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ISO 14001 is the standard in the most important standard within the ISO 14000
series. ISO 14001 specifies the requirements of an environmental management
system (EMS) for small to large organizations. An EMS is a systemic approach
to handling environmental issues within an organization. The ISO 14001
standard is based on the Plan-Check-Do-Review-Improve cycle.The Plan cycle
deals with the beginning stages of an organization becoming ISO 14001-
compliant. The Check cycle deals with checking and correcting errors. The Do
cycle is the implementation and operation of the ISO 14001 standard within an
organization. The Review cycle is a review of the entire process by the
organization's top management. And the Improve cycle is a cycle that never
ends as an organization continually finds ways to improve their EMS.
Base of the Pyramid is a business that takes into account possible customers at
the BoP as individuals and as a community in its strategic decision-making, and
then allows them to take part in the firms operations thus letting them add
value to the final product directly and indirectly.
Cradle to Cradle production all material inputs and outputs are seen either as
technical or biological nutrients. Technical nutrients can be recycled or reused
with no loss of quality and biological nutrients composted or consumed. By
contrast cradle to grave refers to a company taking responsibility for the
disposal of goods it has produced, but not necessarily putting products
constituent components back into service.
Digital Divide is a term that refers to the gap between demographics and
regions that have access to modern information and communications
technology, and those that don't or have restricted access. This technology can
include the telephone, television, personal computers and the Internet.
Natural Capitalism refers to the earth's natural resources and the ecological
systems that provide vital life-support services to society and all living things.
These services are of immense economic value; some are literally priceless,
since they have no known substitutes.
Integrated Product Mgmt (IPM), also known as Life Cycle Management (LCM),
is a management paradigm that takes optimisation of the product chain as its
fundamental viewpoint.
Natural Step: Substances from the earth's crust can not systematically increase
in the biosphere. Substances produced by society can not systematically
increase in the biosphere, degradation by physical means, human needs are
met worldwide these are some principles of it.
B24B: Provide affordable, useful digital services to the 4 billion people on the
planet earning less than $1,500, there exists differences between urban and
rural poor,IT is not the answer to development challenges, but it is a powerful
tool.
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