Investing based on environmental, social, and governmental (ESG) criteria has grown rapidly in recent years. The trend has been driven by both an increased interest in sustainability, and the fact that ESG related corporate events have been shown to influence stock prices. In tandem with this development, a number of companies has pioneered methods to quantify a firm’s ESG performance. One of thes

Nyproducerade byggnader idag får oftast en energiberäkning gjord i projekteringsfasen för att fastställa att byggnaden klarar de krav som ställs. Nyproducerade byggnader ska även sedan 2006 energideklareras för att visa att byggnaden endast kräver så mycket energi som den projekterades för. I detta ingår att redovisa hur mycket energi byggnaden har använt per år. Energiberäkningarna för 19 byggnadNewly produced buildings in Sweden are required to calculate the predicted energy usage of the building and this is preferably done in the early stages of the planning stage. New buildings are also since 2006 in Sweden required to have an energy performance declaration done to show that the building requires no more energy to function than it was planned to. The predicted energy usage of 19 buildi

Political participation among Japanese youth has been on a steady decline since the peak of the major activist and protest movements of the 60s and 70s. Legislation, restrictions, and social realities have also contributed to the strained relationship between youth and politics. The past few decades have been characterized by mistrust and dishonesty as a result, affecting youths’ willingness to pa

The main purpose of this study was to identify an unknown spice collected from an old shipwreck (Gribshunden). This study was demanding as we were dealing with an aged sample being under water for around 500 years. It is quite probable that many components in our sample have undergone changes or washed away by water, and as a consequence decreased in concentration. However, the strongest guess, ju

Eutrophication caused by nutrients such as phosphorus has become a major issue over the years. Dealing with this phenomenon is a major concern in many countries, and municipalities are establishing strict rules to cope with this problem in water bodies. However, the development of cities has a cost, and supplying the food needs of people is essential. In order to optimize agricultural lands, the u

Due to the pandemic, teachers are forced to implement distance learning and equipped themselves with digital skills to accommodate the sudden shift from instructional classroom activities to digital and more innovative teaching and learning practices. To ensure that teachers can adapt and innovate during this disrupted era, an exploration of teachers’ experiences, challenges, and opportunities for

Premature deindustrialization and a shift to services at early stages of economic development raise concerns about growth prospects of low-income and emerging economies. Within the manufacturing- vs. service-led growth debate, this thesis analyzes the contribution of hetero-geneous services vis-à-vis manu¬facturing to productivity growth, focusing on the role of modern services which are charac¬te

Utsläppen från transportsektorn står för en betydande del av Sveriges totala koldioxidutsläpp. Fram till år 2030 vill regeringen att växthusgaserna från transportsektorn ska ha minskat med 70 procent utifrån år 2010s nivåer. Därtill vill man år 2045 att Sverige har nettonollutsläpp. För att inom transportsektorn lyckas med dessa mål kommer ett nyttjande av en kombination av lösningar vara essentie

This thesis investigated the ambitions of Japan in the space sector through the development of the country’s space programme. Drawing on content and discourse analysis of policy, law, strategy documents, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency website and documents about the ISS, this thesis explored how Japan has been articulating their space ambitions since 2000. It aimed at analysing the ambitio

Autonomous docking of marine vessels presents challenges different from the ones faced when travelling at open sea or in an archipelago. External disturbances due to the varying environment and accurate positioning at low speed are examples of these kinds of challenges. The aim of this work has been to develop and implement an autopilot algorithm for docking. This was to be done for a specific mar

Allt fler svenska kommuner utformar eller införskaffar 3D stadsmodeller för att möta behov exempelvis inom planeringsarbete eller bygglovsbedömning. Det finns flera typer av 3D stadsmodell varav några beskrivs i denna rapport, exempelvis en semantisk 3D objektsmodell, meshmodell, CIM modell eller en digital tvilling. Trots att flera kommuner sedan länge nyttjat 3D stadsmodeller finns ännu inga natA 3D city model is commonly used by Swedish municipalities in for example city planning or building permit assessment. There are however various kinds of 3D city models of which some are described in this report, for example a semantic 3D object model, mesh model, CIM model or a digital twin model. Even though a 3D city model is common and there are standards available, there are no nationwide re

Trots att lagstiftningen kring att avskilja en utlänning från andra som hålls i förvar har funnits en längre tid har detta varit ett område som är föga behandlat inom olika rättskällor. Detta framstod för mig som något konfunderande och syftet med denna uppsats var därför att undersöka hur rättsläget kring beslut enligt 11 kap. 7§ utlänningslagen ser ut. Uppsatsen hade även som syfte att undersökaEven though the legislation around separating a foreigner from others who are held in custody has existed for a long time, this has been an area that is little treated in various legal sources. This appeared to me to be somewhat confusing, and the purpose of this essay was therefore to examine how the legal situation regarding decisions according to 11 kap. 7§ utlänningslagen. looks like. The essa

Over the last decades, reporting on sustainability has become an integral part of corporate social responsibility (CSR), as a way for companies to ensure and report on sustainable development alongside their operations. In achieving sustainable development globally the reduction of gender inequality is widely regarded as crucial, and with the UN 2030 sustainable development agenda specifically cal

Technical development and automation have flourished the private sector for a long time. Now, the technical developments are finding its way into public administration. The Swedish Government encourage the public sector to broaden their use of digital tools and automation in administrative processes are now more common than none. Meanwhile, digital innovation such as automation faces more prominen

Donald Trump's time in the White House has done decades of damage to women's rights, especially their right to self-determination. President Trump's appointment of two new Supreme Court justices has allowed the central decision making system on abortion rights to be repealed by making it federal, which has allowed dozens of states to repeal and ban it. This event demonstrated to the wo

For many years, indigeneity has been conceptualized as rural, making Indigenous communities and people in cities invisible globally. For the Sámi people, Europe’s only indigenous people, security is mainly understood as physical-centering extraction and environmental degradation. Focusing on the urban Sámi community in Umeå in Sweden, cultural and political belonging in the city arises as vital in

This thesis is about the patient and the professionals' experiences of participation and recovery in forensic psychiatric care. The purpose of the study was to investigate patients' and professionals' experiences of participation and what is considered to contribute to recovery from severe psychiatric illness. The study is based on a qualitative method and the empirical material consis

With socio-economic hardships arising and dramatically worsening as a cause of the present-day financial crisis, The World Bank has warned against severe cases of brain drain as emigration becomes increasingly desirable to the Lebanese population. Lebanon, already possessing one of the world’s largest diaspora, can be characterized as being one of the largest remittance-receiving countries, where