A primer on sustainability : in the business environment /
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 bu...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :
Business Expert Press,
2014.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | 2013 digital library.
Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection. |
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| 100 | 1 | |a Whitfield, Ronald., |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 2 | |a A primer on sustainability : |b in the business environment / |c Ronald Whitfield and Jeanne McNett. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : |b Business Expert Press, |c 2014. | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource (xiv, 153 pages) : |b illustrations. | ||
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| 490 | 1 | |a Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection, |x 2327-3348 | |
| 500 | |a Part of: 2013 digital library. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 506 | 1 | |a Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. | |
| 520 | 3 | |a 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. | |
| 530 | |a Also available in print. | ||
| 538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
| 538 | |a System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. | ||
| 588 | |a Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 3, 2014). | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Sustainability. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Corporations |x Environmental aspects. | |
| 653 | |a sustainability | ||
| 653 | |a precautionary principle | ||
| 653 | |a corporate accountability | ||
| 653 | |a environmental movement | ||
| 653 | |a green washing | ||
| 653 | |a triple bottom line | ||
| 653 | |a sustainable business operations | ||
| 653 | |a sustainable innovation | ||
| 653 | |a sustainable supply chain | ||
| 653 | |a cradle-to-cradle design | ||
| 653 | |a life cycle assessment | ||
| 653 | |a corporate reporting systems | ||
| 653 | |a the global reporting initiative | ||
| 653 | |a the global compact | ||
| 653 | |a the carbon disclosure project | ||
| 653 | |a carbon footprint | ||
| 653 | |a water footprint | ||
| 653 | |a indices on sustainability | ||
| 653 | |a transparency | ||
| 653 | |a stakeholder theory | ||
| 700 | 1 | |a McNett, Jeanne M., |d 1946-, |e author. | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |z 9781606496343 |
| 830 | 0 | |a 2013 digital library. | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection. |x 2327-3348 | |
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