Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

Most consumers of luxury products and services use them as status symbols - symbols of success.

Environmental sustainability has become increasingly important because of irreversible climate change, widespread environmental pollution, and dwindling resource availability over time.

This book introduces a 'triple-bottom-line' approach to the concept and practice of family business sustainability.

Compelling reading, this book both reinforces and elevates the role of art in the exploration and analysis of the concepts of democracy, globalization and capitalism.

The ways in which we design, make, transport and then discard clothes has a huge social and environmental impact.

Businesses are expected to act sustainably; it is also in both societal and their interests if businesses seek and grasp opportunities to develop more sustainable products or services.

Is it really worth the time and resources to make your company a recognized sustainability champion?

This 2-volume book sheds new light on the forefront of ecodesign research, encompassing product and service design, smart manufacturing, and social perspectives.

Building on the idea that holistic marketing strategies allow firms to assess risk and realise opportunities, this book draws on new research and industry examples to help you recognize effective sustainability practices that benefit companies, stakeholders and society.

Huw Richards set himself a challenge - to grow his own fruit and veg for free for a year.

This book is an introduction to the long history of human learning, the environment and sustainable development - about our struggles with the natural world: first for survival, then for dominance, currently for self-preservation, and in future perhaps, even for long-term, mutually beneficial co-existence.

Developing the Prosocial Entrepreneur critically examines the current unsustainable business model of entrepreneur education and training that often prioritises unlimited growth and consumption and does not consider the negative impacts business decisions have on our health and the environment.

Today's solutions are social and technical.

The idea of sustainability has been embraced enthusiastically by some businesses and rejected by others.

Understanding the dynamic landscape of voluntary business reporting is crucial for navigating the evolving complexities of accounting practices, towards achieving a more sustainable and equitable world.

Are you looking for sense and meaning in your work?

Citizenship and Sustainability in Organizations: Exploring and Spanning the Boundaries is the introductory book in the series of the same name and draws upon new conceptual thinking from some of the leading contributors to The Journal of Corporate Citizenship on topics of social responsibility, organizational citizenship, influencing and leading change for sustainability and individual agency.

This groundbreaking and timely book provides change makers, organizations and facilitators with practical tools to initiate and conduct multi-stakeholder co-creation processes.

The notion of responsible business has infiltrated our markets, and "e;going green"e; is now a part of our mindset.

For decades, workers' capital stewards have invested wisely to provide a secure retirement for millions of people around the world.

The audit profession is at a tipping point.

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

Shortlisted for the Business Book of the Year Awards in the Sales and Marketing category.

Humans and human wellbeing depend on the natural resources provided by Planet Earth, and they depend on the solidarity between human beings.

Environmental management is a global phenomenon, embracing all businesses in all countries, whether or not there already exists an organised response to managing environmental impacts.

Beyond the Bottom Line: Integrating the UN Global Compact into Management Practice is the first book to look at how the Ten UN Global Compact Principles and the sustainability agenda can be incorporated into business practice.

In September 2020, China announced that it would peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2060.

The global community is at a critical moment in its pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); crises are threatening decades of development gains, further delaying the urgent transition to greener, more inclusive economies, and throwing progress on the SDGs even further off track.

This book is the companion to "e;Unfolding Stakeholder Thinking: Theory, Responsibility and Engagement"e;, which examined many emerging theoretical and normative issues and was released to acclaim in October 2002.

Customers are increasingly seeking "e;low-cost, high-quality"e; or what is known as frugal products that meet the buyer's needs while reducing the associated cost of ownership.

Mission drivenbusiness as a vehicle for change.

Business on a Mission is a simple to follow guide for how organisations can adapt to the changing world and evolving expectations of stakeholders to build more purpose-led, sustainable businesses.

The 2020s present a decade of unprecedented disruption.

From the field to the cup, this book investigates sustainability issues along the coffee supply chain, identifying the challenges that firms face when they are called to reach sustainability goals.

Geospatial analysis of the Sustainable Value Chain in the Textile sector of the United States.

Winner of the 2020 Book Award for the Organizations and the Natural Environment (ONE) Division of the Academy of Management.

Since the first edition of this book was published, the subject of sustainability has risen to the forefront of thinking in almost every subject within business and management.

Companies and policy makers are prioritizing environmental, social, and governance goals as part of their strategies.

This book, first published in 1967, presents a concise picture of the demand and supply trends of timber around the world.

This book examines the global scope of tourism-related grabbing of land and other natural resources.

Industrial transformation is a research and teaching field with a focus on the phenomenon and mechanisms of industrial development and renewal.

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.

It is generally accepted that climate change is happening and that steps need to be taken to alleviate this.

This book breaks new ground in the studies of green transition.

The Organisation of Tomorrow presents a new model of doing business and explains how big data analytics, blockchain and artificial intelligence force us to rethink existing business models and develop organisations that will be ready for human-machine interactions.