03590nam 2200721 450 991081883560332120200520144314.01-118-78737-41-118-78747-11-118-78749-8(CKB)2550000001150938(EBL)1471872(OCoLC)861080990(SSID)ssj0001002309(PQKBManifestationID)11532426(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001002309(PQKBWorkID)10997553(PQKB)10644090(OCoLC)872617610(MiAaPQ)EBC1471872(DLC) 2013028160(Au-PeEL)EBL1471872(CaPaEBR)ebr10784806(CaONFJC)MIL540322(OCoLC)866835881(MiAaPQ)EBC7147472(Au-PeEL)EBL7147472(PPN)196610796(EXLCZ)99255000000115093820131105d2014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrPractical sustainability strategies how to gain a competitive advantage /Nikos Avlonas, George P. Nassos1st ed.Hoboken, New Jersey :Wiley,2014.©20141 online resource (323 p.)Includes index.1-118-25044-3 Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.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?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 advantage, while also providing a positive impact to the community and workplace. This vital book for R&D chemists and engineers and process designers provides economic justification of sustainability with examples. Case studies based on the authors' vast experience with many leading companies illustrate each sustainable strategy.Business enterprisesEnvironmental aspectsIndustrial managementEnvironmental aspectsSustainable developmentSocial responsibility of businessBusiness enterprisesEnvironmental aspects.Industrial managementEnvironmental aspects.Sustainable development.Social responsibility of business.658.4/083Avlonas Nikos1969-1723619Nassos George P892939MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818835603321Practical sustainability strategies4125019UNINA