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Greenbacks for Building Green : Does a Lender for Sustainable Construction Projects Need to Make Adjustments to Its Current Practices?

Prum, Darren A. - 2013

In the development of real property, the availability of money to secure construction resources becomes an important factor for success. The construction loan plays a central role in providing funds to erect a building on real property, but a lender faces numerous exposures that might result in...

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The place of voluntary standards in managing social and environmental risks in global value chains

Partiti, Enrico - 2021

Under the notion of human rights due diligence (HRDD), firms are under a responsibility to account for the social and environmental impact connected to their operations across global value chains. This responsibility intersects with the sphere of operation of voluntary sustainability standards...

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Sustainable Construction in New Zealand

Warnock, Ceri - 2018

2005 was declared to be the “Year of the Built Environment” in New Zealand. This article concerns the law relating to the “built environ- ment” and specifically, examines the construction of buildings within an environmental matrix. Starting from the premise that sustainable construction...

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Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Through Land Use Decision Making in Malaysia

Abdul Kader, Sharifah Zubaidah; Mustafa, Maizatun; … - 2013

Climate change in Malaysia has seen the rise in sea levels, the occurrence of floods and landslides, coastal and land … erosion, drought, forest fires and haze. Malaysia signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (‘UNFCC …’) in 1993 and ratified it in 1994. Malaysia also ratified the Kyoto Protocol in 2004. The UNFCC prescribes two main …

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Does Size Moderate Sustainability Practices and Performance of Construction Companies in Malaysia?

Manaff, Muhammad Izhuan Abdul; Lokman, Norziana; Tahir, … - 2019

, environmental and economic) and performance of companies in the construction industry in Malaysia. A total of 247 out of 389 … construction companies located in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, Malaysia responded to the questionnaires. The study found that …

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Proposed conceptual model of construction firms' performance sustainability indicators in Malaysia

Said, Ilia; Osman, Omar; Rashideh, Waleed; Mohd Wira … - 2015

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Validating the Effects of Organizational Internal Factors and Technology Orientation on Environmental Sustainability Performance of Malaysian Construction Firms

Ajibike, W. A.; Adeleke, Adekunle Qudus; Mohamad, Fazeeda; … - 2021

-SEM) approach, this study validates the environmental sustainability performance (ESP) as a construct within Peninsular Malaysia …

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Governing complexity for sustainable development

Fara Adilah Firdaus Mohd Rom; Soda, Osamu - In: Foresight and STI governance : journal of the National … 17 (2023) 2, pp. 61-68

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The Sustainable Development of Industry Clusters : Emergent Knowledge Networks and Socio Complex Adaptive Systems

Nousala, Susu - 2014

In a highly competitive global economy the development of sustainable, innovative responses from Industry is now vital. Many industries globally need to respond rather than react to current economic climate through sustainable (economically and environmentally) development. The steel industry is...

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Sustainability, Public Procurement and SMEs – Challenges and Opportunities

Andhov, Marta - 2019

The global value of public procurement spending is enormous. Each year, approximately 19% of the EU GDP is spent by over 250,000 public authorities purchasing services, works and supplies. The sheer scale of public procurement spending and supplier selection decisions can literally create and...

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