Green Business

Climate change is one of the most complex, multilayered and interdisciplinary intellectual puzzles facing us today. The questions are numerous. What scientific processes underpin climate change? To what extent is human activity a driver of climate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385527835Author Daniel GolemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm) 202mm...

What does sustainable business and net zero carbon emission mean for businesses globally? How should companies globally transform into sustainable businesses with net zero carbon emissions? This book unpacks the institutional, organisational and...

The Business of Less rewrites the book on business and the environment.For the last thirty years, corporate sustainability was synonymous with the pursuit of 'eco-efficiency' and 'win-win' opportunities. The notion of 'eco-efficiency' gives us the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641373371Author John R BalkamFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint New Degree PressPublisher New Degree PressWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

"As homo sapiens' entry in any intergalactic design competition, industrial civilization would be tossed out at the qualifying round." - David Orr, Earth in Mind Design has built global brands, disrupted industries, and transformed our lives...

Flourishing: A Frank Conversation about Sustainability invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all...

In this second edition of The Spirit of the Soil: Agriculture and Environmental Ethics, Paul B. Thompson reviews four worldviews that shape competing visions for agriculture. Productionists have sought increasing yields-to make two seeds grow where only...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788894484151Author Debora BartoliniFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Digital Transformation InstitutePublisher Digital Transformation...

SHORTLISTED: Project Syndicate 2023 - Sustainability Book Award WINNER: Business Book Awards 2023 - Change & Sustainability Category The case for business sustainability has already been made; organizations can no longer ignore the issue when climate...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061997761Author E F SchumacherFormat PaperbackImprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593087411Author Gero LesonFormat HardbackPage Count 352Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

This casebook demonstrates how companies can design and execute corporate sustainability strategies into their overall business strategy to achieve sustainable transformation. It offers a set of case studies from different industrial sectors such as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903499818Author Paul JacksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Cambridge AcademicPublisher Cambridge Media GroupDimensions(mm) 234mm * 155mm * 20mm

Since this classic book was first published in 2003, sustainability has increasingly been accepted as standard business practice for leading corporations, while the science itself has revealed how human activity has become the dominant force influencing...

Helps clear the clutter so readers can identify the type of investing that best fits their goals and values.About the AuthorR. Scott Arnell is the founding partner of Geneva Capital S.A.), an advisory firm based in Geneva, Switzerland, that specializes...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262048385Author Daniel AronsonFormat HardbackPage Count 312Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Since the democratisation of the clothing industry in the early 19th century, buyers have become increasingly disconnected from the creative and human aspects of the production of clothing. Arguably clothing is now valued less for its aesthetic qualities...

The market for green products has expanded rapidly over the last decade, but most consumers need something more than eco-benefits to motivate their purchases. Magali A. Delmas and David Colgan argue that many green products now offer the total package-a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781990776137Author Katherine Palmer GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Harbour PublishingPublisher Harbour Publishing

What if the harbinger of our greener future was a small power plant set in the middle of nowhere in West Texas? Longtime alternative energy executive Andy Bowman's book makes exactly this case, outlining what he suggests is a more sustainable future for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781734171709Author Adrian ReifFormat PaperbackPage Count 302Imprint Cedar & Sage PressPublisher Cedar & Sage PressWeight(grams) 445gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807008515Author Esha ChhabraFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon Press

Straightforward strategies for achieving sustainable practices and business success in the modern organization In Clean: Lessons from Ecolab's Century of Positive Impact, a team of veteran sustainability experts delivers a practical toolkit for creating...

This ground-breaking research represents the most complete collection yet on how the hospitality industry is addressing sustainability and ethical issues. Covering supply chain management, innovative sustainability initiatives, CSR programmes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780061650765Author Van JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609611804Author Aron CramerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Rodale IncorporatedPublisher Rodale IncorporatedWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 220mm *...

Biomimicry, the practice of observing then mimicking nature's strategies to solve business challenges, offers a path to healthy profit while working in partnership, and even reciprocity, with the natural world. Other books have described biomimicry, its...

Organizations are now recognizing the importance of demand-supply integration to their growth and success. While marketing and supply chain management are an essential part of any business qualification, it is becoming increasingly essential to...

Following the Brexit and Trump election cycles, consistent, long-term policy solutions to environmental and other societal challenges are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve. Stepping into this breach is a clear opportunity for innovation by...

With the sustainability emergency, businesses can no longer give priority to commercial interests (and financial gains) and close their eyes to societal and environmental interests. We need a new, higher perspective to close the gap. We need to formulate...

The world economy today is at an historical inflection point. The neoclassical (industrial) model of economics is self-destructing while a new life-mimicking model, based on radically different assumptions, is emerging. Although rarely acknowledged in...

WINNER: 2020 International Solid Waste Association Publication Award Among other factors, rapid global population growth, our development model and patterns of production and consumption have increased waste generation worldwide to unsustainable...

ESG Rating Agencies and Financial Regulation presents an essential and nuanced understanding of rating agencies through the utilisation of signalling theory. Daniel Cash provides fresh insight on the role of ESG rating agencies in the financial market...

As managers grapple with the challenges of the effects of climate change in a hyper-connected, global economy, they are paying increasing attention to their organisation's resilience - its capacity to survive, adapt, and flourish in the face of turbulent...

This book discusses sustainability within the facility management industry. However, it is not another anthology of so-called best practices and the seemingly endless range of certification schemes. It is also not a (marketing) guide on how to...

Why shouldn't people who deplete our natural assets have to pay and those who protect them reap profits? Conservation-minded entrepreneurs and others around the world are beginning to ask just such a question, as the increasing scarcity of natural...

How much does regulation matter in shaping corporate behavior? This pathbreaking, in-depth study of fourteen pulp manufacturing mills in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand reveals that steadily tightening regulatory standards have been...

The purpose of this open access edited collection is to discuss the role and importance of stakeholder engagement in a sustainable circular economy from multiple theoretical and practical perspectives. Developing and maintaining a circular economy is an...