Plastic pollution has increased over the years and this affects especially seabirds which are vulnerable to this type of pollution. A species that is used as indicator species for plastic pollution is the short-tailed shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris). These seabirds belong to the procellariids group …

Ocean Rodeo is a kitesurfing brand founded in Vancouver Island, Canada. The company is divided into two divisions, Ocean rodeo Canada and Ocean Rodeo Europe. This research has been conducted for Ocean Rodeo Europe, specified on the Dutch market. Ocean Rodeo Europe has noted that a lot of consumers are …

This research analysed the extent of brand awareness between DIYS Soap, Lush and Holland & Barrett and advised how can DIYS Soap improve its brand awareness in the Dutch market. DIYS Soap is a social entrepreneurship start-up based in Amsterdam which sells personal care products at a relatively high price …

In 2013, the Joint Action Plan for Mental Health and Well-being (JA-MH-WB) was launched as a collaborative effort by the European Union and the 28 Member States. It aims were to build a framework for action mental health policy at the European level and builds on previous work developed under the European …

Information can be exchanged in many different ways, the standard format for textual information is a document, which comes in an impossible number of different structures. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Kingdom Relations concerns an overwhelming number of documents on a daily basis and uses a …

QUOTE “‘Resculpted by Peter Do’ is about seeing masculinity from different angles. Unlike a flat painting, a sculpture from its volumetric nature and relation to space could never be limited to a single point of view. Rather than seeing masculinity from a single-point perspective, ‘Resculpted’ places …

Athletes in minority sports often have a second job to earn enough income to support their sports career. This is mainly due to the lack of sponsors involved in these sports. Athletes that want to live from minority sports need to create a strong personal brand to attract sponsors. To find out how, this …

On April 30, 2019, the European Directive (2019/633) on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the agricultural and food supply chain entered into force. The directive was the result of debates on a fairer supply chain that could be traced back for at least a decade. The main …

Despite the positive consumer attitudes towards animal welfare, and an increasing supply of animal welfare enhanced meat, consumers still mainly opt for conventional meat instead of meat produced with higher animal welfare standards. This thesis argues that consumers may do so because they must trade …

Dairy Farmers in the Ziway-Hawassa milk shed have different knowledge, experience, assets that enable them to adjust themselves from various vulnerabilities and continue operating. This knowledge, experiences and assets help them to be more resilient by improving their adoptive capacities. However, asset …