sabmiller s water footprint assessment

... Goals and Scope of Water Footprint Assessment 2.1 Goals of water footprint assessment 2.2 Scope of water footprint accounting 2.3 Scope of water footprint sustainability assessment 2.4 Scope of water ... products, as well as for consumers, nations and businesses It also includes methods for water footprint sustainability assessment and a library of water footprint response options A shared standard ... Goals and Scope of Water Footprint Assessment 2.1  Goals of water footprint assessment Water footprint studies may have various purposes and be applied in different contexts Each purpose requires...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 16:20

... facilities The use of fertilizers and pesticides has significantly increased after the construction of High Dam and causes weed flourishing, which increases evapotrans piration, blocks the waterways, ... at most) makes nearby streams (either canals or drains) the perfect places for inhabitants to dispose their sewage as in the case of Ezbet El-Eslah The fresh water canal of Port Said was invaded ... Standards Aspergillus niger and Spirogyra varians were considered as new Egyptian biosorbents for removal of natural radionuclides within all screened species Multivariate statistical analyses were...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 04:20

... business was already obtained in step 4.2 Case II: the business schematised into business units Step 1: definition of the business and business units The business consists of three separate business ... the water footprint of a business is done in six subsequent steps Step 1: definition of the business and business units In this step the business is clearly defined by describing the business units ... of the business as a whole Inputs to the business (products p=1 to n, sources s= 1 to m) BWFo[1] BWFo[2] BWFo[3] Business I [s, 1,p] Business unit I [s, 2,p] I [s, 3,p] Business unit Business unit O[1,X]...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... conceptualise the value of world natural resources and assets to humankind This framework distinguishes an ecosystem s functions from environmental services Ecosystem functions refer to system properties ... “Canada Statistics Division” (Statistics Canada 2003) is used as the main feed data source for livestock In order to adjust these data to the specific parameters of the Spanish livestock sector, ... This releases the pressure on their domestic water resources and avoids the economic costs and political stress of mobilising the “imported” amount of water (Allan 2003) National water savings...

Ngày tải lên: 07/03/2014, 04:20

... products has not been studied in enough detail to reflect on its claims on water resources There are several product-specific issues that have to be addressed in order to come to a fair assessment ... arrangements M.P Verkerk, A.Y Hoekstra and P.W Gerbens-Leenes – March 2008 27 Business water footprint accounting: A tool to assess how production of goods and services impact on freshwater resources ... Global Forest Resources Assessment 2005 (FAO, 2006) The estimates used in this study are presented in Table Tree types are categorized into pine, eucalyptus and broadleaves In this study the following...

Ngày tải lên: 09/03/2014, 00:20

... past few decades many systems were designed in order to overcome this obstacle US EPA uses system BASINS (Better Assessment Science Integrating point & Non-point Sources) that is a multi-purpose ... data series Also, it is advisable to make a list of all potential sources of pollution, all watercourses from a watershed before assessing pollution impact Linking complex water quality models with ... other watersheds The methodology (figure 1) consists of three steps: • Application of GIS technologies GIS basis could be used to help in building cadastre of polluters It requires spatial geo-positioning...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:20

... Chapagain Arjen Y Hoekstra and Maite M Aldaya and Mesfin M Mekonnen, The Water Footprint Assessment Manual 2011 M.M M ekonnen & A.Y.Hoekstra, National water footprint accounts: The green, blue and ... 1: Vitual water Waterfootprint Đối với loại dấu chân nước, phương pháp tính riêng biệt thiết lập Hiện nay, phương pháp tính chuẩn toàn giới trình bày tài liệu The Water Footprint Assessment Manual ... trình s n xuất Theo [1], nước ảo tổng lượng nước s dụng cho trình s n xuất s n phẩm dịch vụ Ví dụ để s n xuất 01 kg lúa mì cần khoảng 1000 lít nước Trang Tiểu luận nhóm 1: Vitual water Waterfootprint...

Ngày tải lên: 20/03/2014, 17:02

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Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... costreflective water charges; • cut greenhouse gas emissions; and • embedded continuous adaptation to climate change and other pressures across the water industry and water users Water is essential ... but also ensure that water is acceptable for water treatment processes as well as for consumers 23 Water companies have a duty to test water samples for certain substances and organisms The Drinking ... and classifying relative levels of water stress in water company areas in England The Government has used this map to designate areas of serious water stress for the purpose of accelerating water...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... function as resource bases only, but as systems for waste assimilation as well We realise that the method to translate the impacts of pollution into water requirements as applied in this study can ... the various sectors of economy) show water demand in relation to production within a nation The current report focuses on the assessment and analysis of the water footprints of nations insofar related ... Fertilizers Pesticides Depletion of resources Return flows Resource use Processing of cotton products Pollution of resources Blue water Chemicals Return flows Depletion of resources Pollution of resources...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 00:20

... World Resources Institute Willingness-to-pay Water user associations ADDRESSING CHINA S WATER SCARCITY xvii Executive Summary ⅷ For years, water shortages, water pollution, and flooding have constrained ... standards Policy instruments include economic incentives—such as prices, taxes, subsidies, and tradable permits—as well as regulatory instruments The institutional ADDRESSING CHINA S WATER SCARCITY ... the World Resources Institute define water stress as annual water availability of 2,000 m3/person or less, and water scarcity as 1,000 m3/person or less See Shalizi 2006 See Chinese Academy of...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 23:20

