Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

The blue economy, comprising coastal and marine resources, offers vast benefits for sub-Saharan Africa: of the 53 countries and territories in the region, 32 are coastal states; there are 13 million sq km of maritime zones; more than 90% of the region's exports and imports come by sea; and the African Union hails the blue economy as the 'new frontier of African renaissance'.

This radical book aims to inject new insight and urgency into the discourse on the retrofitting of commercial and residential buildings in the face of the climate emergency.

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

Leaders - whether in business, government or the nonprofit sector - take risks but often without fully understanding risk at a strategic level.

The success of the entire food supply chain depends on the prosperity of farms and local communities.

This book examines the nexus between conservation, land conflicts, and sustainable tourism approaches in Southern Africa, with a focus on equity, access, restitution, and redistribution.

A truly comprehensive introduction to the topic, Understanding Sustainable Development is designed to give students on a wide range of courses an appreciation of the key concepts and theories of sustainable development.

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the complex journey toward achieving environmental resilience in the twenty-first century.

Explores challenges for developing and emerging economies for enhancing green financing for sustainable, low-carbon investment, looking at Indonesia.

This book provides insights into the role of environmental management accounting practices and the impact of various governance aspects dedicated to the environment in enhancing corporate environmental performance.

In the wake of the Clean Air Amendments of 1970 in the United States, sources of emissions could be held accountable for the degradation of air quality in the local environment.

The return to business-as-usual after the economic earthquake that rocked financial markets, wrecked banks and brought to light the grotesque distortions of casino capitalism on people and planet must be resisted.

The art, fashion and wine industries are currently at various stages in their efforts to embrace and transition towards sustainability.

Food is a massive industry and the many key players involved have very different interests.

Part of a two-volume work, this book explores how businesses shape, and are shaped by, sustainability forces and phenomena.

Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility drive countries, regions, and businesses to take environmental and social concerns into account when realizing economic objectives.

This book provides comprehensive and advanced analysis of the characteristics of social entrepreneurship in Europe.

In the past decade, the growing realization that biodiversity and human wellbeing are inextricably linked has led to the adoption of numerous environmental policies.

There is widespread rhetorical agreement that the fashion industry must get itself onto a more sustainable footing.

This illuminating new book presents a series of in-depth case studies from around the world based on numerous personal interviews with organizational leaders and focusing on their journey towards sustainability.

This book builds on recent advances in the theory of sustainable development and links it with environmental stewardship in a dialectical manner, as envisioned by global scholars in this emerging field.

This book discusses various interactions in the sustainability and development sector.

This book looks at markets in low-income economies and how they require fundamentally different marketing systems and strategies.

A seminal shift has taken place in the world of investing.

Originally published in 1972 and ahead of its time in many respects this book was the first to take a constructive approach to the problems facing the human race in the 20th Century.

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the effects of a natural disaster on businesses and organisations, and on a range of stakeholders, including employees and consumers.

Winners and nominees of the 2013/14 Sustainable City Awards present their case stories in a new collection, Sustainable Cities: Inspirational Case Studies.

Green Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe aims to explore the crucial role of green innovation in guiding organisations towards sustainable development amidst contemporary environmental challenges.

This book is a practical guide for business professionals to develop and improve business intelligence and collective decision-making within their organisation.

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

Redefining Success: Integrating Sustainability into Management Education advocates incorporating sustainability concepts that go beyond the financial 'bottom line' into management education and business practice.

Most companies do not yet recognize what it means to adapt to future climate change, and do not yet see it as a business priority.

Weaving has been a significant aspect of India's cultural and economic history.

This text challenges students to think critically about global issues that affect the business environment and provides them with a wealth of pedagogical features that help cement learning.

In today's competitive environment, smart technologies are increasingly recognized as key enablers of corporate sustainability.

This book is an original, accessible, and thought-provoking introduction to the severe and broad-ranging challenges that climate change presents and how societies can respond.

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

HOW SUSTAINABLE IS INNOVATION?

Food is a massive industry and the many key players involved have very different interests.

Ein Bio-Bäcker lebt vor, wie nachhaltiges Wirtschaften gelingt – für Mensch und Umwelt.

Can employees be trained to make more ethical decisions?

A clarion call for marketing to return to its roots and integrate sustainability principles, this book illustrates how the marketing function can drive organizations, delighting customers and impacting positively on society and the environment.

This book discusses the concepts of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA) that are the core of various paradigms used in strategic management to understand competitive advantage as well as flexibility in organizational boundaries.

Voluntary environmental agreements (VEAs) - generally agreements between government and business - have been regarded by many as a key new instrument for meeting environmental objectives in a flexible manner.

Corporate citizenship and corporate social responsibility have become hot topics of debate for business, academia and organised civil society in Latin America.

There is widespread rhetorical agreement that the fashion industry must get itself onto a more ethical and sustainable footing.

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

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.

The topic of 'stranded assets' created by environment-related risk factors has risen up the agenda dramatically, influencing many pressing topics in relation to global environmental change.

Naturally, nature has already shown us the way to solve many human problems, from deciphering simple engineering puzzles to unlocking the mysteries of flight.