دانلود کتاب Practical Sustainability: From Grounded Theory to Emerging Strategies

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Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 12
Acknowledgment......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
What Is Sustainability?......Page 21
Sustainable Development......Page 27
Sustainability-Related Policies, Rules, and Regulations......Page 31
Summary......Page 33
Global Warming Effect on Midwestern Heat Waves......Page 34
Introduction......Page 38
Strategic Tools and Techniques for Achieving Sustainability......Page 46
Practical Sustainability Model and the SEA Framework......Page 62
Summary......Page 65
Sustainability Approach at CSX Corporation......Page 66
Introduction......Page 72
Definition of Culture......Page 74
Importance of Culture in Organizations......Page 77
Summary......Page 87
Case Study and Examples......Page 88
Introduction......Page 94
Developing a Business Case for Sustainability......Page 97
Summary......Page 108
A Business Case for Managing GHG Emissions at the Stuart School of Business......Page 109
Introduction......Page 116
Managing Sustainability Risk by Matching Supply and Demand......Page 120
Collaborating on Specifications and Logistics......Page 124
Promoting Product and Production Stewardship......Page 126
Aligning Incentives via a Contractual Relationship......Page 128
Using Evironmental Criteria in Supplier Selection......Page 130
Mini-Case (CD)......Page 132
Introduction......Page 136
Creation of Regulations......Page 139
Sustainability and Marketing Strategy......Page 140
Rich Feeding on the Poor: Is It a Misuse of Green Marketing?......Page 142
Hurdles to Green Marketing......Page 143
Summary......Page 144
A Case Study: Green Marketing Campaign 2010......Page 145
Introduction......Page 148
Decision Analytical Frameworks for Sustainability Management......Page 150
Sustainability Indicators......Page 152
Sustainability Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking......Page 163
Sustainability Reporting Framework......Page 167
Summary......Page 170
Measuring Corporate-Wide Sustainability Performance......Page 171
Introduction......Page 174
Financing Sustainability Projects......Page 176
Financing and Investing in Climate Change......Page 181
Corporate Sustainability Initiatives and Reporting in the United States......Page 186
Capital Markets: Carbon Credits and Carbon Trading......Page 187
Sustainability Investment Risk Management......Page 190
Summary......Page 192
Goldman Sachs Sustainability Programs......Page 193
Introduction......Page 198
Corporate Sustainability......Page 199
Accounting Issues......Page 204
Ontario Hydro Case Study......Page 210
Green Accounting at AT&T: Case Study......Page 214
The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol......Page 217
Business Goals Served by GHG Inventories......Page 218
Summary......Page 219
Introduction......Page 222
Promoting Sustainable Consumption......Page 229
The Energy Star Success......Page 236
Development of Index of Environmentally Sustainable Consumption......Page 237
11 Approaches to Long-Term Global Sustainability Ecological, Carbon, and Water Footprints......Page 240
Ecological Footprints......Page 241
Climate Change and GHG Emission Management......Page 245
Sustainable Water Management......Page 261
Summary......Page 265
Alcoa: Taking Advantage of Renewable Energy Certificates......Page 266
Notes on Contributors......Page 272
Index......Page 276