Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

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

This book explores how bauxite mining has affected local and national political dynamics in Guinea over the past 55 years, providing an overview of mining interactions with social, economic and political spheres.

This book critically examines sustainability challenges that humankind faces and offers responsible organising as a solution in responding to these challenges.

This book was created in the spirit of learning from nature in the field of professional purchasing.

Logistics and Supply Chain Management students will gain a fundamental understanding of how to manage logistics strategically with this new textbook.

This book analyses the importance of consumer behaviour in sustainable fashion and consumption.

Reporting organizations' corporate social responsibility activities is difficult - a lack of regulation means that the communication of these activities varies significantly and there is a multitude of ways in which mistakes can be made.

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.

Sustainable brands may have started as "e;doing less harm"e; and shaving costs off the bottom line.

As a heavy user of electricity the primary aluminium smelting industry is a leading example of the effects of variations in energy costs.

The book is about accountability processes and how they contribute solutions to our current environmental and global political problems.

As the world struggles to cope with the growing threat of a global carbon crisis, Doppelt has revised one of the best books ever written about change management, leadership and sustainability to focus on de-carbonisation.

In recent years, the Circular Economy (CE) has gained worldwide attention as an effective alternative economic system to the current take-make-waste model of production and consumption.

Most large companies worldwide today have some kind of shared services concept in place.

This book provides a balanced critique of a range of international sustainability certification schemes across nine agricultural and natural resource industries.

International shipping is currently at a crossroads.

This book on the fisheries sector in India, through primary surveys as well as secondary literature, brings out various nuances of the sector and its trade opportunities, the complexities surrounding the supply chain of fish, as well as the evolution of its marketing channels.

Supply Chain Management (SCM) is a wide field in which several specialties are included.

Managing suppliers is a complex process that is often underestimated.

In Understanding and Negotiating EPC Contracts, Volume 1, Howard M.

The Routledge Handbook of the History of Sustainability is a far-reaching survey of the deep and contemporary history of sustainability.

The value chain is the tried and true foundation of any profitable business.

This book highlights the innovations in textile fibres, that is the starting point of the supply chain.

Under and post COVID-19 conditions, companies are adapting to smart ways of operating and managing logistics processes to counteract the negative implications of the pandemic.

Social Sustainability for Business demonstrates the need for a transformational change to the way businesses across the globe operate.

'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth.

Buying, merchandising and the supply chain are inextricably linked.

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This Encyclopaedia investigates the relation of total quality manage-ment (TQM) and just-in-time purchasing (JITP) with respect to firms performance, based on theories from operations management, organization theory, strategic management and marketing.

Local Content in Procurement is the first book of its kind.

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

Sustainable Production and Logistics: Modeling and AnalysisSubject Guide: Engineering - Industrial & ManufacturingThis book presents issues faced by planners of production and distribution operations in terms of smart manufacturing and sustainability, using efficient quantitative techniques in a variety of decision-making situations.

Supply Chain Dreams and Nightmares looks at one classic and high-profile case, Boeing, which has a globe-spanning supply chain.

The Future MBA brings together 100 ideas on how to rethink management education in order to embed sustainability.

In this thesis, Iris Heckmann develops a profound conceptual basis of supply chain risk analytics.

Supply Chain Management and Corporate Governance: Artificial Intelligence, Game Theory and Robust Optimisation is the first innovative, comprehensive analysis and analytical robust optimisation modelling of the relationships between corporate governance principles and supply chain management for risk management and decision-making under uncertainty in supply chain operations.

This book explores how the management science of logistics changes working lives and contributes to the making of world regions.

From tulsi to turmeric, echinacea to elderberry, medicinal herbs are big business-but do they deliver on their healing promise-to those who consume them, those who provide them, and the natural world?

This book provides a conceptual framework of global value chains, flexibility and sustainability, supported by research projects, case applications and models in various related areas organized into three parts.

This book highlights the importance of data-driven technologies and artificial intelligence in supply chain management.

This book covers key aspects of the governance of the world economy, from the structures of capitalism to regional economic integration through the trading and production systems.

Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Management In ten volume, is a compilation of technical terms add expressions used in management literature and communications.

It is increasingly clear that fifty years of international development have done little to reduce poverty in Africa.

This book discusses the issues of integration within food and fibre supply chains and the challenges in managing price risk.

Corporations and Sustainability: The South Asian Perspective is a collection of contributions from leading academics and practitioners which provides an overview of the key challenges and opportunities related to sustainability in South Asia.