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Properties of strength and elasticity of structural elements of round timber of AMARU for use in civil construction

open access: yes, 2014
The use of timber structural elements in Brazil has grown over the past few years due to researches conducted in order to make it more competitive compared to other materials used in structural function, such as steel and concrete.
Fernandes, Caio Victor [UNESP]   +4 more
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Carroll Round Proceedings 2022

open access: yes, 2022
Undergraduate research papers on contemporary international economics.
Carroll Round
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Biodiversity Strategies in Action—Empirical Evidence From the Food Value Chain

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is an increasing need for better understanding of firm activities that contribute to biodiversity preservation. Panwar, Ober, and Pinkse offer a valuable typology of corporate biodiversity protection strategies based on temporal and spatial dimensions, namely, the preloss (proactive) strategies of conservation and compensation, and the ...
Joanna Scott‐Kennel   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Deforestation‐Free Cocoa: Implications for Organizational Adaptation and Compliance Costs

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mandatory due diligence is an emerging policy instrument for addressing global environmental challenges, yet how such regulations reshape firm‐level organizational structures and generate compliance costs remains poorly understood. Drawing on organizational theory, this study examines how companies in the German cocoa and chocolate sector ...
Daniel Braun   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Private vs. Community Management Responses to De-Collectivization: Illustrative Cases from China

open access: yesInternational Journal of the Commons, 2020
Over the last several decades, China has undergone several distinct episodes of collectivization and de-collectivization of forest property rights. China’s latest round of collective forest property reforms, launched in 2003, have promoted individual ...
Jinlong Liu   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Time Management in Circular Construction: A Systematic Review of Secondary Materials Integration

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The transition of the building and construction industry towards a circular economy (CE) increasingly relies on the integration of secondary materials. This integration can disrupt the traditional cost, time and quality metrics of project success.
Soheila Ghafoor   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Reporting on Biodiversity and Ecosystems in the European Forest‐Based Sector: An Institutional Analysis

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) emphasises the importance of corporate sustainability reporting on biodiversity and ecosystems, particularly specified in the European Sustainability Reporting Standard E4 (ESRS E4).
Andreas Barth   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY FOR SUPPORTING MINE WORKINGS UNDER CONDITIONS OF INTENSE OXIDATION OF SULFIDE ORES AT THE ORLOVSKY MINE

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Engineering Research, 2018
Goal. Metal frame supports SVP-22 with round timber lagging and backfilling of the voidsof unsupported space with chock support is used in the workings of unstable ores and rocks at the Orlovsky mine.
Yuriy N Shaposhnik   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Strategic Adaptation or Strategic Confusion? Fashion Organisations' Engagement With Sustainability Certifications

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Despite considerable costs associated with environmental certifications, fashion organisations consistently adopt multiple schemes to address sustainability challenges. As key mechanisms of sustainability governance, certifications expand legitimacy signalling opportunities, yet questions remain about their practical implementation and ...
Josephine Alice Mckenzie   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ecology of the forest elephant in Tai National Park, Ivory Coast

open access: yesPachyderm, 1984
Also published in Swara vol 7 no 5, 1984. Research on the ecology of the forest elephant is of recent development due to its habitat, the tropical rain forest. Methods used in Tai National Park were based on indirect observation.
Gunter Merz
doaj   +1 more source

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