Corporate Sustainability in the 21st Century
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Corporate Sustainability in the 21st Century

Increasing the Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems

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eBook - ePub

Corporate Sustainability in the 21st Century

Increasing the Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems

About this book

Corporate sustainability needs a rethink. We have entered the human-influenced Anthropocene age, and we are witnessing accelerating changes in earth system processes. Businesses' current initiatives, such as product innovation and pollution reduction, are not enough to combat the intensifying social-ecological challenges that face us.

Corporate Sustainability in the 21st Century is an innovative new textbook which provides a fresh conceptual framework for understanding and engaging with sustainability, now and in the future – "Business In Nature." This book critically discusses key concepts and topics related to corporate sustainability, with a focus on corporate sustainability strategies and corporate value chains. Setting itself apart from existing books, it introduces ideas from global ecology and the natural sciences to provide readers with a new language for discussing business and sustainability.

This book maintains an international perspective throughout, with a wealth of examples, case studies and discussion questions. It will be a valuable text for students of corporate sustainability; business, nature and society; and environmental studies, and will also be useful for managers seeking a new perspective on how being "green" can fit with business goals.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781138744592
eBook ISBN
9781351720724
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Business General
Index
Business

Index

#SDGAction1020 164
3M 137–8, 141
4C Association 197, 198
AccountAbility Standards 53
accounting 17, 19, 63, 94–5, 165, 236, 272, 276, 332, 334
accounting framework 94
Acer 245
adaptability 31, 33, 38, 91
Adidas 126, 212, 291, 340
ADVANCE guide 143–4, 146, 172
agrofood industy 193
Airbnb 86, 266, 289
Amazon 180, 266, 272
American Chemistry Council 148
American Petroleum Institute 148
American Society of Quality Control 134
Amnesty 189
Anderson, R. 79
Anthropocene 3–7, 8, 15, 32–4, 36, 47, 53, 73, 77, 91, 93, 107, 120, 124–5, 160, 194, 263, 292, 346
Apple 126, 176, 180, 210, 264, 320
Aquafil 291
ASSET4 340
Audi 274
audit 149, 150, 152, 155, 156, 158, 190, 196, 198
Autolib’/Bolloré 295
Ban Ki-moon 26–7, 29, 56
Barilla 126, 200, 210, 237–8, 239, 240, 252, 260
Barney, J.B. 110
barriers 126, 217, 220–1, 243, 249, 252, 254, 291, 313
BASF 326
Baumgartner, R.J. 116
Bendigo bank 270
Bershka 180
best available techniques 133, 139, 146
best available technologies 135, 170
best practices 89, 139, 140, 201, 2...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. List of figure boxes
  9. List of tables
  10. List of boxes
  11. Foreword
  12. Preface
  13. Acknowledgements
  14. About the authors
  15. Theme I Business in Nature
  16. 3 The "Business In Nature" concept
  17. Theme II Rethinking the corporate value chain
  18. 5 Managing sustainable supply chains
  19. 6 Making sustainable products and services
  20. 7 Innovating business models for sustainability
  21. Theme III Corporate sustainability implementation
  22. Epilogue
  23. Index