Investment in sustainability

Why is it in a country s best national security interests to invest in sustainable energy sources ... 

Tax credits and public spending Schemes utilizing tax credits typically offer tax incentives to industriahsts to invest in sustainable and resource-efficient technologies. Public spending is often used to encourage directly specific environmental innovation and to promote relevant research and development. Another facet of this is the deliberate utilization of green procurement policies by local and national governments to drive the market towards sustainable development. 

Ngomo, H.N. (2004). Opportunity for Investment in Sustainable Bioenergy Production in Countries in the Central African Sub-Region The Case of Cameroon. Proceedings of World Bioenergy, Jonkoping, Sweden. (June, 2-4,2004), pp. 37-38... 

Investment in sustainable resources can also affect environmental performance. A tirm may choose to meet the standards of mandatory environmental compliance or commit more fully to pollution prevention. Greater pollution prevention necessitates increased investment in sustainable resources. The tirm may simply purchase pollution-filtering devices, or they may opt to integrate environmental issues into the strategic planning process. Design and production that focus on... 

The gain in the product s profit due to supplier s investment in sustainability can be expressed as... 

In a modern society, the investment in fire safety depends on the informed risk. Reliable risk must be based on complete statistics. An important motivator of the US government s interest to address the large losses due to fire in the early 1970s was articulated in the report of the National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control (.America Burning [1]). It stated that the US annually sustained over 11 billion in lost... 

We are thus facing a significant and rapid change in our oil-based economy to progressively introduce renewable raw materials. The development of new catalysts concepts and solutions will be a key component in this transition, as it was in the past in the change to the current oil-based economy. Investment in a sustained research effort on catalysis implies an investment in a better and more sustainable future for our society. 

Dedicated resources are important to ensure a sustained focus on security. Investment in security should be reasonable considering utilities specific circumstances. In some circumstances, investment may be as simple as increasing the amount of time and attention that executives and managers give to security. Where threat potential or potential consequences are greater, greater investment likely is warranted. 

Eeonomie impaets Sustainability Euel diversity Inereased number of rural manufaeturing jobs Inereased ineome taxes Inereased investments in plant and equipment Agrieultural development International Redueing the dependeney on imported petroleum... 

Economic impacts Sustainability and fuel diversity Increased number of rural manufacturing jobs Increased investments in plant and equipment International competitiveness Reducing the dependency on imported petroleum... 

February 2003 Energy White Paper - the White Paper sets out a strategy for the long term, and to give industry the confidence to invest in a truly sustainable energy future. The paper commits to cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050 and notes the need/potential... 

The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) is the equivalent interest rate at which the Net Present Value of the acquisition would be zero. Given the projected total cost of the system, and the projected total benefits of the system, both projected back (discounted) to today, it is the interest rate that the investment could sustain and still just break even. Since firms, in general, operate at a point where their incremental cost of money is equal to its incremental earning power, any investment that returns an IRR better than the cost of money is a good investment. Traditionally, the IRR is found by calculating the NPV with different interest factors in a trial and error method until the interest factor is found which drives the NPV to approximately zero. 

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