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Author Epstein, Marc J.

Title Making sustainability work : best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental and economic impacts / Marc J. Epstein ; with forewords by John Elkington and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
Edition 1st ed
Published Sheffield, UK : Greenleaf Pub. ; San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (288 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction: improving social and financial performance in global corporations -- A new framework for implementing corporate sustainability -- Leadership and strategy for corporate sustainability -- Organizing for sustainability -- Costing, capital investments, and the integration of social risk -- Performance evaluation and reward systems -- The foundations for measuring social, environmental, and economic impacts -- Implementing a social, environmental, and economic impact measurement system -- Improving corporate processes, products, and projects for corporate sustainability -- External sustainability reporting and verification -- The benefits of sustainability for corporations and society
Summary "The best practices in corporate sustainability performance are no longer the exclusive domain of companies like Ben & Jerry's or The Body Shop, as they were a decade ago; now, large, multinational companies like G.E. and Wal-Mart are leading the way with significant financial and organizational commitments to social and environmental issues. However, good intentions aren't enough. Whether motivated by concern for society and the environment, government regulation, stakeholder pressures, or economic profit, managers and strategists need to continue making significant changes to more effectively manage their social, economic, and environmental impacts - and to remain competitive. The guidance they need to do that is in this book." "Marc Epstein has produced the ultimate "how-to-do-it" guide for corporate leaders, strategists, academics, sustainability consultants, and anyone else with an interest in actually making sustainability work for organizations. With a growing number of corporate leaders asking for urgent help in "getting this done," the timing of the book could not be better."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-281) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Social responsibility of business.
Corporations -- Environmental aspects
Industries -- Environmental aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development.
Corporations -- Environmental aspects
Industries -- Environmental aspects
Social responsibility of business
Duurzaamheid (algemeen)
Strategisch management.
Financieel management.
Internationalisatie.
Nachhaltige Entwicklung -- Corporate governance.
Corporate governance -- Nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Nachhaltige Entwicklung -- Unternehmensführung.
Unternehmensführung -- Nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Unternehmen -- Verantwortung.
Verantwortung -- Unternehmen.
Umweltmanagement.
Nachhaltigkeit.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781605093826
1605093823
9781609944353
1609944356