A primer on sustainability : in the business environment / Ronald Whitfield and Jeanne McNett.
Material type:
- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781606496350
- Sustainability
- Corporations -- Environmental aspects
- sustainability
- precautionary principle
- corporate accountability
- environmental movement
- green washing
- triple bottom line
- sustainable business operations
- sustainable innovation
- sustainable supply chain
- cradle-to-cradle design
- life cycle assessment
- corporate reporting systems
- the global reporting initiative
- the global compact
- the carbon disclosure project
- carbon footprint
- water footprint
- indices on sustainability
- transparency
- stakeholder theory
- 658.408 23
- HD60 .W456 2014
- Also available in print.
Part of: 2013 digital library.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index.
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Sustainability: meaning and context -- 2. Systems and tools for sustainability -- 3. Thinking about major sustainability issues -- 4. Decision making in sustainability: case studies -- 5. Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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What does sustainability in the business environment really mean? The concept has evolved from a vague goal to "save the planet" to become a strategic imperative for business to enhance performance across many dimensions. We live in an age of increasing corporate accountability and if a business expects to survive for the long term, it must adhere to ever higher standards of behavior and continuously develop more sustainable ways of doing business.
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