward Ault
Last modified on October 31, 2016 at 5:29 pm
Coca-Cola and its business model face a variety of challenges as the effects of climate change become more prevalent.
A not-so-happy meal
CFallert
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 1:20 pm
In full disclosure, I love a good hamburger. I have wonderful memories of eating hamburgers fresh off the grill in the summer with ketchup and mustard dripping down my hands. I stumbled across a documentary the other day that presented [...]
Insuring the End of the World: Allstate at the Intersection of the Causes and Effects of Climate Change
TOM
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 5:25 pm
Property & Casualty insurers, like The Allstate Corporation, stand at the crossroads of climate change, in both insuring carbon-intensive assets and activities, and paying claims for climate change-related damages.
Travelers Insurance: If storms are getting worse, who pays first?
Robert
Last modified on November 3, 2016 at 6:47 pm
When the weather hits, it hits their wallet.
Apple Reacts to and Leads in Climate Challenge
Clement
Last modified on November 3, 2016 at 6:15 pm
Apple has been a responsible technology giant in implementing socially and environmentally responsible business practices throughout its operation- from the deployment of clean energy to encourage efficient use of water, from maintaining high environmental standards for Apple itself to encouraging [...]
Disruption in the Oil & Gas Industry
Felipe
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 12:47 pm
Can Total, one of the world’s largest oil and gas companies, survive a global campaign to fight global warming?
Mud Skiing: Vail’s Race to save its Winter Sports Business
katt
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 5:59 pm
How does a ski resort reduce its carbon footprint when its increased dependency on energy is a direct result of climate change?
Carbon-Cutting Is Now En Vogue
Catherine Xu
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 2:50 pm
LVMH is pioneering the sustainability efforts against climate change for the Luxury Goods industry, one handbag at a time.
Are you ready to live in the dark?
Bernardita
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 3:52 pm
Electrical power plants are trying to survive the unexpected change in water level due to climate change. Will they be able to adjust their operations before we are in the total darkness?
PepsiCo’s sustainability focus: Is the company Performing with [“enough”] Purpose?
Kamisha
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 6:24 pm
The world’s population is expected to grow by nearly 20% from 7.4B to 9B by 2050. This growth will substantially increase food production requirements with estimates that production will need to increase by as high as 70 percent to meet [...]
Chocapocalypse: Is Chocolate Endangered?
M
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 1:21 pm
The future of your favorite candy may be in danger. Snickers and M&Ms are household brands that we naturally associate with chocolate. Although most consumers may not connect climate change with the chocolate industry, Mars Company and others are increasingly [...]
Can Uganda combat the climate change threat to East African food security?
Leah Kaplow
Posted on November 2, 2016 at 10:48 pm
How should the Ugandan Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) respond to the looming impact of climate change?
What’s a Ski Resort without Snow?
Ron Swanson
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 2:58 pm
The largest ski resort in North America demonstrates how a others can adapt to the volatile impacts of climate change.
Customers Help to Box International Paper into Sustainability
MM2018
Last modified on November 4, 2016 at 4:32 pm
“[Sustainability] helps our customers when they try to tell their...story…it’s not top of mind for a lot of investors” – CEO, Mark Sutton
Venice – the risk of the disappearance of an entire city
Miltok
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 5:58 pm
Cruise lines in Venice are a shocking example of how companies adapted their business model to exacerbate the effects of climate change and thereby contribute to the risk of the disappearance of an entire city.
MAERSK – Feeling Slow-Steamed by Regulators
Ilan S.
Posted on November 4, 2016 at 1:05 am
The backbone of global trade, the shipping industry, is responsible for 3% of GHG emissions. Leading shipping companies like Maersk set an example by reducing their carbon footprint, but can they sustain these practices when marine pollution regulators fail to [...]
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