Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

Carbon Accounting is a vital tool in enabling organisations to measure and report on their greenhouse gas emissions.

This book addresses the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability (EIS), presenting high-quality research illuminating the relationship between the three fields.

Managing Organizations for Sustainable Development in Emerging Countries focuses on the main challenges and opportunities of managing firms and emerging economies in the light of sustainable development.

Impact investing is gaining global attention from society, governments and businesses.

Since the inception of the United Nations Global Compact sponsored initiative Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME) in 2007, there has been increased debate over how to adapt management education to best meet the demands of the 21st-century business environment.

Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) was adopted as a priority area during the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 and has since become one of the main vehicles for targeting international sustainability policy.

This book contains a collection of studies on the interactions between businesses in Africa and Global Value Chains (GVCs) in terms of social, environmental and economic sustainability.

Strategies and techniques for making a living with intensive food production in small spaces There are 40 million acres of lawns in North America.

Homework; work that is categorised as informal employment, performed in the home, mainly for subcontractors and mostly undertaken by women.

This timely work examines one core corporate function that has a profound and direct impact on corporate environmental performance - manufacturing and operations.

Poor people in developing countries could make excellent suppliers, employees and customers but are often ignored by major businesses.

Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Rights and the Law examines the responsibilities of business enterprises for human rights from a legal perspective.

How do we understand human-nature relationships in tourism, or determine the consequences of these relationships to be "e;good,"e; "e;bad,"e; "e;right,"e; "e;wrong,"e; "e;fair,"e; or "e;just"e;?

This book builds on the insights of Gunther Bachmann, former Secretary General for the German Sustainability Council, who spent almost 20 years advising the German government on sustainability policy.

Protected areas are at the centre of nature-based tourism, which is increasingly popular across the world.

While public relations offers numerous assets for organization-stakeholder relationship building and for ethical corporate social responsibility and sustainability communication, it also faces challenges linked to negative perceptions of the profession which can lead to accusations of "e;greenwashing.

The natural gas business consists of two major aspects, sourcing and transportation, and distribution has been a growing area of interest to industry, government and academia.

Should you or your clients report using the new G4 sustainability reporting framework?

In an era marked by unprecedented technological advancements, the retail industry is at the forefront of a transformative journey.

In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical - and accessible - plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.

An in-depth, enlightening look at the integrated reporting movement The Integrated Reporting Movement explores the meaning of the concept, explains the forces that provide momentum to the associated movement, and examines the motives of the actors involved.

The era of hybrid governance is here.

This work analyses and interprets Chinese managers' perceptions of environmental management and regulatory enforcement practices in Chinese enterprises.

The business world finds itself in a state of transition, driven in tandem by the strategies of digitalization and sustainable development.

Kat Janowicz digs deep to chronicle the transformation of the LA-Long Beach ports as a springboard for exploring the larger quest for an emission-free world.

For companies, unethical business practices like bribery and corruption pose major business risks, and can result in fines, reputational damage, lost business opportunity and - increasingly - criminal or civil charges.

One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century is the problem of how the public and private sectors can sustain economic development, business growth, social well-being and ecosystem health in the face of accelerating demand for water, energy, and food.

Transformation to a low carbon economy is a central tenet to any discussion on the solutions to the complex challenges of climate change and energy security.

Today, one of the top priorities of an organization's modern corporate strategy is to portray itself as socially responsible and environmentally sustainable.

For companies, unethical business practices like bribery and corruption pose major business risks, and can result in fines, reputational damage, lost business opportunity and - increasingly - criminal or civil charges.

"e;End poverty in all its forms everywhere"e; - UN Sustainable Development Goal 1There has never been a more urgent need to tackle the issue of global poverty, and the need for businesses, business schools and management programmes to address the issue is crucial as they educate and employ the leaders of tomorrow.

The "e;business case"e; for corporate social responsibility, which suggests that socially and environmentally aware companies can expect to reap financial rewards, is seemingly gaining widespread acceptance within the business community.

The world's social, ecological and economic ?

The last ten years have seen an extraordinary transformation in how business has to account for itself.

One of the challenges met by green entrepreneurs and product developers who have tried to develop more sustainable products is that efforts to have better products in environmental terms do not always translate into effective business cases.

In the era of modern industrial regimes, the role of technology in tackling climate change is pivotal.

Toughening environmental legislation, national and supra-national environmental product policies and growing customer demands are focusing the attention of companies on the environmental and broader social issues linked to the creation and delivery of their products and services.

The goal of this book is to define Sustainable Value Creation in terms of a set of principles that differentiate it from existing definitions of CSR, and from related concepts such as sustainability and business ethics.

Mining can have negative environmental and social impacts, but can also be responsible.

This book explores the overlapping interests of corporate responsibility and sustainable development, specifically focusing on the dynamics of social change, sustainability governance and evaluation, and creating social value.

Virtually unknown just a few years ago, gamification is fast emerging as a user engagement and behaviour change tool that succeeds where other tactics and strategies have failed.

The world needs a new economy.

The proceedings of the "e;Economics and Business Competitiveness International Conference"e; (EBCICON) provides a selection of papers, either research results or literature reviews, on business transformation in the digital era.

This is the 2nd edition of The Sustainable Business (2010), winner of The President's Award for Excellence in a Published Body of Work at Kozminski University, Poland.

This book examines the bioeconomy concept, analysing the opportunities it can generate, the constraints and the potential benefits for society.

Written for researchers and graduate students, this book explores the different processes through which corporations engage with climate change.

This book provides insights into China's energy consumption and pollution as well as its energy saving policies.

"e;Zero emissions"e; has become a definitive term in the debate on sustainable development in the last few years.

Food is increasingly traded internationally, thereby transforming the organization of food production and consumption globally and influencing most food-related practices.

With the changing expectations of consumers, employees and regulators, being best in the world is no longer enough.