This case study focuses on a UK-based designer knitwear manufacturer and retailer, involved in global outsourcing and retailing activities of own-brand products as well as contract manufacturing for other fashion brands.
Die Beiträge dieses Praktikerbuchs erläutern die Potenziale und Herausforderungen der Nachhaltigkeit für das Controlling anhand von Fallstudien und/oder von in der Praxis erprobten Ansätzen und Lösungen.
Leadership and sustainability have separately been the subject of numerous studies in a built environment context over the years, but they have yet to be addressed together.
Since the process of liberalization and opening of markets in the 1990s, the emerging markets have created a thriving culture of entrepreneurship, creativity and global collaboration.
In this study, Richard Alexander presents a series of original and empirically based case studies of the language and discourse involved in the discussion of environmental and ecological issues.
This book provides a holistic conceptualization of social sustainability, going beyond the topics of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and showcases how the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasizing social sustainability can be integrated into business studies' curricula in different parts of the world.
Social Value in Practice offers the reader a simple, accessible guide for considering, creating, and delivering social value in projects and within their organisation.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent the leading governance frame with which the international community tries to address complex interconnected global issues.
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 book discusses and exchanges information on principles, strategies, models, techniques, methodologies and applications of technological challenges in a digital era.
Although sustainability efforts in business are still a work in progress, it is increasingly clear that key elements of a new generation of enterprises will be radically different from those of our contemporary modern industrial economy.
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.
This book covers the multi-faceted incentives, trade-offs, and challenges associated with the economics and politics of resource efficiency investments.
Whether you are undertaking the exercises for your own purposes or with the intent of completing a certification course in sustainable development, this workbook will be of help.
This unique book combines a colourful history of Bolivian politics with some of the most advanced quantitative techniques yet developed for socio-political risk analysis.
This book examines a new topic in Human Resource Management (HRM), green - or environmental - HRM, analysing the role humans play in environmental management at work and environmental behaviours at workplaces around the world.
This highly practical and concise book shows you how to undertake a reporting process and produce a sustainability report in line with the new standards and frameworks presented by the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
The policy of the United States and, by extension, that of many oil importing countries, toward OPEC countries is in large part a function of an estimate of the factors that condition oil decisions in exporting countries.
This 2-volume book highlights cutting-edge ecodesign research and covers broad areas ranging from individual product and service design to social system design.
As public awareness of social and environmental issues grew, more consumers began to support firms committed to developing and operating environmentally sustainable and socially responsible supply chains.
Constructing roads in Madagascar; forestry along Canada's Pacific Coast; water and sanitation projects in South Africa; community banking in the United States; constructing a new global system for corporate reporting.
Since the democratisation of the clothing industry in the early 19th century, buyers have become increasingly disconnected from the creative and human aspects of the production of clothing.
This book explores how crowdfunding can effectively promote environmental sustainability and circular economy practices in businesses, emphasizing its role in providing crucial financial resources.
Biomimicry, the practice of observing then mimicking nature's strategies to solve business challenges, offers a path to healthy profit while working in partnership, and even reciprocity, with the natural world.
Im Zuge der fortschreitenden Digitalisierung transformieren sich nicht nur die Geschäftsmodelle von Unternehmen, sondern auch klassische Wertschöpfungsnetzwerke (Supply Chains) sollen hin zu digitalen Wertschöpfungsnetzwerken (sog.
As sustainable development becomes an increasingly important strategic issue for all organizations, there is a growing need for management and executive education to adapt to this new reality.
