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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 (xiv, 153 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9781606496350 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781606496343 (paperback)

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

Print version: ISBN 9781606496343

Part of: 2014 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.

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..

* carbon footprint * corporate accountability * corporate reporting systems * cradle-to-cradle design * environmental movement * green washing * indices on sustainability * life cycle assessment * precautionary principle * stakeholder theory * sustainability * sustainable business operations * sustainable innovation * sustainable supply chain * the carbon disclosure project * the global compact * the global reporting initiative * transparency * triple bottom line * water footprint

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