Format:
Book
Title:
The business of sustainability : trends, policies, practices, and stories of success / [edited by] Scott G. McNall, James C. Hershauer, and George Basile.
Publisher, Date:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2011.
Description:
3 v. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Summary:
"This three-volume set is a landmark comprehensive overview of the business of sustainability, providing 56 separate chapters from leaders in business, non-profit organizations, and from within the academic and policy world"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:
Social responsibility of business.
Sustainability.
Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
Other Author:
McNall, Scott G.
Hershauer, James C.
Basile, George.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
V I: Global challenges and opportunities. Understanding the challenges and the limits of Earth systems. Systems-based strategic approach to sustainable enterprise : requirements, utility, and limits / George Basile, Göran Broman, Karl-Henrik Robèrt -- Understanding and valuing natural resources : the need for an ecological economic perspective / Thomas M. Power -- Wealth of thirsty nations / Montgomery F. Simus, James G. Workman -- Nature of a sustainable business. Sustainable enterprise for the 21st century / Jeana Wirtenberg -- Is social equity achievable? Might nature's most abundant crop end hunger? / Mark Edwards -- Managing the values of sustainability. Framing sustainability within an ethic of accountability / Jesse Dillard -- Beyond good versus evil : hedge fund investing, capital markets, and the sustainability challenge / Jed Emerson -- Managing business from a values-based perspective / Willie E. Hopkins -- Role of governments and the legal framework for sustainability. Role of government in advancing sustainable business practices / Jennifer H. Allen -- Adaptation or mitigation : the approach to rapid climate change / Nico Stehr, Markus Rhomberg -- Legal framework for sustainability : when equity calls / Bonnie Persons -- Changing behavior and organizations. Will your next sustainability mistake be fatal? / Robert E. Mittelstaedt Jr. -- Human behavior and sustainability : what is possible? / Scott G. McNall -- Higher education's role in developing leadership for a just, secure, and sustainable future / Anthony D. Cortese -- How do we create a sustainable future? Third industrial revolution : becoming energy independent and carbon neutral / Woodrow W. Clark II -- Policy to cool a fevered planet / Gar Lipow -- Energy efficiency and efficacy : America's path to sustainability and self-sufficiency / Thomas E. Kiser -- Innovating from life / Adrian A. Smith, Adelheid Fischer.
V.II: Global supply web. Designing sustainable global supply webs. Being strategic about sustainability : a pragmatic guide / George Basile -- "Heretical" innovation : tough questions to create new value / Andrew Winston -- Design for a sustainable future / Terry Irwin -- Redesigning the bottom line : how design thinking can help business become sustainable / Phil Hamlett, Barbara Sudick -- Sustainable engineering and industrial ecology / Brad Allenby -- Creating sustainable entrepreneurship / Bradley D. Parrish, Fiona Tilley -- Business leadership in advancing safer chemicals and products in supply chains / Joel Tickner, Melissa Coffin -- Managing responsible global supply networks. Designing socially responsible supply networks : creating an environmental management system design / Dan L. Shunk -- Green purchasing policy development and implementation by higher education / Brian K. Yeoman -- Role of the chief purchasing/supply office in sustainable business practice / Phillip L. Carter, James C. Hershauer -- Sustainable marketing and marketing sustainability / Eric J. Arnould, Melea Press -- Aligning consumer decisions and sustainable energy objectives : energy efficiency in the residential retrofit market / Charlie Wilson, Hadi Dowlatabadi -- Making it happen : a practical guide to achieving energy sustainability and self-sufficiency / Thomas E. Kiser -- Sustainable, clean, carbon-neutral bioenergy while cleaning air and water / Mark Edwards -- Metrics and supply chain transparency. Making greenhouse gas management practical for business / Christopher L. Weber, Andreas Vogel, H. Scott Matthews -- Wind power, energy technology, and environmental impact assessment / Hannes M. Hapke ... [et. al] -- Metrics-driven sustainability / James Niemann -- Regulatory compliance, sustainability, and transparency in the supply chain / Robert Johnson.
V. 3: Road to sustainability -- Energy. Solarizing a university campus: developing solar through third-party partnerships / Dave Brixen, John Riley, Bonny Bentzin -- Sustainable local governments : choices made and good practices / Dimitrios Laloudakis -- Energy efficiency implementation by Professional Supply, Inc. / Thomas E. Kiser -- New technologies and innovation. Automotive industry case study / James C. Hershauer -- Ecotechnology : the Intel approach to sustainability / Todd Brady, John Harland, Theodore D. Reichelt -- Carbolytic Materials Company : creating a business to enhance the environment / Stanley G. Schaffer -- Businesses coming together to solve safer chemistry challenges : innovation through the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council / Melissa Coffin, Joel Tickner -- Green building industry. Market transformation : the green building story / Christine Ervin -- Combining passion, ethics, and business opportunities : the case of GreenLite Development / Aaron Halimi -- Food and beverage industries. Food security in an era of climate change / Mark Edwards -- Lundberg Family Farms / Jessica Lundberg -- Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. : from home brew and dumpster diving to leadership in sustainability / Scott G. McNall -- Napa Valley : a journey to preserve America's first agricultural preserve / Remi Cohen -- Changing practices, saving resources, and solving problems through sustainability. Sustainable transportation management practices / Will Toor -- Recology : eliminating waste from the American vocabulary / Malaika Thorne -- Global impact entrepreneurship : a case study of Light for Africa / Dan O'Neill -- Role of governments, public agencies, and native peoples. Defining roles of different levels of government on climate change : the case of California / Louise Bedsworth, Ellen Hanak -- Stewardship, ownership, and sustainability / Gene A. Keluche -- Transforming entire organizations. Greening maroon and gold : sustainability practices at Arizona State University / Ray Jensen, Bonny Bentzin -- Middlebury College's commitment to sustainability : changing culture as a learning process / Nan Jenks-Jay, Jack Byrne.
LCCN:
2011028288
ISBN:
9780313384943 (hardback : alk. paper)
0313384940 (hardback : alk. paper)
Other Number:
712115023
System Availability:
3
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
3
Control Number:
1028114
Call Number:
658.4/08
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
3
# System items in:
3