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Autore |
Avlonas Nikos <1969-> |
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Titolo |
Practical sustainability strategies : how to gain a competitive advantage / / Nikos Avlonas, George P. Nassos |
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Hoboken, New Jersey : , : Wiley, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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ISBN |
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1-118-78737-4 |
1-118-78747-1 |
1-118-78749-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (323 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Business enterprises - Environmental aspects |
Industrial management - Environmental aspects |
Sustainable development |
Social responsibility of business |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Strategies for Implementing Sustainable Development in Businesses provides more than ten sustainable strategies and tools that can be implemented by organizations to improve their competitive business |
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