Business and the environment; ‘green’ approaches to business

This edited collection collates the most up-to-date and important research within the area of operations and logistics management.

Logistics accounts for around 9-10% of global CO2 emissions and will be one of the hardest economic sectors to decarbonize.

This book uses a quantitative science-based approach to explain where the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the fashion industry are generated and it explores what strategies can be deployed to achieve Net Zero by 2050.

Coffee, as a commodity and through its global value chains, is the focus of much interest to achieve fair trade and equitable outcomes for producers, processors and consumers.

Over the last ten years, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has grown from being criticised as a management fad to being endorsed as good business practice by the majority of the world's leading companies.

The failure of many governments to provide basic rights for their citizens has given rise to the expectation that globally operating corporations should step in and fill governance gaps, for example in the area of human rights.

Given the scale of the greenhouse gas emissions reductions that are seen as necessary to avert the worst effects of climate change, policy action is likely to result in a complete reshaping of the world economy.

Leaders - whether in business, government or the nonprofit sector - take risks but often without fully understanding risk at a strategic level.

Organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of sustainability and responsibility.

First published in 1982, the editors and authors of this book examine the United States' 1973 embargo on the export of soybeans and its effects on U.

This book focuses on and promotes the applications of the diverse tools and techniques of industrial engineering to the design and operation of systems in industry, business, the government, and the military.

A broad general introduction to all essential aspects of logistics and supply chain management, set within the wider business context.

The Corporate Responsibility Code Book has become the go-to guide for companies trying to understand the landscape of corporate responsibility and searching for their own, unique route towards satisfying diverse stakeholders.

Greater understanding of the forms and consequences of investment and disinvestment in the extractive industries is required as a result of capitalist expansion, recent declines in global commodity prices, and claims that extractive sector projects, especially in the global south, are poverty reduction projects.

This book is a very practical guide to help managers put their own and their employees' professional values to work.

Systemic change is required to move to a circular economy (CE) model which can meet the demands of a growing population in a manner that is decoupled from resource use and waste generation.

This book is a very practical guide to help managers put their own and their employees' professional values to work.

This book is an easy-to-read introduction to the principles and methods of building procurement and is aimed at first year students or non-cognate graduates starting out on a career in construction, property, quantity surveying and construction management.

Buying, merchandising and the supply chain are inextricably linked.

Feasibility Analysis for Sustainable Technologies will lead you into a professional feasibility analysis for a renewable energy or energy efficiency project.

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

Effective risk and opportunity management is key to the successful delivery of any major engineering and construction project.

Environment and social responsibility are paramount for any modern business strategy, and the field of marketing is adapting itself to the new focus on sustainability.

Different types of organizations provide services that require multiple, complex services to produce results.

Around the turn of the millennium it had become painfully evident that development aid, charity or "e;global business-as-usual"e; were not going to be the mechanisms to alleviate global poverty.

Corporate citizenship is enmeshed in the debate about Africa's future.

If you are a designer, producer, marketer, or researcher creating products for children, it is essential that you are aware of the key differences between children and adults when it comes to user journeys.

From the field to the cup, this book investigates sustainability issues along the coffee supply chain, identifying the challenges that firms face when they are called to reach sustainability goals.

This book discusses applied life cycle and supply chain management approaches for the sustainable development of tourism in Asian countries.

This book illustrates innovative support-decision models, methods, and advanced automation and robotic technologies aimed at enhancing the overall performance of Warehousing and Material Handling (WMH) in terms of time and space efficiency, service levels, labor safety, and ergonomics.

The challenges of achieving environmental sustainability and of generating decent work for all are closely linked.

Exploring the practices developed by remote teams to maintain trust across cultures, this book offers both theoretical and practical resources to enable better working in challenging contexts of project work.

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

The business case for sustainability or corporate responsibility will never be strong enough to support an isolated business in its competition against the unscrupulous.

This book is the first to explore the application of system leadership to promote sustainable solutions for contemporary and future environmental and social problems.

This book outlines the scope of sustainability and green practice in supply chain operations, which has continued to grow with a rapid speed.

The major environmental impact of most businesses derives from energy usage.

Container industry is gathering pace as vessels are becoming increasingly larger, with the volume of containers carried regularly exceeding 23,000 per vessel.

This book addresses empirical, theoretical, and policy perspectives in its examination of the development of sustainability management of African firms.

This unique title draws together in one volume some of the best thinking to date on the pressing social and environmental challenges we face as a society.

Sustainability is normally considered to be about choices for the future being limited by decisions made in the present, and is frequently portrayed as concerning environmental issues alone.

This book highlights a number of social sustainability issues at different stages of the supply chain, and demonstrates how these issues can be addressed by adopting social sustainability practices in the manufacturing supply chain.

This book presents the latest developments concerning techniques, tools, and methodologies in supply chain ecosystems.

Ohne Logistik ist unser tägliches Leben unmöglich geworden, ohne Logistik gäbe es keine Globalisierung.