Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

Twenty-first-century supply chains have evolved into world-wide inter-connected supply-and-demand networks comprising vastly more complex operations, with profound inter-dependencies and exposure to greater volatility in our uncertain world.

Large companies and small are increasingly seeing outsourcing as a means of making the most of their more limited resources.

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

Organizations need to stay competitive and transition from a linear make-use-dispose supply chain model to a sustainable one.

This comprehensive book addresses the multifaceted challenges posed by technological innovation, ecological transitions, and sustainable business practices.

This book examines the global scope of tourism-related grabbing of land and other natural resources.

Sustainable Transport Fuels Business Briefing explains, for a global business audience, the latest developments in the world of sustainable transport.

WINNER: 2021 Plume d'Or - Grand Prix ACA-Bruel Award.

In the age of global capitalism, shareholders, and profits are not the only concerns of modern business corporations.

This book addresses learnings from the energy transition in the Netherlands.

It's not surprising if you feel uneasy right now.

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.

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.

This major collection examines both the human resource dimensions of environmental management and how environmental management impacts on human resource departments.

For courses in operations management.

Supply Chain Management hat sich zu einem betriebswirtschaftlichen Fachgebiet mit besonders gravierendem Wandel entwickelt.

The objective of the book is to adopt the application of data analytics to enhance the sustainability and resilience of the green supply chain networks.

The approach used on a given spend item should largely depend on the balance between supply power and demand power.

The COVID-19 outbreak aggravated recurrent economic issues and problems of developing a resilient economy and technological development inequality between entities, countries, production structure, unemployment and social disorders that have resulted in the accentuating of political, economic, business and trade relations.

This monograph presents the original scientific manuscripts submitted for publication at the International Conference  - The Science and Development of Transport (ZIRP 2021), organized by the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia.

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.

Global Production is the first book to provide a fully comprehensive overview of the complicated issues facing multinational companies and their global sourcing strategies.

This book is a practitioner's guide to sustainable development, laying out strategies for attracting investment for communities and their partners.

Supply Chain Processes introduces readers to the view that genuine supply chain competitive advantage is achieved via supply chain excellence which in turn is underpinned by supply chain process excellence.

This book investigates mine closure and local responses in South Africa, linking dependencies and social disruption.

This book presents the changing face of social responsibility, showing how it has grown to encompass governance, becoming a vital part of various aspects of human endeavor.

Agriculture is the oldest and most traditional of economic sectors, and its business has seen major leaps in innovation over the past century.

An essential resource to navigate a fast-changing and challenging world, this book presents core concepts and practical insights for enterprise risk management, business continuity management, and organizational resilience.

Environmental protection has increasingly become a business issue at both the strategic and operational level for businesses of all sizes and across all continents.

This book applies artificial intelligence to lean production and shows how to practically combine the advantages of these two disciplines.

This book provides the tools and techniques, management principles, procedures, concepts, and methods to ensure the successful completion of an oil and gas project while also ensuring the proper design, procurement, and construction for making the project most qualitative, competitive, and economical for safer operational optimized performance.

Sustainable brands may have started as "e;doing less harm"e; and shaving costs off the bottom line.

The ultimate "e;how-to-do-it"e; guide for corporate leaders, strategists, academics, sustainability consultants, and anyone else with an interest in actually making sustainability work for organizations.

The United States spends more than 17% of its gross domestic product (GDP) on health care, while other developed countries throughout the world average 8.

This book provides a critical insight into sustainability and fashion in a retailing and marketing context.

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

This book examines the current and controversial topic of the sulphur cap in maritime supply chains, a new regulation set to be enforced in 2020.

Anhand von Fallstudien wird mit diesem Buch das eigenständige Erarbeiten und Anwenden von Wissen in den Bereichen Beschaffung, Produktion und Distribution und damit eine Erhöhung des individuellen Lernerfolgs ermöglicht.

Entrepreneurship is an essential driver for economic growth and innovation.

Management and the Sustainability Paradox is about how humans became disconnected from their ecological environment throughout evolutionary history.

In September 2015, at the United Nations, world leaders agreed on seventeen Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs.

This book looks at food security from a socio-economic perspective.

While global challenges such as a future pandemics and global warming seem insurmountable, innovation and cumulative small changes can help towards managing such disruptive events.

The psychological dimension of managing risk is of crucial importance, and its study has led to the identification of specific do's and don'ts.

In current, uncertain times, it is important for businesses, whether private, public or third sector, to prepare for unexpected impacts.

Traditional costing models for new systems and new buildings in industry, defence or government, have tended to focus on the costs of acquisition and implementation, with scant regard for the costs of running the system or decommissioning after use.

Research and development (R&D) supply chains are often designed without the process discipline and rigor that typically characterize the development of products emerging from R&D programs.