Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Climate Capitalism
Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Believe in climate change. Or don't. It doesn't matter.
But you'd better understand this: the best route to rebuilding our economy, our cities, and our job markets, as well as assuring national security, is doing precisely what you would do if you were scared to death about climate change....
Social and Environmental Dimensions of Organizations and Supply Chains
Tradeoffs and Synergies
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
This book focuses on environmental and social factors in international supply chains and industry networks. It explores whether socially-responsible and environmentally-conscious operations are complementary or conflictive to economic targets. The book elaborates on innovative approaches to manage...
Competitive Business, Caring Business
An Integral Business Perspective for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2002
Competitive Business, Caring Business is designed to provide managers and executives with new tools and methods for finding personal satisfaction in their unique contributions to the teams, companies, or industries they serve. The author, Daryl Paulson, the CEO of BioScience Laboratories, Inc., has successfully...
The Practical Guide to Corporate Social Responsibility
Do the Right Thing
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Corporate social responsibility has gained substantial traction in recent decades but many still struggle with conveying the importance of integrating ethics and environmental and social values within the demands of a business world understandably concerned with making profit. First published in 2009...
High-Hanging Fruit
Build Something Great by Going Where No One Else Will
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Grabbing the low-hanging fruit is no longer acceptable. ZICO Coconut Water founder Mark Rampolla argues that when you choose to reach higher, you can build an incredible business, be profitable, and maybe even change the world.
In 2004, Mark Rampolla was successful by most standards. There...
by Maciej M Sokołowski
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2016
Since the very beginning of European integration, electricity has been within the legal sphere of the EU. Much of this is found within the binding European acts making up the framework of the Energy Packages. The established legal institutions have had a significant impact on the shape of the energy...
Tourism, Globalisation and Cultural Change
An Island Community Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2004
In what ways does tourism change the host community? This book offers original insights into the broad and deep influences of tourism, and places them within the historical context of globalisation. Intensive fieldwork spanning many years on a Canary Island has produced a rich portrayal of the community,...
by Andrew J. Hoffman
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Though the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue remain fiercely polarized. These conversations have become a rhetorical contest, one where opposing sides try to achieve victory through playing on fear, distrust, and intolerance. At its heart,...
by David Kerr
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2012
The world around us is comprised of systems - organisational systems, business systems, political systems, family systems, inter-personal systems, biological systems, economic systems - the list goes on.This eBook, written by an experienced systems thinker and consultant, helps the reader develop an...
by Daniel Goleman
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Language: Spanish
Release Date: June 1, 2010
Arguing that consumers and manufacturers share the responsibility for a cleaner and healthier environment, this eloquent and timely discussion urges the former to balance the market toward designs, ingredients, and technologies that reflect their ecological sensibilities, while exhorting the latter...
The Future of Packaging
From Linear to Circular
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Outstanding Book of the Year gold medalist and “Most Likely to Save the Planet” from the Independent Book Publisher Awards.
Tom Szaky sets out to do the impossible – eliminate all waste. This book paints a future of a “circular economy” that relies on responsible reuse and recycling...
by Richard Douthwaite and Gillian Fallon. Editors
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The financial crisis that has blighted the world's richest countries since 2008 was a turning point in human history because it ushered in an era in which economies will tend to shrink rather than grow. Incomes will decline because the natural resources required for growth particularly oil the lifeblood...
Mid-Course Correction Revisited
The Story and Legacy of a Radical Industrialist and his Quest for Authentic Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2019
The original Mid-Course Correction, published 20 years ago, became a classic in the sustainability field. It put forth a new vision for what its author, Ray C. Anderson, called the “prototypical company of the 21st century”—a restorative company that does no harm to society or the environment....
Occupy World Street
A Global Roadmap for Radical Economic and Political Reform
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Ordinary citizens the world over have long paid the price for the swashbuckling behavior of the corporate and political elite. We've seen the reigning establishment widen the gap between rich and poor, champion endless growth on a finite planet, wreak havoc on developing nations, and ravage ecosystems...