Practical sustainability strategies : how to gain a competitive advantage /
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Wiley,
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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? |