Practical sustainability strategies : how to gain a competitive advantage /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Avlonas, Nikos, 1969- (Author)
Group Author: Nassos, George P.
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Hoboken New Jersey :
Publication Dates: [2014]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xvi, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781118250440 (cloth) :
1118250443 (cloth)
Index Number: HD30
CLC: F270-05
X322
Call Number: X322/A959
Contents: Urgency to adopt sustainability -- Development of sustainability concept and CSR -- The C.E.R.E.S. and other principles -- The natural step -- Eco-effective vs. eco-efficient: sustainability vs. being "less bad" -- Extended product responsibility and "servicizing" -- Systems thinking leads to "tunneling through the cost barrier" -- Environmental innovation through biomimicry -- Base of the pyramid -- Sustaining fisheries -- Green buildings -- Green chemistry, nanotechnology and big hairy audacious goal -- Sustainability and beyond -- Standards and guidelines for managing sustainability -- The corporation and its stakeholders -- Sustainability reporting -- Metrics for sustainability -- Life cycle analysis and carbon footprint -- Water footprint -- Green marketing, communication and green washing -- Epilogue : where do we go now?