Research
May 1, 2009 by Brian Butler | Filed under: Impact of the Wal-Mart Sustainability Scorecard [1]
Karatzoglou, B., & Spinlanis, L. (2008). Sustainable tourism in Greek Islands: The integration of activity based environmental management with a destination environmental scorecard based on the adaptive resource management paradigm. Business Strategy and the Environment. Retrieved from www.interscience.wiley.com on Monday, April 13, 2009.
This article focuses on sustainability in the tourism field, one might be quick to over look this article, but the article goes on to describe the impact tourism can have on sustainability with regard to the environment. The article states that “small size, lack of relevant legal framework, poor monitoring, and insufficient infrastructures provide partial explanations of the unsatisfactory environmental performance.” The article goes on to discuss the use of an environmental scorecard that could be utilized in an effort to increase sustainability, and put more people on the same playing field. The scorecard focuses on areas such as: discharge of chlorinated pool water, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy consumption from cooling operations. The article touches on areas that might normal be an oversight to someone with little knowledge of sustainability.