Sustainable Development category: 1942 books
Nachhaltige Gewerbegebiete
Ein Fallbeispiel
Language: German
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich VWL - Umweltökonomie, Note: 1,3, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), Veranstaltung: Der demographische Wandel in den Kommunen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Wie können die - sowohl im politischen Raum als...
A Global Corporate Trust for Agroecological Integrity
New Agriculture in a World of Legitimate Eco-states
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2019
This book examines global environmental governance and how legal, institutional, and conceptual reform can facilitate a transformation to a new ‘natural-systems’ form of agriculture.
Profound global climate disruption makes it essential that we replace our current agricultural system –...
Pensare sostenibile
Una bella impresa
Language: Italian
Release Date: March 12, 2018
Stiamo attraversando un momento critico della storia della Terra, un periodo in cui il futuro sembra portare con sé grandi pericoli e piccole promesse. Che cosa può aiutarci a rovesciare la proporzione? Una strada efficace sembra quella di una riprogrammazione culturale, di un nuovo modo di pensare...
Overdressed
The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Until recently, Elizabeth Cline was a typical American consumer. She’d grown accustomed to shopping at outlet malls, discount stores like T.J. Maxx, and cheap but trendy retailers like Forever 21, Target, and H&M. She was buying a new item of clothing almost every week (the national average...
by Simon Mainwaring
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2011
Named Strategy + Business best marketing book of 2011
A social media expert with global experience with many of the world's biggest brands -including Nike, Toyota and Motorola-Simon Mainwaring offers a visionary new practice in which brands leverage social media to earn consumer goodwill, loyalty...
by Sim Van der Ryn, Stuart Cowan
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
Ecological Design is a landmark volume that helped usher in an exciting new era in green design and sustainability planning. Since its initial publication in 1996, the book has been critically important in sparking dialogue and triggering collaboration across spatial scales and design professions...
Force of Nature
The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
What happens when a renowned river guide teams up with the CEO of one of the largest and least Earth-friendly corporations in the world? When it's former Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott and white-water expert turned sustainability consultant Jib Ellison, the result is nothing less than a green business...
Lobbying for Good
How Business Advocacy Can Accelerate the Delivery of a Sustainable Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The business case for sustainability or corporate responsibility will never be strong enough to support an isolated business in its competition against the unscrupulous. The progressive vanguard reaches a point where it can advance no further without rendering itself uncompetitive. That is, unless...
by Maryann Huk
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2014
Schwartz Living Market located on East Carson Street in Pittsburgh's Nationally recognized historic South Side neighborhood has brought an exciting and challenging change to what a retail space is all about. Not just a store front space to find healthful and sustainable products and services...
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility
Sustainable Value Creation
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Sustainable Value Creation redefines corporate social responsibility (CSR) as being central to the value-creating purpose of the firm. Based on a theory of empowered stakeholders, this bestselling text argues that the ‘responsibility’ of a corporation...
by Tom Bender
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
The Economics of True Sustainability
Here they are - the elements of truly sustainable economics that have been purposefully hidden from us. Happily, the principles of this new economics are simple, and understandable in plain English, and profoundly more beneficial than what we've had.
The...
The Business of Global Energy Transformation
Saving Billions through Sustainable Models
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
One of the first books to analyze business and financial aspects of sustainable transport and fuels systems and provides novel insights for researchers, managers, and politicians who work in energy and sustainability related areas.
The Scorecard Solution
Measure What Matters and Drive Sustainable Growth
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
There’s no such thing as a healthy plateau. In today’s high-pressure environment, simply “making the numbers” is no longer enough to remain competitive. Instead, exceeding expectations, raising the already high bar, and achieving more than others thought possible is the new path toward sustaining...
Flourishing Enterprise
The New Spirit of Business
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
The notion of responsible business has infiltrated our markets, and "going green" is now a part of our mindset. But, sustainability as we know it is not enough. Flourishing—the aspiration that humans and life in general will thrive on the planet forever—should be a key goal for every...