Title Changing course : a global business perspective on development and the environment / Stephan Schmidheiny with the Business Council for Sustainable Development

Published Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 1992 Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1992] ©1992

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Description xxiii, 374 pages ; 23 cm Contents The business of sustainable development -- Pricing the environment : markets, costs, and instruments -- Energy and the marketplace -- Capital markets : financing sustainable development -- Trade and sustainable development -- Managing corporate change -- The innovation process -- Technology cooperation -- Sustainable management of renewable resources : agriculture and forestry -- Leadership for sustainable development in developing countries -- Managing change in business -- Managing business partnerships -- Managing stakeholder partnerships -- Managing financial partnerships -- Managing cleaner production -- Managing cleaner products -- Managing sustainable resource use Summary Focuses on the often adversarial relationship between business and government, discussing full-cost pricing and market signals, energy, capital markets, trade, and managing change. Shows how environmental costs can be factored into production, investment, and trade, in the belief that only by allowing market forces to operate freely and integrating the "polluter pays" principle into environmental and economic policy can sustainable development be achieved Analysis Environment Conservation Role of Industries Environment Conservation Role of Industries Business ethics Case studies Economic development Environmental impact Multinational corporations Overseas item Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Case studies. Economic development -- Environmental aspects. Environmental policy -- Costs -- Case studies. Environmental policy -- Costs. International business enterprises -- Case studies. International business enterprises. Social responsibility of business -- Case studies. Social responsibility of business. Sustainable development. Genre/Form Case studies. Author Schmidheiny, Stephan, 1947- Business Council for Sustainable Development, issuing body LC no. 92006457 ISBN 0262193183 0262691531 (paperback)

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