UID:
almahu_9949384322102882
Umfang:
1 online resource
ISBN:
9781351720724
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1351720724
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9781315180908
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1315180901
Inhalt:
"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."--Provided by publisher
Anmerkung:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of figure boxes -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- Theme I Business in Nature -- 1 Welcome to the Anthropocene -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Welcome to the Anthropocene -- The new world of the Anthropocene -- The clock is ticking: some general messages -- Great acceleration -- Planetary boundaries -- Population growth -- Global connectivity -- The natural capital and the concept of social-ecological systems -- Human impact and the ecological footprint -- Ecosystem goods and ecosystem services -- Governance for the planet -- United Nations at the turn of the century -- The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report (MA) -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment reports (IPCC-ARx) -- The United Nations Global Compact initiative -- A life of dignity for all" and the Sustainable Development Goals -- The Sustainable Development Goals and the business community -- Resilience -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- 2 Corporate sustainability in the 21st century -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Corporate sustainability in the 21st century -- From global environmental challenges to corporate sustainability: four dominant paradigms -- Dominant social paradigm -- New environmental paradigm -- Dominant sustainability paradigm -- Social-ecological paradigm -- Corporate sustainability: an evolving concept -- Business sustainability 1.0: refined shareholder value management -- Business sustainability 2.0: managing for the triple bottom line -- Business sustainability 3.0: truly sustainable business -- Linking the macro to the micro: the IPAT fundamental equation -- Why do companies engage? -- Corporate sustainability as a market transformation.
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Business megatrends at the beginning of the 21st century -- Why do companies engage? External drivers -- Why do companies engage? Internal drivers -- The business case for sustainability -- Searching for win-win opportunities -- Understanding the concept of business case for sustainability -- Compliance -- Business case of sustainability -- Business case for sustainability -- Beyond the business case -- Analyzing the drivers of the business case -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- Chapter Annex 3 -- 3 The "Business In Nature" concept -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Companies in social-ecological systems -- Framework for analysis -- Social-ecological system accountability: impacts vs effects -- Companies in social-ecological systems -- Business In Nature -- Doing business and doing good -- Extending the boundaries of intervention -- Moving from a focus on environmental impacts to a focus on environmental effects -- Innovating products, services and business models for the future -- Developing collaborative approaches -- Conceptual frameworks for analysis -- Corporate sustainability strategies -- Strategy and sustainability -- Integrating sustainability into strategy: mission, vision and purpose -- Dyllick framework for sustainability strategies -- Reputation-based strategy -- Risk-based strategy -- Efficiency-based strategy -- Innovation-based strategy -- Transformation-based strategy -- Implementing BInN into the value chain -- Focus on production units and internal processes -- Focus on sustainable supply chains -- Focus on designing sustainable products and services -- Focus on new business models -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- Chapter Annex 3 -- Theme II Rethinking the corporate value chain -- 4 Driving production systems sustainable -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Cleaner production.
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Waste management and pollution prevention -- Cleaner production and eco-efficiency -- Best Available Techniques (BATs) -- Environmental management systems -- The appearance of environmental management systems (EMS) -- Environmental management systems (ISO14001 vs EMAS) -- ISO14001:2015 -- European Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS-III) -- The use of Risk Management Systems (RMS) for environmental management -- Risk Management (ISO31000:2009) -- The future of sustainable management systems -- Clean technologies -- The move from eco-efficiency to eco-effectiveness -- Clean technologies -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- Chapter Annex 3 -- 5 Managing sustainable supply chains -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Supply chain management -- Sustainable supply chain -- What is a sustainable supply chain? -- Distinctive features of sustainable supply chains -- Baseline approaches to sustainable supply chain management -- Supply chain risks and sustainability -- Supply chain management: standards, certification, transparency and traceability -- Sustainability standards and certification -- Transparency and traceability -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- Chapter Annex 3 -- 6 Making sustainable products and services -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Sustainable consumption -- From the green consumer to the LOHAS consumer and more -- Environmental campaigns -- Life cycle thinking -- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) -- Definition of the goal and scope -- Life cycle inventory -- Life cycle impact assessment -- Interpretation -- Final report and critical review -- Ecological key performance indicators -- Carbon footprint (CF) -- Water footprint (WF) -- Ecological footprint (EF) -- Environmental product declarations (EPD) -- Design for the Environment (DfE) -- Integrating DfE into the product innovation process.
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Areas of intervention of DfE -- Ecolabelling -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- Chapter Annex 3 -- 7 Innovating business models for sustainability -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Business model -- Business model ontology -- Business model innovation -- Business model for sustainability -- Definitions, normative requirements and conditions -- Business model innovations: examples at industry level -- Energy and electricity -- Mobility and automotive -- Agro-food industry -- Markets for ecosystem services -- Circular economy -- Origin of the circular economy (CE) -- Definition, main features and limits -- Circular business models -- Two types of models -- Circular business models: examples at industry level -- Product life extension -- Servicizing or product to service -- Encourage sufficiency -- Collaborative consumption and sharing platforms -- Resource recovery -- Industrial symbiosis -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- Chapter Annex 3 -- Theme III Corporate sustainability implementation -- 8 Designing and implementing the sustainability plan -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction to the sustainable plan -- Strategy, corporate sustainability and sustainability planning -- The process owner: illustrating the role of the Chief Sustainability Officer -- Designing and preparing the sustainability plan -- Monitoring the external context: understanding the signals -- Defining the scope and the priorities -- The scoping process -- How to identify priorities -- Engaging the organization -- Defining the goals and the targets -- Establish actions, tasks and execution -- Monitoring and reporting -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- Chapter Annex 3 -- Epilogue -- Index.
Weitere Ausg.:
Print version: Corporate sustainability in the 21st century. London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019 ISBN 9781138744592
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315180908
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