... ignores what economists call “externalities.” That is, business activities may involve serious costs to others in the form of pollution-caused illnesses, poisoning of food sources (such as fish ... discussion continued Each of the chapters is based on the work of a volunteer who summarized the consensus developed in discussions of the forum on one of the topics These summaries were disseminated ... corporations is miniscule, but the public is subjected to strict emissions testing while businesses continue polluting with use of political influence and delaying tactics 36 Global Solutions Some...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 23:20

... total water footprint stems from the supply-chain water footprint For soy burger this is 99.9% This highlights the importance of detailed supply chain assessments for both products and businesses ... for consumers, but also for food producers and processors, retailers, traders and other businesses that play a role in supplying those goods to the consumers The objective of this study is to quantify ... the steps with a substantial water footprint The study focuses on the assessment of the water footprint of soy milk produced in a specific factory in Belgium and soy burger produced in a specific...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 22:20

... use map Mekong Basin Water Resources Assessment Figure 2.5 Mapped irrigation areas reclassed to broad categories Mekong Basin Water Resources Assessment Figure 2.6 Land use map based on USGS ... increase, and dry season rainfall to decrease in some months in some areas 1.4 Water resources assessment using the water account model We assessed the impacts of climate change on water resources ... Resources Assessment Figure 2.1 The Mekong Basin with the 18 catchments used in the water use account Mekong Basin Water Resources Assessment Table 2.1 Catchments in the Mekong Basin with their areas...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2014, 23:20

... 0,5 1,0 Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed mg/l 0,02 1,0 Passed mg/l mg/l Col/ 100ml F.c/10 0ml 5,0 0,38 400 50 Passed Passed Passed 20 Passed 3) If possible, these solutions are recommended: ... easily to lose such as tea smell The Passed main reason is that the content although meets the Passed standard but is in the mobile dissolving form Passed Passed 3) If possible, these solutions ... Passed diseases, users will fell the 10 Passed water doesn’t taste well for 11 Passed example, water doesn’t taste 12 sweet, if used to cook, food s 13 Failed smell will easily lose such as tea...

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 00:20

... Vietnam 's standard of water for daily Passed Passed Passed Passed mg/l 3,0 Passed mg/l mg/l mg/l mg/l mg/l mg/l 52 0,44 0,255 0,038 0,415 0,05 300 1,0 0,5 0,5 1,0 Passed Passed Passed Passed Passed ... (at the No No smell Passed time sampling) smell Passed Turbidity NTU 4,03 pH (a) 6,57 5,5-8,5 Passed Passed Hardness mg/l 20 350 Passed Total dissolved mg/l 34 1500 solid (TDS) Passed Ammonium, ... time sampling) mùi smell Passed Turbidity NTU 0,4 pH (a) 6,68 5,5-8,5 Passed Passed Hardness mg/l 30 350 Total dissolved mg/l 27 1500 Passed solid (TDS) Passed Ammonium, mg/l 3,0 NH4+ Passed Asen...

Ngày tải lên: 23/07/2014, 00:20

... trees Businesses find ways to conserve water also For example, some hotels not wash sheets every day They wait until a guest leaves before they wash the sheets This means they use a lot less water ... works best when it filters brackish water Brackish water is seawater mixed with fresh water Brackish water is found in a delta, where freshwater from a river empties and mixes with salty ocean water ... groundwater Groundwater is water found in the rocks and sandy sediments underground The minerals and salts in the soil clean the groundwater as it seeps through The soil takes out the impurities...

Ngày tải lên: 31/10/2014, 14:42

... which The Translation Quality Assessment Model by the German scholar Juliane House is one of few approaches considered promising This assessment model by House is based on Hallidayan Systemic-Functional ... Nevertheless, Berman s model is a closed system with no specific assessment criteria His overarching purpose is to demonstrate the superiority of a translation approach that brings out the essence ... chapter uses long sentences with semicolons whereas the translation breaks the long sentences into simple ones with full stop Long sentences, sometimes run-on sentences, with simple structure,...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2015, 15:48

... %C3%AAnn%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Bc%E1%BB%9FVi%E1%BB%87tNam.aspx Trang web Water Footprint - http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/home - http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=cal/waterfootprintcalculator_indv - http://www.waterfootprint.org/?page=files/GlobalWaterFootprint ... http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-vir1.htm Vitual water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual _water http://www.gdrc.org/uem/footprints /water- footprint. html What is virtual water? Green Living Tips | Published ... http://tnmthanam.gov.vn/modules.php?name=News&op=viewst&sid=721 S i động thị trường giao dịch nước ảo, http://www.tnmthaiduong.gov.vn/index.php?nre_hd=News&in=viewst&sid=333 Virtual water http://www.worldwidewords.org/turnsofphrase/tp-vir1.htm...

Ngày tải lên: 06/07/2015, 10:01

... promising This assessment model by House is based on Hallidayan Systemic-Functional Theory, but it also draws eclectically on Prague School ideas, speech act theory, pragmatics, discourse analysis ... many models available for translation quality assessment, House s model is applied in that this model provides a comprehensive set of parameters enable the researcher to assess the translation ... translation Besides the above reasons, through library reasearch, it is realized that House s Model has been widely applied to assess legal document translation Therefore, this study seeks to...

Ngày tải lên: 10/08/2015, 19:50