Business and the sustainability challenge : an integrated perspective / [printed text] / Peter N. Nemetz, Author . - New York : Routledge, 2013 . - xxiv, 535 p. : ill (b & w) ; 26 cm.
ISBN : 978-0-415-88241-5

Class number:	658.4083
Abstract:	It is vitally important for businesses to have a holistic understanding of the many issues surrounding and shaping sustainability, from competitors to government and political factors, to economics and ecological science. This integrated textbook for MBA and senior-level undergraduates offers a comprehensive overview of the issues of sustainability as they relate to business and influence corporate strategy. It also features a wide range of cases and an extensive discussion of tools to incorporate sustainability issues into strategic decision making, helping instructors and students to build and then apply a solid understanding of sustainability in business.
Contents note:	Preface Chapter 1. Book Outline and Rationale; Part 1: Foundations Chapter 2. A brief historical overview of economic development and the environment, Part 1 - Pre and Post Agricultural Revolution Chapter 3. A brief historical overview of economic development and the environment, Part 2 - The Industrial Revolution and Sequel Appendix: A Primer on Input-Output Analysis; Chapter 4. What Are We Trying to Achieve? Measuring Wealth and Well-being Appendix One: The World Bank's Calculation of Total Wealth Appendix Two: Well-being indicator variables used by the OECD; Chapter 5. An Overview of Environmental Economics Appendix One: Case Study of Sulfur Dioxide Trading the U.S. Appendix Two: The TRI and its Effects; Chapter 6. An Outline of Ecological Economics Appendix One: Valuing Ecosystem Services of North America's Boreal Forest Appendix Two: Case Study of Thai Shrimp Farming; Chapter 7. Cost-Benefit Analysis and Measuring Environmental Benefits Appendix One: Applying Evaluation Methodology - Case Study of the U.S Clean Air Act Appendix Two: Placing a Value on Ecosystem Services - Case Study of New York City's Water Supply Appendix Three: A Brief Overview of Multi-Attribute Decision Making; Chapter 8. Placing a Value on Human Life Appendix: Philip Morris' Report to the Government of Czechoslovakia; Chapter 9. Risk Analysis and the Precautionary Principle Appendix One: Two classic examples of the framing of risk Appendix Two: The Precautionary Principle and Global Warming; Chapter 10. Some Relevant Ecological Principles ; Part 2: The Private Sector Chapter 11. A Brief History of Corporate Response to Sustainability Issues; Chapter 12. Waste to Profits: The Case of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Ltd.; Chapter 13. Designing the Corporation of the 21st Century. Case Study of Interface Inc.; Chapter 14. Assessing Interface Inc. Appendix: A Note on Assessing the Credibility of Corporate Sustainability Reporting; Chapter 15. Eco-efficiency and other paradigms; Chapter 16. Closing the Loop: Mimicking Nature - Biomimicry and Industrial Ecology; Chapter 17. Thinking Systemically (I) Mass Balances and Industrial Metabolism; Chapter 18. Thinking Systematically (II) Life-Cycle Analysis; Chapter 19. Thinking Systemically (III): Carbon Accounting; Chapter 20. Thinking Systematically (IV): LCA, Carbon Footprinting and Input-Output Analysis; Chapter 21. The Search for Innovative Business Models. Case Study of Ooteel Forest Products Ltd.; Chapter 22. Assessing Ooteel's Strategic Options Appendix: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED); Chapter 23. Defining Sustainability and its Components. Case Study of Suncor Ltd.; Chapter 24. Assessing Suncor Ltd. Appendix: A brief note on carbon capture and storage; Chapter 25. Internalizing Sustainability into Corporate Strategy; Chapter 26. Social Enterprise and the Social Return to Investment; Chapter 27. Sustainability and Corporate Culture; Chapter 28. Afterword