Title The triple bottom line, does it all add up? : assessing the sustainability of business and CSR / edited by Adrian Henriques and Julie Richardson

Published London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 186 pages) : illustrations Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes -- List of Contributors -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Introduction: Triple Bottom Line -- Does it All Add Up? -- History and theory -- Governing and governance -- Metaphorical practice -- Good practice -- Chapter 1: Enter the Triple Bottom Line -- Seven drivers -- Three pressure waves -- The chrysalis economy -- Some implications for governments -- Chapter 2: Triple Bottom Line: A Review of the Literature -- Introduction -- TBL as a management tool -- TBL as a reporting tool -- Conclusions -- Chapter 3: CSR, Sustainability and the Triple Bottom Line -- Introduction -- Environmental, social, economic: is that it? -- What about the real bottom line? -- Do we need a capitalist system? -- The significance of diversity -- Conclusions -- Chapter 4: Accounting for Sustainability: Measuring Quantities or Enhancing Qualities? -- Introduction -- Sustainability accounting: a short exploration -- The triple bottom line: does it all add up? -- Moving towards a systemic approach -- Notes -- Chapter 5: Tracking Global Governance and Sustainability: Is the System Working? -- Introduction -- Global governance -- The boundary question -- Who is taking stock globally? -- The indicator question -- So, what does it all add up to? -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Locating the Government's Bottom Line -- Chapter 7: Towards Reporting on the Triple Bottom Line: Mirages, Methods and Myths -- Introduction -- Voluntary? Reporting? -- Responsibility, accountability and meaning -- Triple bottom line -- Sustainability? Reporting? -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 8: Good Intentions -- Bad Outcomes? The Broken Promise of CSR Reporting -- Business being business -- Government limitations -- The dance of the slaves -- Breaking ranks -- Conclusions -- Chapter 9: What a Fine Mess! Moving Beyond Simple Puzzle-solving for Sustainable Development -- Introduction -- First steps -- Straight lines and emerging messes -- Philosophy, psychology and the triple bottom line -- Transforming the patterns of 'puzzle-solving' (Kuhn, 1996) -- 'There is nothing so practical as a good theory' (Kurt Lewin) -- Puzzle-solving 'in here' -- Because there is no business-as-usual case -- Notes -- Chapter 10: Environmental Cost Accounting: Coming of Age? Tracking Organizational Performance Towards Environmental Sustainability -- Introduction -- What is environmental accounting? -- Internal environmental cost accounting -- External cost accounting -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 11: Sustainability Assessment Model: Modelling Economic, Resource, Environmental and Social Flows of a Project -- Introduction -- Sustainability Assessment Model (SAM) -- Using SAM -- Conclusions -- Notes -- Chapter 12: Social Capital at Work: A Manager's Guide -- Introduction -- Defining social capital -- The business benefits of creative trust -- Social capital at work -- How to manage and measure social capital -- Notes -- Chapter 13: What if Business as Usual Won't Work? -- The role of standards in c Summary In this text leading experts examine the implications of the idea of the "triple bottom line"--The business strategy that delivers simultaneous financial, social and environmental benefits - showing what it has already achieved by stimulating change and bringing business to appreciate the importance and benefits of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and good environmental performance. They then go beyond this to explore the limits of the metaphor and what remains to be done through regulation and legislation and with detailed professional procedures in environmental accounting and management and social auditing. They show how much more attention is now being focused by business on delivering more than just financial targets, and make clear where the next steps must be taken in continuing along this trajectory Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Social responsibility of business. Industrial management -- Environmental aspects. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Sustainable Development. Entreprises. Politique de l'entreprise. Rôle social. Responsabilité sociale de l'entreprise. Ethique. Equité. Développement durable. Protection de l'environnement. Industrial management -- Environmental aspects Social responsibility of business Soziale Verantwortung Umweltbezogenes Management Umweltethik Umweltökonomie Unternehmensethik Wirtschaftsethik Sociale verantwoordelijkheid. Bedrijfsleven. Ecologische aspecten. Genre/Form Electronic books Aufsatzsammlung. Form Electronic book Author Henriques, Adrian, 1954- Richardson, Julie LC no. 2003022772 ISBN 9781849773348 1849773343 9781844070169 1844070166 9781844070152 1844070158 9781136551673 1136551670 1280476044 9781280476044 1417542764 9781417542765 6610476047 9786610476046 9781136551635 1136551638 9781136551680 1136551689 6000000111 9786000000110

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