Search results for "ympäristövastuu"
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Fifteen operationally important decisions in the planning of biodiversity offsets
2018
Many development projects, whether they are about construction of factories, mines, roads, railways, new suburbs, shopping malls, or even individual houses, have negative environmental consequences. Biodiversity offsetting is about compensating that damage, typically via habitat restoration, land management, or by establishment of new protected areas. Offsets are the fourth step of the so-called mitigation hierarchy, in which ecological damage is first avoided, minimized second, and third restored locally. Whatever residual damage remains is then offset. Offsetting has been increasingly adopted all around the world, but simultaneously serious concerns are expressed about the validity of the…
Organisaation vihreä työkalu : Green Office -ympäristöjärjestelmän vaikutukset organisaatiossa
2010
Ilmastonmuutos herättää keskustelua kansalaisissa ja nykyään myös entistä enemmän organisaatioissa. Kustannuksia syntyy, kun ympäristövaikutuksia ja sitä kautta ilmastonmuutosta pyritään hidastamaan, mutta huomattavasti vähemmän kuin ilmastonmuutoksen seurauksista voi pahimmillaan syntyä, ellei asiaan puututa ajoissa. Ympäristöjärjestelmä on yksi keino ottaa ympäristövastuu kokonaisvaltaisesti organisaatiossa huomioon. Lisäksi sidosryhmien painostus, kiristyvät lait ja asetukset sekä kilpailuedun tavoittelu ohjaavat organisaatioita ympäristöjärjestelmien käyttöönottoon. Niin kutsuttu kevennetty ympäristöjärjestelmä voi olla ISO 14001 -standardia tai EMAS-järjestelmää sopivampi ratkaisu toim…
Employee Rhetoric in the Acceptance or Rejection of Corporate Environmentalism
2016
This study explores how employees in a Finnish financial company use rhetorical strategies to accept or reject corporate environmentalism. It is based on a qualitative study in which face-to-face interviews were conducted among 30 employees. The study shows how employees rejected corporate environmentalism by dissociating their employer from polluters or by dissociating environmental values from other values in the financial business. It also shows how they accepted corporate environmentalism by associating it with other business virtues and by associating the employer with polluters. The study identifies rhetorical strategies as a means for employees to construct an understanding of corpor…
Sustainability in executive remuneration : A missing link towards more sustainable firms?
2021
This paper contributes by showing simultaneously the interlinked challenges of sustainability-based (based on long-term economic, social and environmental targets) executive remuneration and the problems of transparency in remuneration reporting. Our empirical data, analyzed using qualitative content analysis, consists of the published remuneration statements and sustainability reports of 43 Finnish companies reporting according to the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) framework. Our results indicate that comprehensive sustainability remuneration is still rare in Finnish large companies: long-term financial targets are implemented at most companies, but social or environmental targets were …
Competitive Advantage through Environmental Responsibility? A Case Study of Finnair
2013
In recent years there has been increasing interest in the environmental impacts of aviation, and some airlines have begun to address this issue more seriously. At the same time competition in the aviation industry has become much tougher. This study focuses on the question whether showing pro-active environmental behaviour could work as a differentiation strategy for airlines which are acting more responsibly, thus helping them to improve their competitiveness. For this purpose one airline showing strong pro-environmental behaviour in recent years was chosen as an example: Finland’s flag carrier, Finnair. This paper presents the results of a questionnaire conducted among 148 Finnair custome…
Näin ekologinen kompensaatio on apuna luontokadon pysäyttämisessä
2023
Ekologinen kompensaatio nousi uuden luonnonsuojelulain myötä olennaiseksi osaksi luontokadon pysäyttämisen keinovalikoimaa. Pian ratkeaa, onnistuuko tavoite vapaaehtoisesti vai tarvitaanko aiheuttaja maksaa -pakko, Panu Halme Jyväskylän yliopistosta kirjoittaa. nonPeerReviewed
Fifteen operationally important decisions in the planning of biodiversity offsets
2018
Many development projects, whether they are about construction of factories, mines, roads, railways, new suburbs, shopping malls, or even individual houses, have negative environmental consequences. Biodiversity offsetting is about compensating that damage, typically via habitat restoration, land management, or by establishment of new protected areas. Offsets are the fourth step of the so-called mitigation hierarchy, in which ecological damage is first avoided, minimized second, and third restored locally. Whatever residual damage remains is then offset. Offsetting has been increasingly adopted all around the world, but simultaneously serious concerns are expressed about the validity of the…
Does airlines’ eco-friendliness matter? Customer satisfaction towards an environmentally responsible airline
2022
The looming climate crisis requires an immediate response, also on an individual level. Consumers are being asked to reduce and replace their carbon-intensive consumption behaviors. One of the consumption behaviors with the largest impact is air travel. The growing awareness among consumers has led to the advent of flight shaming, which could seriously endanger airlines' existing business models. One way for airlines to respond to this threat is by becoming more eco-friendly. We therefore wanted to study whether the environmental responsibility of an airline could be positively associated with customer satisfaction and whether that could translate into more customer loyalty towards an eco-f…
"Switch the lights off” : Employee argumentation on acceptance or rejection of corporate environmentalism in a financial corporation
2013
This study explores the rhetorical strategies used by employees in a financial corporation to reject or accept corporate environmentalism among corporate responsibilities. The study is theoretically based on rhetoric and on prior research on acceptance or rejection of corporate environmentalism among other corporate responsibilities in an organization. A qualitative study, based on face-to-face interviews was conducted among 30 employees in a Finnish financial corporation. The study shows that employees reject corporate environmentalism based on value priorities and perception of little or no environmental impacts. They accept corporate environmentalism among other responsibilities based on…
Kuudesluokkalaisten asenteet ilmastonmuutosta kohtaan ja heidän uskonsa omiin vaikutusmahdollisuuksiin sen ehkäisyssä
2017
Perttilä, Pia ja Riihijärvi, Sara. 2017. Kuudesluokkalaisten asenteet ilmastonmuutosta kohtaan ja heidän uskonsa omiin vaikutusmahdollisuuksiin sen ehkäisyssä. Kasvatustieteen pro gradu -tutkielma. Jyväskylän yliopisto. Opettajankoulutuslaitos. 72 sivua, 15 liitesivua. Ilmastokasvatus pyrkii rakentamaan kestävää elämäntapaa ja tarjoamaan keinoja vaikuttaa ilmastonmuutoksen ehkäisyyn. Tutkimuksen tarkoituksena oli selvittää, kuinka koulujen ilmastokasvatuksen avuksi koottu ratkaisukeskeistä lähestymistapaa painottava Open ilmasto-opas ja sen aktiviteetit vaikuttavat oppilaiden asenteisiin ilmastonmuutosta kohtaan ja heidän uskoon omista vaikutusmahdollisuuksista sen ehkäisyssä. Tätä tutkitti…