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Duni AB is a leading provider of premium solutions and products, e.g. napkins, plates, table covers, candles and food solutions. The company has recently made major organizational changes, i.e. going from a decentralized organization to a centralized organization with all product development in Malmö. There is a lot of work to be done to optimize both product and packaging development in order to
Throughout history, human civilisation and wildlife have instinctively settled close to water and coastlines out of necessity for resources. It has always been a natural instinct, yet we have also continually adapted to weather conditions and relocated when resources were found elsewhere. We have always been flexible and mobile, adapting to nature and allowing it to lead and guide us. With the ris
Under de senaste åren har hållbarhetsfrågor fått en alltmer framträdande roll i samhällsdebatten. Det som tidigare till stor del reglerades genom så kallad soft law, såsom riktlinjer och rekommendationer, har i ökande utsträckning börjat omfattas av bindande reglering. Klimatförändringarna och andra globala utmaningar har bidragit till att både Förenta nationerna (FN) och Europeiska unionen (EU) hIn recent years, sustainability issues have become increasingly prominent in the public debate. What was previously largely regulated through soft law, such as guidelines and self-regulation, has increasingly become subject to binding regulation. The climate change and other global challenges have contributed to both the United Nations (UN) and the European Union (EU) developing international agre
Horizontal gene transfer involves the non-sexual interspecific transmission of genetic material. Even if they are initially functional, horizontally transferred genes are expected to deteriorate into non-expressed pseudogenes, unless they become adaptively relevant in the recipient organism. However, little is known about the distributions of natural transgenes within wild species or the adaptive
Although stiff differential equations is a mature area of research in scientific computing, a rigorous and computationally relevant characterization of stiffness is still missing. In this paper, we present a critical review of the historical development of the notion of stiffness, before introducing a new approach. A functional, called the stiffness indicator, is defined terms of the logarithmic
Efter en lagändring som trädde i kraft 1 januari 2022 infördes krav på klimatdeklarationer vid uppförande av nya byggnader. Syftet med ändringen är att samla in data och statistik för att i framtiden kunna införa gränsvärden på klimatpåverkan. Vissa bärande konstruktionsdelar i grundläggningen, som pålar, inkluderas dock inte i dagens klimatdeklarationer. Grundkonstruktionernas dimensioner berorFollowing a legislative amendment that came into effect on January 1, 2022, there is now a requirement for climate declarations for new buildings. The purpose of this amendment is to gather data and statistics to potentially establish limits on climate impact in the future. There are certain limitations regarding which structural components of the foundation are included in the climate declaration
This study investigates the relationship between environmental and social (ES) performance and firm performance, while also exploring the potential moderating effects of government ownership and CEO duality. Adopting a quantitative approach, fixed effects panel regressions are employed to analyze the relationships based on previous empirical literature and theoretical perspectives, including agenc
After observing cases of financially distressed firms engaging in diversifying acquisitions, the motivation for this thesis was found. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the role played by diversification through cross-border and/or cross-industry acquisition in change in financial distress of the acquirer. This research is implemented through a quantitative approach utilizing univariate
Lake sediments have lately been explored as a 10Be archive, complementing previous research on ice cores and marine sediments. 10Be is an important proxy as it can be used to study past solar activity, a factor which affects the climate. Where other methods studying solar activity only cover a brief period of history, 10Be has the potential to go further back in time. The concentrations of 10Be st
As one of the primary countries of destination for migrant domestic workers in Asia, Singapore is a developed country with one of the highest standards of living in the region. Yet, the city-state has been on the receiving end of extensive criticism concerning the rights and protections of migrant domestic workers. Civil society organizations have been one of the loudest critics, and in recent pub
Following the structural transformation process in the 1990s, the government of Saxony set its hopes on the microelectronic cluster in its region to foster regional development and international competition. It is uncertain whether the cluster of Silicon Saxony has managed to meet these expectations. By comparing the cluster to four other major microelectronic clusters in Europe, the study assesse
As climate change and unsustainable waste practices present major global challenges, effective waste management in developing countries becomes critically important. In South Africa, organic waste constitutes a significant share of general waste and is often landfilled, contributing to methane emissions and serious health risks for the population. In response, the Western Cape province has introdu
Many biological wastewater treatment processes are based on bacterial biofilms, i.e. layered aggregates of microbial populations deposited on surfaces. Detachment and (re-)attachment leads to an exchange of biomass between the biofilm and the surrounding aqueous phase. Traditionally, mathematical models of biofilm processes do not take the contribution of the suspended, non-attached bacteria into
Pollination improves the yield of most crop species and contributes to one-third of global crop production, but comprehensive benefits including crop quality are still unknown. Hence, pollination is underestimated by international policies, which is particularly alarming in times of agricultural intensification and diminishing pollination services. In this study, exclusion experiments with strawbe
Climate change is increasingly recognized as a major security concern, with drought–migration–conflict linkages attracting significant attention in both policy and research. While some narratives portray drought as a direct driver of migration and conflict, evidence shows a far more complex relationship: climate stress can lead to more migration in some contexts and less in others, with internal m
Premise: Flower color, a key trait influencing plant–pollinator interactions, may be influenced by abiotic factors such as soil. We investigated association between pollinators, soil characteristics, and flower color variations in Digitalis purpurea across native populations in Sweden and introduced populations in Bolivia. Methods: We measured floral traits, reflectance of petals and nectar-guide
10Be deposition in ice cores is widely used for solar reconstructions, but its interpretation is complicated by volcanic influences. Using the state-of-the-art aerosol-climate model ECHAM6.3-HAM2.3-SALSA2.0: 10Be, we assess the impacts of three major volcanic eruptions: Agung (1963), El Chichón (1982) and Pinatubo (1991). All eruptions enhance stratospheric 10Be sedimentation, increasing atmospher
3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object discovered to date, following 1I/‘Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov. Its unusually high excess velocity and active cometary nature make it a key probe of the Galactic population of icy planetesimals. Understanding its origin requires its past trajectory through the Galaxy to be traced and the possible role of stellar encounters to be assessed, both as a potential or
Reconstructions and simulations disagree on whether the Holocene exhibited a long-term cooling or warming signal. Anthropogenic land-use could be an important forcing regionally, but available population-based estimates differ widely. We examine transient Holocene climate model simulations forced with three population-based disturbed-land reconstructions and compare this with a fourth scenario der
Incorporating time as a unit of analysis can enrich the study of agency by showing the specific ways in which actors are temporally constrained when responding to economic disturbances. In this paper, this is done by examining how the behavior of actors is affected by timing norms such as term limits that may be associated with an actor's position, as for example, an elected mayor or university vi
