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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828377303321

Autore

Whitfield Ronald

Titolo

A primer on sustainability : in the business environment / / Ronald Whitfield and Jeanne McNett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : , : Business Expert Press, , 2014

ISBN

1-60649-635-2

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Collana

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

Disciplina

658.408

Soggetti

Sustainability

Corporations - Environmental aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Part of: 2014 digital library.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.