Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

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

To assess urban sustainability performance, this book explores several clusters of cities, including megacities, cities of the Global South, European and North American cities, cities of the Middle East and North Africa, cities of Central and South East Asia, a city state of Singapore and a large group of global cities.

Is your company delivering products to customers at the right time, place, and pricewith the best possible availability and lowest possible cost and working capital?

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A theoretical framework for understanding the relationship between protective public policies and business compliance, first published in 2010.

This book includes studies on regions, industries and tendencies of industrial change and spatial concentration of competences and industrial potentials.

Dieses Buch zeigt, wie Logistikdienstleister zukunftsfähige Strategien für nachhaltiges Wachstum entwickeln und sich somit zukunftsgerecht aufstellen können.

"e;Zero emissions"e; has become a definitive term in the debate on sustainable development in the last few years.

Sustainability for SMEs offers a comprehensive introduction to the key business cases and techniques for putting sustainability at the heart of your business strategy.

Fashion buying and merchandising has changed dramatically over the last 20 years.

This employee engagement book focuses on the HOW of engaging employees in sustainability through four diverse case studies, thought-prompting questions and tips, as well as a unique model of employee engagement to guide strategy.

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 provides a comprehensive overview of the most important and frequently considered optimization problems concerning cutting and packing.

The financial crisis of 2008 has led to a re-evaluation of the role of financial institutions and their relationship with the wider economy and society.

Gender Equality and Responsible Business places gender equality at the heart of the responsible business agenda with the aim of contributing to CSR practice as well as research.

Every organization, public and private, no matter what its size, purchases goods and services.

This handbook showcases the broad spectrum of diverse approaches to environmental accounting which have developed during the last 30 years across the globe.

How many haircuts is that tune-up worth?

Renewable energy versus fossil fuels: the debate rages on, worldwide.

Contributed by researchers from the Logistics Research Center at Nankai University, this book provides a systematic exposition on the logistics development in China for the English-speaking community at large.

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

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The Sustainable Museum is the first book to outline a coherent strategy for the direction of museums, as it relates to sustainability in the museum and heritage sector.

The book describes the K-Method which has been developed by the authors.

This book explores the legal and regulatory aspects of the complex air cargo sector, discussing in detail the general principles of the carriage of air cargo; artificial intelligence and air cargo; facilitation; carriage of hazardous goods; human remains; and animals, as well as cargo security; price fixing and anti competitive conduct in air cargo operations; liability issues; the air cargo supply chain and contract of carriage.

This book comprises select peer-reviewed contributions from the 6th International Conference on Production and Industrial Engineering (CPIE - 2019).

The environmental analysis of pollution problems always involves the use of mass and energy balances to quantify the extent of pollution and its sources.

The Earth's temperature has been rising.

By the end of World War II, the United States had become well integrated into the world markets for forest products.

The world is entering a new technological age in which great changes are expected in all areas of human interest, life, and activity.

This book aims to highlight the interrelations between maritime ports, supply chains and logistics.

This book focuses on digitalised talent management-the use of information technologies in talent management.

This book presents applications of blockchain technologies to foster sustainable development in the textile and clothing supply chain.

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

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Economic development is rooted in disruption, not in equilibrium.

This book offers an introduction to structural dynamics, ripple effect and resilience in supply chain disruption risk management for larger audiences.

In the time it takes to read this sentence, about fifteen people will be added to the world's population.

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the role of the private sector in accelerating the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient, and inclusive world.

This book is an interdisciplinary study of struggles for indigenous self-determination and the recognition of indigenous' territorial rights in Latin America.

This book explores the interaction between sustainability, corporate responsibility, consumers, and the market.

This book presents and analyzes aspects that, within the framework of luxury, have been or are currently being redefined by sustainability considerations.

Increasingly, business leaders are tasked with developing new products, services, and business models that minimize environmental impact while driving economic growth.

The first edition of A Better World, Inc.

A leader's ability to discover and implement innovations is crucial to adapting to changing technologies and customer preferences, enhancing employee creativity, developing new products, supporting market competitiveness, and sustaining economic growth.

Environmental finance and green banking are central drivers of the transition to a sustainable economy and essential components in solutions to climate change.