Business and sustainability /
Michael Blowfield.
- xxv, 363 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Business and Sustainability Overview -- 2. The Sustainability Challenges Confronting Business -- 3. Business in a Resource Constrained World -- 4. 5. Strategy and Execution -- 6. Innovation, Planning, and Design -- 7. Financing Sustainability -- 8. Cooperation, Collaboration, and Partnership -- 9. Next Generation Competencies -- 10. Governance -- 11. Sustainable Consumption and Production -- 12. Looking to the Future.
Climate change, the resource constrained economy, and sustainability in general are amongst the hottest and most problematic topics for contemporary businesses. This book provides a comprehensive overview of how the world's sustainability challenges are affecting and being affected by business.
9780199642984
2012537355
GBB284166
Industrial management--Environmental aspects. Business enterprises--Environmental aspects. Sustainable development. Social responsibility of business. Social entrepreneurship.