Practical sustainability strategies : how to gain a competitive advantage / Nikos Avlonas, Founder and President Center for Sustainability & Excellence, George P. Nassos, Principal George P. Nassos & Associates, Inc.
2014
HD30.255
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Title
Practical sustainability strategies : how to gain a competitive advantage / Nikos Avlonas, Founder and President Center for Sustainability & Excellence, George P. Nassos, Principal George P. Nassos & Associates, Inc.
Author
ISBN
9781118787373 (epub)
1118787374 (epub)
9781118787496 (pdf)
1118787498 (pdf)
9781118787472 (electronic bk.)
1118787471 (electronic bk.)
1118250443
9781118250440
9781118250440 (cloth)
1118787374 (epub)
9781118787496 (pdf)
1118787498 (pdf)
9781118787472 (electronic bk.)
1118787471 (electronic bk.)
1118250443
9781118250440
9781118250440 (cloth)
Published
Hoboken New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Call Number
HD30.255
System Control No.
(OCoLC)852763674
Summary
This book provides tested and proven practical strategies that make it possible for organizations to develop, maintain, or extend their competitive advantage without causing harm to the environment and society. It explains how to set goals and objectives and then monitor, measure, and report on progress towards achieving corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability. Readers will discover that this can all be accomplished while, at the same time, improving bottom-line profitability. Case studies based on the authors' research and fieldwork illustrate how leading companies have implemented each of the sustainability strategies discussed in the book. There is also an appendix with additional case studies exploring various aspects of business practices and sustainability. -- Edited summary from book.
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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?
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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Print version: Avlonas, Nikos, 1969- Practical sustainability strategies. Hoboken New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014]
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