Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

The bestselling Purchasing Chessboard(R) concept, used by hundreds of corporations worldwide to reduce costs and increase value with suppliers, is the topic of this successful professional book now published in its third edition.

Get proven guidance to build a market-driven supply chain management system Supply chain management processes have gradually shifted from a supply-driven focus to a demand-driven one in order to better synchronize demand and supply signals.

Fashion Supply Chain Management: Integrating Sustainability through the Fashion Supply Chain provides a comprehensive guide to the entire supply chain management process as it relates to the fashion industry; how fashion supply chains work from raw material to finished product, and how generic supply chain concepts are applied in the fashion context.

In recent years, a new movement has emerged within organizational psychology, transposing the established principles of the field onto arenas of more pressing humanitarian need, including the humanitarian treatment of all workers in all work settings.

This timely handbook provides a current and comprehensive examination of integrated reporting, both practical and research-based.

How can society quickly convert to renewable energy?

Business as an Instrument for Societal Change: In Conversation with the Dalai Lama is the result of two decades of research and dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other leaders in business, government, science and education.

Increased ecological awareness and the growing scarcity of resources have led to the introduction of new environmental standards, triggering enterprises, regions, and even countries to adopt new business models and industrial reconversion approaches.

This book helps readers understand the main issues, challenges, strategies, and solution methods in Aggregate Planning (AP), an important part of Supply Chain Management.

This is a unique book that adopts a global approach to studying international business.

This book includes over three hundred and seventy-five short papers presented during the second EMCEI, which was held in Sousse, Tunisia in October 2019.

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.

This contributed volume provides a wealth of case studies on corporate social responsibility in the textile and fashion industry.

Leading Extreme Projects explores the challenges, obstacles and techniques associated with running large projects in some of the most challenging environments and economies in the world.

This textbook provides a comprehensive step-by-step guide for new public transport modelers.

An interdisciplinary framework for managing sustainable agrifood supply chains Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks provides an up-to-date and interdisciplinary framework for designing and operating sustainable supply chains for agri-food products.

Supply Chain Optimization captures the latest results in a segment of current research activity in supply chain management.

This fully updated new edition of a respected text retains the original's comprehensive and practical approach to food supply chain management, and introduces a global perspective and a wide range of new material.

The war is over.

This book explores the agrifood system transitions in Brazil to provide a new understanding of the trajectory of agriculture and rural development in this country.

Der Einkäufer der Zukunft ist der interne Projekt- und Prozessmanager, der alle Wertschöpfungsstufen der Supply Chain optimiert.

Supporters of environmental well-being and climate resilience are awakening and mobilizing - cities, states, business, academia, community-based organizations, and the military.

Conflict over the extraction of coal and gas resources has rapidly escalated in communities throughout the world.

With drastic action needing to be taken now, rather than over the 30 years to 2050, this book addresses the crucial question of how to get action from governments who will always put short-term considerations (e.

This edited book presents a comprehensive analysis of the multidimensional aspects associated with decision making in renewable energy investment projects.

The last thing the world needs is yet another book delineating business-induced dangers and damages such as environmental disasters, social inequalities and unethical conduct.

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.

Explores the business drivers for embarking on product-service development and its relation with sustainability and competitiveness.

From data collection to evaluation and visualization of prediction results, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the process of predicting demand for retailers.

This book demonstrates that a holistic approach to the bioeconomy is essential if it is to achieve its full potential in driving economic growth while simultaneously providing ecological, social and technological benefits.

Foreword In today's markets, companies face ever growing international competition, radical technological change, and increasingly demanding customers.

Sustainable Operations Management applies the issues of sustainability to all strategic decisions of operations: capacity management, supply network, process technology, and development and organisation.

Deepen your understanding of logistics management and get a handle on real problems and solutions on the global scene.

This edited book examines the contemporary regional security concerns in the Asia-Pacific recognizing the 'Butterfly effect', the concept that small causes can have large effects: 'the flap of a butterfly's wings can cause a typhoon halfway around the world'.

Digital transformation in organisations can improve business agility, operational efficiency, customer service, and contribute to sustainability initiatives.

For any business involved in today's supply chains, logistics services are critical.

This book offers an interdisciplinary discussion of the fundamental issues concerning policies for sustainable transition to renewable energies from the perspectives of sociologists, physicists, engineers, economists, anthropologists, biologists, ecologists and policy analysts.

Turn to the collective wisdom of the field's top experts to understand and solve even the most complex supply management issue For more than three decades, The Supply Management Handbook (formerly The Purchasing Handbook) has been vital for purchasing and supply professionals in every field and industry.

Those who advocate moving towards sustainability debate how change can be achieved.

This handbook begins with the history of Supply Chain (SC) Engineering, it goes on to explain how the SC is connected today, and rounds out with future trends.

This book takes a fresh look at current issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR) with a special focus on emerging economies.

Assessing vendors is a tricky process.

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.

At a time when the effects of climate change are becoming all too real for ordinary citizens around the world, this essential textbook offers insight into how managers can shape and influence the development of sustainability practices as a means of tackling some of the most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges.

Leading Extreme Projects explores the challenges, obstacles and techniques associated with running large projects in some of the most challenging environments and economies in the world.

Mindfulness has gained significant traction within the business community worldwide.

This book examines the imperative role of global environmental governance, and the need to incorporate corporate environmental accountability and mechanisms for enforcement, to effectively address the global environmental crisis.