Browsing Environment, Enterprise and Development by Type "Master Thesis"
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Banking on Financial Sector Sustainability Regulations
(University of Waterloo, 2016-04-12)Based on their influence as going concerns and financial intermediaries that are essential to the growth of economies, some banks, through the oversight role of their Central Banks and other regulatory bodies are seen to ... -
Barriers and Enablers to the Adoption of Sustainability Initiatives at the Municipal Level in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2021-05-26)Over the past few decades, there has been increasing importance given to local action to achieve global sustainability goals. Cities and human settlements have been recognized as crucial sites for achieving these common ... -
Best practices for household stormwater management programs: A community-based social marketing case study
(University of Waterloo, 2017-01-23)This research investigates how to most effectively develop pro-environmental stormwater management by homeowners in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario. This centres around strategies that focus on the role risk perception ... -
Beyond CSR: Evaluation of the concept of Corporate Social Innovation as an alternative to CSR.
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-25)Traditionally, businesses respond to social and environmental risks through CSR activities and programs. In the process, businesses go beyond compliance with law and engage in actions that produce social values or societal ... -
A Big Tiny Problem: Flows of Primary Microplastics in Canada
(University of Waterloo, 2023-08-31)Microplastics are ubiquitous across ecosystems, posing chemical and physical risks to wildlife and human health. To effectively monitor and manage the microplastics problem, a baseline of the mass of primary microplastics ... -
Bringing Prosperity to the Poor: A Systematic Review of Microfinance and Agricultural Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-01)Microfinance is popularly described as small scale financial services to lower-income groups which may take the form of not only micro-savings and micro-loans but also, insurance, fund transfers and assets leasing packages. ... -
Building Local Resilience To Climate Change Vulnerability In Small-Scale Fishery Communities Of Lake Volta, Ghana.
(University of Waterloo, 2021-08-30)Climate change affects fishing globally, and the world’s 100 million small-scale fisheries (SSF) are no exception. Despite the high number of SSFs worldwide and their significant economic contributions, SSFs often go ... -
Bulk Water Pricing Framework to Foster Sustainable Water Management in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-11)Amidst rising concerns for sustainability of water resources, the province of Ontario has placed a temporary moratorium expiring on January 1, 2019 on bulk groundwater extraction by new water bottlers while considering ... -
Can the Caribbean Live within the Doughnut? Environmental and Social Performance of Five Island Nations
(University of Waterloo, 2019-01-23)This study examines the social and environmental performance of five Caribbean nations (Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba) using the Safe and Just Space (SJS) framework proposed by Kate Raworth ... -
Can the Caribbean localize its food system? Exploring strategies to promote circular food systems in the Caribbean islands
(University of Waterloo, 2022-03-14)Food security is a global concern and will remain so in the foreseeable future as the global food system experiences pressures on both the production and demand sides. Modern agriculture has given rise to a linear food ... -
Carbon Footprinting Dietary Choices in Ontario: A life cycle approach to assessing sustainable, healthy & socially acceptable diets
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-17)Recent studies have established the link between food consumption and its broad impact on the environment. However, environmental implications of dietary choices have not been previously studied in Canada. Given geographic ... -
Carbon Implications of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
(University of Waterloo, 2019-04-30)The Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), formerly known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), is the largest multilateral free-trade agreement consisting both developed and developing economies ... -
A case study assessment of the energy consumption of LEED certified academic buildings in Ontario: Is LEED certification necessarily better?
(University of Waterloo, 2015-09-21)With “commercial and institutional buildings account[ing] for 12% of Canada’s secondary energy use and 11% of [the] national greenhouse gas emissions” (National Resources Canada, 2014), the energy consumption of Canada’s ... -
Characterizing Net Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Environmental Performance of Organic Field Crops in Ontario and Quebec
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)Food production systems are at the heart of one of humankind’s greatest challenges – meeting the nutritional demands of a population expected to reach 10 billion by 2050 while limiting contributions to environmental ... -
Climate Change and the Canadian Financial Services Sector
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Canada is highly dependent on the emission intensive sectors and at the same time, sectors that are vulnerable to variations in weather and extreme events. This makes the Canadian economy especially vulnerable to the impacts ... -
Closed-loop Supply Chain: A Systematic Review
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-14)The extraction of virgin materials from nature depletes existing resources and creates huge waste problems both in the extraction process itself and at the product’s end-of-life. There is a propensity for this waste to be ... -
Cluster Consciousness and Branding in the Greater Sudbury Mining Innovation Cluster
(University of Waterloo, 2022-09-09)Clusters have been a major area of interest for researchers and policymakers over the last 40 years. Clusters are defined as a “a geographic concentration of interconnected companies, specialized suppliers, service ... -
A Comparative Analysis of the Institutional Impact on the Green Bond Markets in India and China
(University of Waterloo, 2018-12-07)Introduction: Climate finance has played a crucial role in addressing climate change impacts through the funding of various adaptation and mitigation efforts around the world. One such tool that has mobilized vast amounts ... -
A Comparative Case Study of the Legitimacy of Two Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives (MSI) for Sustainability in the Beef Industry in North America
(University of Waterloo, 2018-09-26)The beef industry is considered one of the most unsustainable of the food sectors, due to the extensive and diverse issues surrounding its environmental, social, and economic performance. Moreover, the rise of the global ... -
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Single-Serve Coffee Packaging in Ontario
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-15)Single-serve coffee pods are occupying a growing share in the coffee market. In Ontario, with 14 million people, it is estimated that 2 billion single-serve coffee pods are consumed annually, the consumption of which ...