Wasted: understanding the economic and social impact of food waste

Over one-third of global food production goes to waste while over 850million people are fighting chronic hunger. The United States is the world’s largest food waster. One third of America’s food with an economic value of US$161 billion is wasted and less than 7% is recycled. American food waste ends up in landfills creating powerful methane gas emissions. South Korea, on the other hand, has implemented the world’s strictest food waste laws, and today diverts 93% of wasted food away from landfills turning such waste into powerful economic opportunities. This Master Thesis investigates the reasons behind global food waste by comparing South Korea and the US. It explores what these two nations are doing to address their respective food waste problems, South Korea successfully, the US not. The paper looks at the two countries’ respective policies and national characteristics, which impact decision-making and recycling processes. The effort concludes that South Korea has embarked on a necessary paradigm shift turning food waste into powerful economic drivers leading to a sharp decline in food waste. In the US, food waste continues to be a major problem without a national strategy to remedy waste. Any effort in the US, while laudable, is sporadic and local, and hence the US misses out on possibly important economic growth opportunities.

Natural disasters and their economic and social impact

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Maximising the economic and social impact of Six Sigma

This paper reports on how Six Sigma training can be made more effective. The research is empirically based. To date it has engaged with over 100 respondents from 60 different organisations around the world. The questionnaire has been derived from leading refereed sources and expert practitioner experience and addresses both success factor and tools issues from three perspectives: (i) academic, (ii) training, and (iii) practice to help maximise economic and social impact of programmes. This topic is important because the popularity of Six Sigma adoption in organisations has grown dramatically over recent years. This is probably because many accounts of great cost savings and quality improvements have been published by major international companies. However, other companies striving to emulate this success are finding that effective implementation needs experienced and well trained individuals. To date, there have been few such surveys and this work-in-progress benchmarking study provides unique insight.

The keys to success: the social, sporting, economic and communications impact of Barcelona'92

This book is a collection of articles which analyze the sporting, social, political, communicative, urban, technological and economic impacts of the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games.

Reestructuración y revitalización de las Naciones Unidas en las esferas económica y social: información actualizada sobre sus consecuencias para la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe = Restructuring and revitalization of the United Nations in the economic and social fields: an update on its impact on the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean = Restructuration et revitalisation de l'Organisation des Nations Unies dans les domaines économique et social: information actualisée sur les repercussions pour la CEPALC

Incluye Bibliografía