Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

An organisation's most important asset is its people.

Learning Strategies for Sustainable Organisations explores sustainability in the context of organisational practice and its implications for learning.

Sustainable innovation requires more than a clear vision and commitment.

This book, based on a huge European and Asian research project, is a state-of-the-art examination of the theory and practice of system innovation through Product-Service System (PSS) design for sustainability from a trans-cultural viewpoint.

In her book, Dr Ulpiana Kocollari presents a unique contribution to the debate on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability by clearly expressing how the configuration of a firm's social dimension can help identify inclusive corporate governance models, define innovative management processes and reshape performance measurement systems for the evaluation and assessment of sustainable economic, social and environmental results.

Grow your audience, shrink your footprint, change the world Straight-talk on what makes a purposeful, sustainable event, including honest, practical insights into case studies of hits, misses, and lessons learned.

This book provides the world's first comprehensive account of responsible investment for fixed income investors.

Under the pressure of climate and social changes, agriculture is called to play a fundamental role in the world food challenge of the next few decades.

Africa is endowed with commercially viable quantities of several minerals and metals, and, more than ever before, African countries wish to harness their mineral resources for their economic development.

This volume examines the importance of leadership in developing an effective sustainability strategy.

This monograph offers a comprehensive examination of responsible tourism, meticulously deconstructing the core tenets of socio-cultural, environmental, and economic accountability within the framework of sustainable tourism.

This book provides a rich collection of essays discussing and showcasing the transformation of businesses around the world towards sustainability and responsibility.

The 2023 conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) was held in Lisbon, three decades after the previous EIBA Lisbon conference in 1993.

The business case for sustainability or corporate responsibility will never be strong enough to support an isolated business in its competition against the unscrupulous.

The Business of Less rewrites the book on business and the environment.

When this classic text was first published in 1992 it provided a unique focus for the burgeoning concern for sustainability and sustainable organizational practices.

This volume provides a platform for localized perspectives on CSR in developing countries across the globe.

The COVID-19 outbreak aggravated recurrent economic issues and problems of developing a resilient economy and technological development inequality between entities, countries, production structure, unemployment and social disorders that have resulted in the accentuating of political, economic, business and trade relations.

Building Lean, Building BIM is the essential guide for any construction company that wants to implement Lean Construction and Building Information Modelling (BIM) to gain a strategic edge over their competition.

Politicians stand at a crossroads where the path to green policies is fraught with political risks, as the immediate costs to society may overshadow the profound future benefits.

The Internet has ushered in a new era in the economies of networking.

On a world scale, the implicit deal between corporation and community is undergoing a revolution in the period 1990-2000.

SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUSTAINABLE OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Sustainable Operations and Supply Chain Management addresses the most relevant topics of operations and supply chain management from the perspective of sustainability.

In this timely exploration of sustainable actions, Christian Berg unpacks the complexity in understanding the barriers we face in moving towards a sustainable future, providing solution perspectives for every level, from individuals to governments and supra-national organizations offering a lucid vision of a long-term and achievable goal for sustainability.

This book assesses the progress in the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in ASEAN, India and China using the above framework conditions in the context with three main propositions.

Management und Leadership sind die zentralen Aufgaben einer kompetenten Unternehmensleitung.

Human-induced climate change is one of the imminent threats to humankind in recent times.

This book presents a new approach to the issue of project management, showing how it can be approached through the lens of sustainability.

The fields of corporate environmentalism, green business and corporate sustainability have grown significantly over the past twenty-five years, such that the academic research domains of business decision-making, accounting, organizational behaviour, and the protection of the natural environment have developed into maturing areas of study within the management sciences.

Mit dem europäischen Green Deal stellt die EU-Kommission eine Antwort auf die vom Klimawandel ausgehende Gefahr für die Menschheit und die Ökosysteme der Erde vor.

This book addresses empirical, theoretical, and policy perspectives in its examination of the development of sustainability management of African firms.

Economic activity imposes increasing costs on the global environment.

This book conceptualizes and clarifies the meaning of sustainable performance, approaching it holistically from different perspectives.

This book is a practitioner's guide to sustainable development, laying out strategies for attracting investment for communities and their partners.

This handbook brings together the expertise of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars to offer a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding the well-being, self-determination and sustainability of Indigenous peoples in the Arctic.

This book tackles a largely neglected topic: small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their environmental impact.

This book compiles and explains technical terms in sustainable finance in an easy-to-navigate A-Z format.

This 2-volume book highlights cutting-edge ecodesign research and covers broad areas ranging from individual product and service design to social system design.

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

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This book explores sustainable wealth management and the challenges that arise for asset managers in times of ecological crises and climate change.

This book, produced by a unique team of business experts and UN agencies, is designed to fill a critical void-between the support of more than 1,000 organisations for the globally recognised Principles of the United Nations Global Compact and the need for this support to be translated into the day-to-day running of business to create value and improve performance.

Dieses Buch beschreibt die zukunftsfähige Gestaltung der physischen Basis von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft insgesamt durch eine gerechte Steuerung des weltweiten Ressourcenverbrauchs.

Managing Sustainability: First Steps to First Class provides a compelling case, real-world examples, and the tools to follow a proven strategy for aligning sustainability efforts with existing organizational priorities.

The Routledge Handbook of Waste Studies offers a comprehensive survey of the new field of waste studies, critically interrogating the cultural, social, economic, and political systems within which waste is created, managed, and circulated.

Capitalist societies need to undergo major change to provide for the material needs of all the people who work within the system, not just the 1 percent.