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Assignment:

Deteriorating Natural Resources A Business Challenge

Subject: Environment Management

Submitted by:

Mona Aiyar

Roll No !"

MMS #$%#&%' ()uman Resources*

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)uman,ind has consumed more natural resources over the /ast century than over all earlier

centuries /ut together Resources4 such as .orests4 .ish4 .ossil .uels4 and healthy soils are ra/idly

being de/leted4 and these valuable gi.ts o. nature are in danger o. vanishing .rom the /lanet

Statistics sho5 that %6 acres o. .orest are lost every second4 5hich adds u/ to an area the si7e o.

8ermany being cleared each year Nearly t5enty /ercent o. climate 5arming greenhouse gas

emissions are due to de.orestation that releases stored carbon bac, into the atmos/here

Another de/leted resource involves various .ish s/ecies Ninety /ercent o. large .ish have been

over.ished in the seas

By #$#64 the number o. /eo/le su..ering due to 5ater stress 5ill rise to a//ro9imately 6

billion Almost hal. the 5orld;s /o/ulation is e9/ected to e9/erience high 5ater stress by #$$

Another resource that is being majorly a..ected is .ossil .uels 1hree

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3nilever 1ea @enya has made dramatic im/rovements in the /roduction and use o. .uel 5ood to

meet .uture demand

Eucaly/tus 1rees: 2/timising uel +ood 3se

3nilever 1ea @enya (31@* has revie5ed the 5ay it /roduces and uses its .uel 5ood4 as the

gro5ing demand .or tea threatens to outstri/ su//ly .rom its eucaly/tus tree /lantations 1he

estates burn 5ood .rom .ast&gro5ing eucaly/tus trees to dry the tea be.ore /ac,aging 1he

increase in tea /roduction means that by #$%! a shortage o. .uel 5ood is .orecast 31@ is

5or,ing in /artnershi/ 5ith the @enyan orestry Research -nstitute4 a regional centre o.

e9cellence4 on the /roject -t also consulted e9/erts in South A.rica to establish best /ractice in

o/timising the use o. .uel 5ood

More E..icient +ood 3se 0 Storage

Changes to /lanting density4 the length o. time trees are gro5n4 harvest time4 co//icing (cutting

bac, to stimulate gro5th* and re/lanting have already been introduced and 5ill increase

eucaly/tus /lantation yields by an estimated %6

Storage technio5 Carbon oot/rint

+ood is a rene5able .uel 5ith a lo5 carbon .oot/rint because trees absorb the same amount o.

carbon dio9ide in their gro5th as is released 5hen the 5ood is burned 1he managed eucaly/tus

/lantations4 used by 31@4 hel/ 3nilever to reduce its C2# emissions

+or,ing -n =artnershi/

31@ continues to loo, .or 5ays to im/rove e..iciency .urther4 .or e9am/le by e9/loring ne5

high&yield tree varieties -t is 5or,ing closely 5ith the -nternational Centre .or Research in

Agro.orestry4 5hich is a third&/arty research /artner in 3nilevers Sustainable Agriculture

-nitiative

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1he issue:

A high de/endency on 5ater

ArcelorMittal has nine .acilities throughout the 3SA and Canada that surround the 8reat >a,es

A.ter iron and coal4 5ater is the most im/ortant com/onent in the steelma,ing /rocess An

average o. %4$$$ to #4$$$ gallons o. 5ater may be rea,es to shi/ ra5 materials .or its manu.acturing o/erations and /roduct

distribution Additionally4 ! million /eo/le4 including more than #64$$$ ArcelorMittal

em/loyees4 live and rely on the la,es .or drin,ing 5ater4 recreation and .ood sources

1he 8reat >a,es are the largest grou/ o. .resh5ater la,es on Earth4 ma,ing u/ #% /ercent o. the

5orld;s .resh 5ater and 6 /ercent o. North America;s sur.ace .resh 5ater 1he region includes

64$$$ islands4 minor la,es and rivers4 and inland la,es 5ithin islands Combined4 the 8reat

>a,es e9tend '4#6$ s

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Recogni7ing that the /lanet;s largest .resh5ater resource is in jeo/ardy4 ArcelorMittal4 as the sole

cor/orate /artner4 joined the National ish and +ildli.e oundation4 3S Environmental

=rotection Agency4 3S ish and +ildli.e Service4 3S orest Service and the National 2ceanic

and Atmos/heric Administration in #$$!4 to .ocus on collaborative ecosystem restoration

1he res/onse:

J Sustain 2ur 8reat >a,esK4 a /ublic&/rivate multi&sta,eholder /artnershi/

ArcelorMittal and /artners 5or, together to leverage resources and educate decision ma,ers on

the im/ortance o. the 8reat >a,es to the region;s economic vitality and a,es /rogram is to restore the

ecological integrity o. the Basin 1his is achieved through .inancial grants that:

% -ncrease ca/acity and collaboration o. environmental initiativesI and# Enable N82s to /rovide on&the&ground im/act to5ard restoration goals4 thereby

increasing the overall health o. the 8reat >a,es

1he results:

Di..erent /rojects .or the same objective: biodiversity conservation

1his bi&national e..ort re/resents a /ublic&/rivate /artnershi/ model 5here grants are leveraged

t5o to one Since the /rogram;s ince/tion in #$$G4 the /artnershi/ has .acilitated %$ grantsea,es 1he

/rogram su//orts the im/lementation o. the 8reat >a,es Restoration -nitiative and is designed to

/rotect4 maintain and restore the chemical4 biological and /hysical integrity o. the asin;s

ecosystem -n the long term4 ArcelorMittal;s involvement in these conservation /rojects

demonstrates the com/any;s res/onsibility4 and consea,es region