Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

This sixth edition of Agribusiness Management provides students and managers with a fundamental understanding of the key concepts needed to successfully manage agribusinesses in a rapidly changing, high-tech, consumer-oriented, and uncertain world.

Retailers are being advised to review their supply chains in a bid to accelerate their speed to market.

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.

Green supply chain management (GSCM) is the practice of integrating ecological sustainability processes that utilize the concept of the 4Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle, and reclaim) into the production, logistics, and end-of-life management of conventional supply networks.

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In light of the climate crisis, businesses are expected to embrace sustainability to reduce their negative impacts on the environment and society, while at the same time strengthening their organisations' positive impacts.

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

This book addresses key aspects of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and explores them from a variety of perspectives in a case study on the Marange diamond mines in Zimbabwe.

Population aging is a powerful megatrend affecting many countries around the world.

The modern era is marked by intricate disruptions originating from diverse sources, carrying long-term implications.

Ethical and Responsible Tourism explains the methods and practices used to manage the environmental impact of tourism on local communities and destinations.

The business case for sustainability is clear and organizations are responding to the imperative to act.

This book showcases the successful practices of manufacturing companies in Latin America, highlighting the strategies and technologies they have implemented to produce high-quality products and remain competitive in the market.

This book provides an overview of recycled polyesters, which are an important sustainable raw material in textile production.

Ethical and Responsible Tourism explains the methods and practices used to manage the environmental impact of tourism on local communities and destinations.

There is a new business landscape, where companies are increasingly being judged on their ability to generate _social value_.

Do you really think you are getting a good deal when given that free mobile phone for switching service providers, if a multinational retailer undercuts its competitors or by the fact that food is relatively cheaper today in many countries than ever before?

Sustainability will play an increasingly key role in the innovation process within businesses.

Accomplishing sustainability in the agribusiness sector is a significant, yet time-sensitive, challenge, especially when balanced with the need to grow sufficient quantity and quality of food to keep the growing global population healthy.

Consumers spend approximately $93 billion on denim products every year.

Die Volksrepublik China ist bereits seit längerem in den Mittelpunkt der Internationa­ lisierungsbemühungen vieler deutscher Firmen gerückt, meist jedoch als (potenzieller) Absatzmarkt und als Produktionsstandort, teilweise auch als Standort für Forschungs­ und Entwicklungsleistungen.

Originally published in 1990, Agricultural Protectionism in the Industrialized World takes a detailed look into the domestic and international agricultural policies of the United States, Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand.

From the author of Capitalism at the Crossroads, a call to consciousness-and action-for individuals, organizations, communities, and nations.

This book explores the intersection of craft, design and sustainability in the developing world.

In the past few decades, attention has turned to the need to apply commercial marketing concepts, knowledge, and techniques to promote goods, services, and actions that enhance consumer well-being and social welfare through socially and environmentally responsible advertising, for example, recycling promotions.

This book explores the concepts of sustainability and governance in relation to the governance of corporations - hence the ubiquity of the term corporate governance - and other bodies.

Every organizational endeavor is based on project management.

This book highlights the latest research on responsible business and its practical implications for the economy, society, academia, and politics.

Der vorliegende Band versammelt die als Kultkolumnen gefeierten Beiträge der Beta-Inside-Kolumne aus dem Informatik-Spektrum von 2013 bis 2017.

Indigenous peoples are recognised as groups with specific rights based on their historical ties to particular territories.

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.

Eco-entrepreneurship is a pervasive market-based approach to environmental recovery and sustainability.

If the only measure of your organization's purchasing performance is forcing down prices from suppliers then not only is your purchasing team failing to add value, they may also be damaging your supply chain and the medium to long-term competitiveness of your organization.

Our world is fraught with problems that demand attention: climate change, terrorism, poverty, and injustice to name only a few.

Corruption and Public Administration looks at public sector organizations and what they have achieved since signing the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) Agreement in Merida in 2004.

The internationalisation of food retailing and manufacturing that has swept through the agri-food system in industrialised countries is now moving into middle- and low-income countries with large rural populations, causing significant institutional changes that affect small producer agriculture and the livelihoods of rural communities the world over.

Lean is about building and improving stable and predictable systems and processes to deliver to customers high-quality products/services on time by engaging everyone in the organization.

This title was first published in 2000.

There have been a lot of innovations in making the garment or apparel production sector sustainable.

This book presents a series of studies on organizations across Europe, displaying new perspectives on institutional resilience of affected governance structures during crisis.

This book offers a concise yet comprehensive introduction to supply chain resilience, covering management, modeling and technology perspectives.

This book investigates how non-state actors have become key drivers of the diffusion of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Brazil.

More and more investors have integrated ESG criteria into their investment criteria, and an increasing number of banks are supplementing their lending guidelines with ESG aspects.

There are many challenges facing educators in the field of sustainability.

Arms purchases are among the most expensive, technologically challenging and politically controversial decisions made by modern-day governments.

A well-monitored supply chain is any business’s key to productivity and profit.

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.