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ONLINE

First edition

New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2014

1 online resource (xxiii, 173 pages)

ISBN 9781606494202 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781606494196 (paperback)

Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection, ISSN 2327-3348

Print version: ISBN 9781606494196

Part of: 2014 digital library

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index

1. Systems simplified -- 2. What is meant by sustainability and who defines it -- 3. Systems and sustainability -- 4. Commerce as a system -- 5. Why industry is crucial to sustainability -- 6. Corporate sustainability frameworks, metrics, and indices -- 7. Where to start in your business -- Notes -- References -- Index.

We live in an increasingly global economy in which the effects of shrunken economies, broadened communication, and widespread meteorological incidents associated with climate change are leaving virtually no one untouched. As a result, a working knowledge of concepts such as the triple bottom line and sustainability have become mandatory. Systems thinking, foundational for grasping these concepts, is based on transdisciplinary theories, deriving in part from biology, physics, economics, philosophy, computer science, engineering, geography, and other sciences. Specifically it is the study of systems, including all life-forms, climate phenomena, and even in human learning and organizational processes, that regulate themselves through feedback..

* corporate citizenship * corporate social responsibility * corporate sustainability * green business practices * metrics options * stakeholder management * sustainable business

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