Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

Giving Voice to Values, under the leadership of Mary Gentile, has fundamentally changed the way business ethics and values-driven leadership is taught and discussed in academic and corporate settings worldwide.

This book examines, discusses and shares over 30 years' worth of research from the Allerton Project, a research and demonstration farm in the UK which has been carrying out applied interdisciplinary research to explore and explain the need to adapt the management of farmland for environmental protection and to provide public benefits.

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

This book addresses the intersection of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability (EIS), presenting high-quality research illuminating the relationship between the three fields.

This book posits that a sustainable future is possible without abandoning Capitalism.

Examines the underlying symbolic dimensions of corporate environmentalism, helping readers to separate useful environmental information from empty corporate spin.

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

Integrated Reporting is the big new development in corporate reporting that everyone is talking about.

This book offers an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of global supply chains through the dual dimensions of time and region, which include their origins, current challenges, and future trajectories.

This book offers a pragmatic approach to the benefits of spirituality and sustainability for both individual and organizational success.

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

Business schools have a special contribution to make in developing globally responsible, critical and independent-thinking future leaders and managers.

This book contains a collection of teaching cases that study and emphasise how twenty-first-century businesses address and satisfy the needs and wants of socially conscious consumers while remaining profitable.

By and large, corporations of the 21st century have come to realise that their obligations to societies in terms of corporate social responsibility are fourfold: economic, ethical, altruistic and strategic.

This book aims to cover the multitude of corporate approaches towards mainstreaming biodiversity conservation and ecological management in policies and action plans, and explores the roles of these efforts in achieving national and global targets for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

This book explains, for a UK business audience, the technical, scientific and economic aspects of solar photovoltaics (PV) technologies.

In a world where the implications and consequences of corporate actions and decisions are potentially far-reaching and lasting, ethical standards - their observance and their breach - must be part of the language of business conduct, whether in the context of corporate transgressions, regulatory effectiveness, terms of engagement between business and their stakeholders, or the metrics used by investors in assessing performance and risk and understanding long-term value.

This book sheds new light on the role businesses can play in contributing to sustainability objectives, and how governance actors can better encourage their contributions.

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the linkages between business and society by addressing key issues in corporate social responsibility (CSR), sustainability, ethics and governance.

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

Environmental and social performance measurement and reporting by business has become a high-profile issue during the 1990s.

Arguably, the Human Resources (HR) function is the key partner in embedding Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability initiatives in any organisation, as this can be achieved only when a company educates, engages and empowers its entire workforce.

A number of disparate but interconnected forces such as deregulation and globalization, rapid advances in communications technology and the rise in the power of the consumer and civil society have now combined to bring corporate responsibility to prominence in many corporate boardrooms.

Science and innovation have the power to transform our lives and the world we live in - for better or worse in ways that often transcend borders and generations: from the innovation of complex financial products that played such an important role in the recent financial crisis to current proposals to intentionally engineer our Earth s climate.

This book reports on the investigation of the public's perception of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Field (RF-EMF) radiation effects on health and well-being, in Malaysia.

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

Green Banking is the first guide encompassing all the disciplines necessary to realize renewable energy projects.

This book provides a description of the state of the art on environmental disclosure, illustrating the key theoretical issues, the regulatory frameworks, and the main standards developed and reporting the results of an empirical analysis on the environmental disclosure released by listed firms.

Whether you are an employee, a manager, an entrepreneur or a CEO, The Sustainable MBA Second Edition provides the knowledge and tools to help you green your job and organization, to turn sustainability talk into action for the benefit of your bottom line and society as a whole.

Local Content in Procurement is the first book of its kind.

Beyond Recycling critically explores unasked questions around recycling and its prominent position in contemporary thinking about sustainability.

The Innovation and Sustainability in Base of the Pyramid Markets series comprises four volumes, covering theoretical perspectives, themes, and various aspects of interest across four key geographical regions where Base of the Pyramid (BOP) markets are located - Latin America, Asia, Africa, and affluent countries.

The book provides a holistic and practical approach to lean management throughout the business value chain.

In the contemporary global market, this book underscores the significance of Islamic institutions and companies to employ effective business and management strategies for sustained success.

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?

The overall framework for leaders is now changing and a reassessment of traditional economic and financial models is called for to foster the green and circular transition.

As the appetite for leisure travel and events continues to grow at an exponential rate, the impact on the environment and local communities is becoming an increasing concern, not least by the users of the services.

This book examines the design of two care pathways to establish how key principles associated with systems thinking, quality improvement, and supply chain management can improve the design of these services.

This book explores sustainability marketing through the lens of stakeholder relationship-related concepts, with a particular focus on stakeholders within global value chains, relationships with the public, and those affiliated with governmental entities.

Today, more than half of the world's population are living in cities that are now contributing 80% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

In The Green Leap to an Inclusive Economy, two leading thinkers, Stuart L.

The UN Sustainable Development Goals, an increasing interest in Environmental, Social, and Governance factors, the climate crisis, stakeholder pressure, the lessons of corporate scandals, and the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered a massive change in how companies approach finance and accounting practices.

'Biodiversity' at its simplest, refers to the variety of species inhabiting Planet Earth.

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

The end of the Cold War and the virtual disappearance of communism have completely altered the world economy.

Environment: Why Read the Classics?

This book is about the stories being told in the Anthropocene.

This special issue of the Journal of Corporate Citizenship honours the voice of the Changemaker, Wayfinder, Edgewalker, and Intellectual Shaman in particular.