Environmental Sustainability Practices at iAdvantage Ltd. (HK)

Description

iAdvantage, a SUNeVision Company (SEHK: 1686), is the largest data centre provider in Hong Kong. We provide industry-leading carrier and cloud-neutral data centre services with global top 10 connectivity.

SUNeVision Holdings Ltd. < a subsidiary of Sun Hung Kai Properties (On the list)

  1. Evaluate the Environmental Sustainability practices against theory and best practice by:

o Identifying at least 4 to 5-course concepts(attachment) that can be used to evaluate the management of your company’s environmental sustainability practices. Illustrate these course concepts using contemporary examples (these examples can be linked to ANY company – i.e. not just your chosen company) and critically evaluate the chosen course concepts.

o Evaluating the management of your company’s environmental sustainability practices using the course concepts that you have identified.

o You are to research the company using secondary sources and to make justified conclusions and recommendations based on the issues evaluated.

The report must be done in Business Report Format, and be Word processed in Arial 12 pt font.
This should be a Word document and not a PDF

It must involve a review of academic course concepts on the issues covered.

Please note that: The Cover Page, Contents Page, Diagrams, Executive Summary, Reference List and any Appendices are all NOT included in the word count. However, tables are included in the word count.

Please note that the use of any other company which is not in the list will NOT be marked and a mark of “0” will be recorded.

Business Report Writing & Harvard Referencing

Marking Grid

  1. Environmental SustainabilityTheoretical Review (40%)
    Choice of Theory (attachment) (14%)
    • Excellent choice of at least 4 to 5 course-related concepts that can actually be applied to evaluate the strategic relevance of the issue and the organization’s practices.
    • At least one of these concepts should be unearthed by research and is not in the main course slides
    Critical Evaluation (16%)
    • Excellent critical evaluation of course concepts – strengths and limitations considered and maybe some comparisons with other course concepts made.
    Illustrative Examples (10%)
    • At least 3 Excellent contemporary examples found to support points
  2. Evaluation of the organisation’s environmental sustainability practices (40%)
    Evaluation of Strategic Relevance of Business Issue (10%)
    • Excellent consideration of the strategic relevance of environmental sustainability to the organization and how it could improve the organization’s brand and competitive situation.• Supported by good research or course concepts
    Critical Evaluation of the Organisation's Practices (30%)
    • Excellent critical analysis of the organization’s management of its current practices
    • Excellent use of theory to analyze the problem.
  3. Conclusions/ Recommendations – Environmental Sustainability (10%)
    Conclusions (3%)
    • Excellent conclusions linked to previous analysis…areas of good practice are identified and areas, where improvements can be made, are identified
    Worthwhile Recommendations (7%)
    Excellent, well thought out recommendations which are worthwhile and consider most of the following:
    • potential costs and benefits
    • Timescales and possible resources required
    • Risks or potential barriers to implementation

Business Report Format (5%)

  • Executive Summary (3%) Excellent Executive Summary which reports the key findings and main conclusions/recommendations.
  • Other Business Report Format (2%)
    • Excellent Introduction which covers the main objectives of the report, report scope, methodology and gives some background
    • Excellent Conclusions/Recommendations section
    • There is a Cover page, a separate contents page and there is a logical flow to the report

Report Presentation (5%)
• Excellent presentation of work.
• Good grammar, no spelling mistakes.
• Well expressed and good readability.
• Excellent Harvard Referencing has done perfectly within a report and supported by a complete reference list at the end
• Turnitin score <15%