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    Global sustainability as a business imperative / edited by James A.F. Stoner and Charles Wankel.

    Contributor(s): Stoner, James Arthur Finch, 1935- | Wankel, CharlesMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Palgrave series on global sustainability: Publisher: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, ©2010Description: xvii, 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780230102811; 0230102816Subject(s): Sustainable development | Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects | Social responsibility of business | Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects | Social responsibility of business | Sustainable developmentDDC classification: 658.4/083 LOC classification: HC79.E5 | .G597148 2010
    Contents:
    How business, resources, and people fit together in a sustainability model / James A.F. Stoner and Charles Wankel -- Business logic for sustainability / Aileen M. Ionescu-Somers -- Sustainability as a business model / Wendy Stubbs -- Investing in sustainable entrepreneurship and business ventures in the developing world : key lessons and experiences of the ecoenterprises fund / Tammy E. Newmark and Jacob Park -- Sustainability in business curricula : toward a deeper understanding and -- Implementation / Blanca Luisa Delgado-Márquez, J. Alberto Aragón-Correa, and Nuria E. Hurtado-Torres -- The contribution of interdisciplinary skills to the sustainability of business : when artists, engineers, and managers work together to serve enterprises / Vera Ivanaj and Silvester Ivanaj -- Public disclosure of corporate environmental performance : pollutant releases and transfer registers (PRTRS) / Javier Delgado-Ceballos and Antonio Rueda-Manzanares -- The adjustment of corporate governance structures for global sustainability / Natalia Ortiz-de-Mandojana, Javier Aguilera-Caracuel, and J. Alberto Aragón-Correa -- Taxes and sustainability / John L. Stancil -- Why changing the way we use energy is essential for global sustainability / Richard H. Jones -- From carbon to carbohydrates : toward sustainability in the plastics industry / Avrath Chadha -- Informal waste-pickers in Latin America : sustainable and equitable solutions in the dumps / Candace A. Martinez -- Sustainability of the wine industry: New Zealand, Australia, and the United States / Anatoly Zhuplev and Cynthia Aguirre -- New trends for sustainable consumption : the farmer's market as a business imperative for the re-education of consumers / Alessio Cavicchi and Benedetto Rocchi -- Participation of agribusiness stakeholders in global sustainability questions : the case of climate change and bioenergy of Brazil / Denise Barros de Azevedo, Eugênio Ávila Pedrozo, and Guilherme Cunha Malafaia.
    Summary: This first volume in The Palgrave Series on Global Sustainability addresses the pressing need to align business practices with the requirements of a sustainable world. The book's authors address new models for conducting business, the implications of undertaking new approaches to business practice, and the ways businesses are transforming and being transformed by their environments.
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    Includes bibliographical references and index.

    How business, resources, and people fit together in a sustainability model / James A.F. Stoner and Charles Wankel -- Business logic for sustainability / Aileen M. Ionescu-Somers -- Sustainability as a business model / Wendy Stubbs -- Investing in sustainable entrepreneurship and business ventures in the developing world : key lessons and experiences of the ecoenterprises fund / Tammy E. Newmark and Jacob Park -- Sustainability in business curricula : toward a deeper understanding and -- Implementation / Blanca Luisa Delgado-Márquez, J. Alberto Aragón-Correa, and Nuria E. Hurtado-Torres -- The contribution of interdisciplinary skills to the sustainability of business : when artists, engineers, and managers work together to serve enterprises / Vera Ivanaj and Silvester Ivanaj -- Public disclosure of corporate environmental performance : pollutant releases and transfer registers (PRTRS) / Javier Delgado-Ceballos and Antonio Rueda-Manzanares -- The adjustment of corporate governance structures for global sustainability / Natalia Ortiz-de-Mandojana, Javier Aguilera-Caracuel, and J. Alberto Aragón-Correa -- Taxes and sustainability / John L. Stancil -- Why changing the way we use energy is essential for global sustainability / Richard H. Jones -- From carbon to carbohydrates : toward sustainability in the plastics industry / Avrath Chadha -- Informal waste-pickers in Latin America : sustainable and equitable solutions in the dumps / Candace A. Martinez -- Sustainability of the wine industry: New Zealand, Australia, and the United States / Anatoly Zhuplev and Cynthia Aguirre -- New trends for sustainable consumption : the farmer's market as a business imperative for the re-education of consumers / Alessio Cavicchi and Benedetto Rocchi -- Participation of agribusiness stakeholders in global sustainability questions : the case of climate change and bioenergy of Brazil / Denise Barros de Azevedo, Eugênio Ávila Pedrozo, and Guilherme Cunha Malafaia.

    This first volume in The Palgrave Series on Global Sustainability addresses the pressing need to align business practices with the requirements of a sustainable world. The book's authors address new models for conducting business, the implications of undertaking new approaches to business practice, and the ways businesses are transforming and being transformed by their environments.

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