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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817456803321

Autore

Epstein Marc J.

Titolo

Making sustainability work : best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental, and economic impacts / / Marc J. Epstein and Adriana Rejc Buhovac ; with forewords by John Elkington and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco : , : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., , 2014

ISBN

1-351-27642-5

1-351-27644-1

1-351-27643-3

1-78539-976-4

1-60994-995-1

1-60994-994-3

Edizione

[Second edition, completely revised and updated.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvii, 305 pages) : illustrations

Collana

BK business book

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

658.4/08

Soggetti

Social responsibility of business

Corporations - Environmental aspects

Industries - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A Greenleaf Publishing Book"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of cases, figures, and tables -- Foreword from the first edition / John Elkington, SustainAbility -- Foreword from the first edition / Herman B. Dutch Leonard, Harvard Business School -- Preface -- Introduction: improving sustainability and financial performance in global corporations -- Leadership, organizational culture, and strategy for corporate sustainability -- Organizing for sustainability -- Costing, capital investments, and the integration of sustainability risks -- Performance measurement, evaluation, and reward systems -- The foundations for measuring social, environmental, and economic impacts -- Implementing a social, environmental, and economic impact measurement system -- Improving corporate processes, products, and projects for corporate sustainability -- External sustainability reporting and verification -- The benefits of sustainability for corporations and



society -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Now completely updated, Making Sustainability Work is the bible for applying real metrics and best practices to the often-nebulous realm of business sustainability. Mark Epstein and Adriana Rejc Buhovac provide concrete tools for measuring and increasing social and environmental impacts in a manner that businesses can understand and put to real use.