Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

This book aims to develop the theme of non-financial reporting and the necessity of pursuing sustainable development with particular reference to Benefit Corporations and Certified B Corps.

This book examines corporate social responsibility theories and models in the context of developing countries.

This book examines corporate social responsibility theories and models in the context of developing countries.

The main theme of this book is the social dimension of the circular economy (CE).

Mary Barra's quest to move GM to a manufacturer of electric cars has captured the attention of automobile aficionados, green-business advocates, and leaders of all types who have to admire Mary's toughness in moving forward despite the overwhelming obstacles in her path.

This edited book aims to ignite both an academic and practitioner-oriented discussion regarding the question how the business and government sector can adapt to today's fast-changing climate.

This book applies artificial intelligence to lean production and shows how to practically combine the advantages of these two disciplines.

Modern supply chains are enjoying new opportunities for innovation and growth.

Our daily lives are permeated by the activities of logistics and supply chain, from food and clothing to doorstep deliveries.

At first glance, accountability and innovation seem to contradict one another.

The tools of environmental economics guide policymakers as they weigh development against nature, present against future, and certain benefits against uncertain consequences.

The tools of environmental economics guide policymakers as they weigh development against nature, present against future, and certain benefits against uncertain consequences.

Communities are rightly concerned about the indiscriminate use of natural resources, environmental pollution, poverty, health, and education, among other social problems.

The interaction of sustainability governance and global value chains has crucial implications the world over.

This book is a comprehensive reference on ISO management system standards and their implementation.

Societies around the world face an increasingly uncertain future as social and ecological changes create pressure on resource governance, and this uncertainty calls for new models that illuminate the intersections of civil society, public sector, and private sector resource management.

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

This book examines a new topic in Human Resource Management (HRM), green - or environmental - HRM, analysing the role humans play in environmental management at work and environmental behaviours at workplaces around the world.

The tangible value of increased water efficiency, reuse and recycling and improved social license to operate are moving more companies to adopt water stewardship strategies.

Sustainable entrepreneurship has attracted growing attention in both scholarly and practitioner circles.

Viele etablierte Unternehmen, die sich mit dem Thema Digitale Transformation beschäftigen, stehen bei der Entwicklung Digitaler Innovationen vor immensen Herausforderungen, da sie unter anderem wenig mit den sich verändernden Dynamiken in einer digitalen Welt vertraut sind.

This book offers comprehensive state-of-the-art knowledge of how ride-hailing applications (RHAs) are changing the landscape of urban mobility in developing Southeast Asia by examining the disruptions they cause, the impacts of RHAs on the transportation system, and public policy responses aimed at mitigating these impacts.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Indian corporations following the 2013 legal mandate on corporate spending of profits for CSR.

In this book we capture and explore different aspects of value in corporate social responsibility (CSR).

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Sustainability is an increasingly urgent and important factor in logistics and supply chain management, impacting the whole supply chain lifecycle from product design and development, to supplier management, packaging, transportation, warehousing and distribution.

Shopper Marketing details how marketers can influence the buying decision in-store.

Vulnerability to sudden supply chain disruption is one of the major threats facing companies today.

Every year, more businesses fail because of their old-school views toward cutting costs, and they usually begin with the supply chain.

This engaging book encourages us to tap into humanity’s highest ideals to solve environmental and social problems and become better people in the process.

Using a sophisticated approach that unifies the three key areas of supply chain strategies, sales and operations planning (SOP), and lean manufacturing, The Market-Driven Supply Chain is the only book that takes a comprehensive approach to succeeding in today's on-demand environment.

Climate change is threatening our world.

Over the last decade Lean and Six Sigma methods and tools have helped organizations improve to historic productivity levels with the data driven, systematic elimination of waste and improvement of flow.

The business environment in the twenty-first century is truly global in scope.

If you're an executive dealing with extended supply chains, you live with stress and worry.

Every company must continually wrestle with the problem of deciding the right quantity and mix of products or services that it should produce as well as when and where to produce them.

The purpose of this book is to trace the history of globalization and its impact on supply chain management and to look at the problems and some of the solutions facing global supply chains in the current era.

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

The most comprehensive, truly practical guide to the cultivation of woodland botanicalsNot all saleable crops are dependent on access to greenhouses or sun-drenched, arable land.

The New Sustainability Advantage shows how the benefits of the "e;triple bottom line"e; can increase a typical company's profit by at least 51 to 81% within five years, depending on the company's size and industry sector, while avoiding risks that could jeopardize its financial wellbeing.

The highly acclaimed manual for changing everyday habits-now in an all-newthird edition!

The Ark of Shared Value is a fundamental guide for those involved in designing and implementing sustainable business projects.

Embedded in and interrelated with its broader socio-economic and political context, the tourism system currently faces profound challenges.

The Retail Value Chain analyses the changes in the retail industry such as internationalization and consolidation and looks at the strategic options open to companies.

Today's solutions are social and technical.

Without respecting and nurturing 'place' we cannot achieve a state of ecological sustainability.

The book is one of the first ones focussing on how organisations (civil society, corporations, and public sector ones) are contributing to sustainability.

Contributing to research, knowledge, and discourse on humanitarian logistics and supply chains in Africa, Supply Networks in Developing Countries introduces a unique perspective on the developing world, and how their supply networks can be enhanced and optimized.