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However, there are limits to the diameter reduetion beeause too small an exit opening would inerease the axial diseharge veloeity and the resulting losses would overtake the other savings. An intermediate design, tlie radial reaetion design, is often tlie most effieient eompromise. Bodi shop and field testing have eonfirmed this to be the ease. 

Filling station Vehicle park Servicing facilities Administration and stores Repair facilities Body shop Accommodation... 

The left-hand side of the site has a reducing traffic density and could thus accommodate the vehicle repair shops. The body shop is a repair function, and thus would be located on the left-hand side but remote from the existing administration office. 

The technical administration office needs to be quiet, clean, and central to the facilities that it administers. Hence, it should be located in the central area between the service and repair shops. This is remote from the dirty washing facility and the noisy body shop while providing good access to the gate. 

The remaining comer on the left-hand side of the site can be arranged to be sufficient distance from the body shop so that it can be quiet and thus suitable for staff accommodation and the plant administration office. Thus, the synthesized layout becomes as shown in Figure 7.9. 

Key findings are reported from a study by David Brown of Warwick Research Institute into the environmental aspects of plastics packaging used for snack foods. The four options of reduction, re-use, recycling and recovery are discussed. The original research examines OPP as the most commonly used plastic for snack food packaging. BODY SHOP... 

Acme Necktie Company is located at 512- Windsor Blvd., next to Dave s Body Shop. You ll take 1-95 to exit 12, then bear right onto Suspender Beltway. Turn left at the second light onto Garter Street, then right onto Wingtip Dr. Windsor Blvd. is your third left, and we re about halfway down on the right. Please wear a tie. 

I know these things are possible. I read every day about the growing number of farmers who are producing delicious food without pesticides. About cosmetics companies like The Body Shop that are eliminating phthalates and other toxic chemicals from their products, and companies like IKEA and Dell that have removed toxic flame retardants from electronics and furniture. 

Corporate responsibility auditing, a recognized management discipline first applied at APT Associates in the 1970s and later refined by The Body Shop and other companies in the mid-1990s to evaluate their environmental and social impacts, can help corporations assess how well they do what they say they do, and proactively convert rhetoric into reality. 

Paternal occupational exposure to organic solvents can also produce teratogenic effects. Painters, automobile body shop workers, printers, and fiberglass workers have all been shown to father children with low birth... 

Commendations Body Shop International British Airways... 

Even when standards are eventually established, some stakeholders may push for more than the reassurance offered by verification of voluntarily produced CERs. This could be achieved by site visits, as already arranged by proactive CER-providing companies such as Novodisk and Body Shop. 

ERM Body Shop, British Airways, Glaxo Wellcome and Severn Trent... 

This UK organisation was established in 1996 with BT and the Body Shop as founding members. The prime objectives are to promote best practices and professional standards in both social and ethical accounting and auditing. As can be seen from the name of this organisation, it is the intention to group both social and ethical issues under the same umbrella. 

Verification of social/community reports lags well behind that of CERs. PIRC found only one social report, Body Shop, had been verified. However, the verification method adopted here was rather interesting as it involved three expert organisations, each for one particular aspect ... 

The anticipated growth of the social and environmental audit sector has been confirmed by the formation of a new business division, by KPMG, known as Sustainability Advisory Services (SAS). This is a joint venture with Body Shop, a recognised world leader in sustainability reporting. KPMG estimates that the business resulting from this type of work will be worth 20 million within three years of opening the new division. 

Some further information on costs came from the pioneers in the social reporting field. Elere, it was confirmed that it is not a cheap exercise. Examples given were Can 100 000 for VanCity, Canada and US 750 000 for Body Shop, UK. 

From the outset, the CERES principles were mainly adopted by companies that already had strong green reputations, such as Body Shop. Over the years that followed, the momentum behind the concept continued to build and, by the end of 1997, 46 companies had endorsed the CERES principles, including a number of big business players such as Bank America, Baxter International, Coca-Cola, General Motors and Polaroid. By this time, the CERES company members represented 240 billion in sales revenues per year and employed about one million people. 

Or say everyone was aiiowed oniy one automobiie for iife What if you get a iemon There you are, barely able to chug out of your driveway, a constant traffic hazard with no brakes, horn, barely functioning engine. You couldn t go on the freeway and, while everyone else was out there tearing around, you would spend the rest of your days in some garage or body shop. Wouldn t you rather junk the car and take any other alternative ... 

A. Kimbrell, The Human Body Shop, Gateway, Washington, 1997. 

If we think that businesses such as Microsoft and The Body Shop are large businesses that do much good in die world, imagine what could actually be accomplished if we were consciously working wdth this power for a greater good Where we get mixed up is in the belief that power is equal to influence, but this couldn t be more wrong. 

Thus, classic leadership theories addressed the instrumental aspects of motivation, whereas the new paradigm emphasizes expressive aspects as well. Such emotional appeals can be demonstrated by the words of Anita Roddick, founder and CEO of The Body Shop ... 

There are adhesives and sealants in the body shop with basically four different functions (Table 2) ... 

Figure 3 Application of a sealant automatically extruded onto an oil pan flange. Table 2 Main Adhesive Bonding and Sealing Applications in the Body Shop...

Figure 4 Examples of adhesive and sealant applications in the body shop.

Figure 5 Applications of a hem flange adhesive in the body shop. Copyright 2003 by Taylor Francis Group, LLC...

Figure 6 Example of a sealant application for body joints in the body shop. 

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