The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic and Environmental ResponsibilityRoutledge, 23 mag 2012 - 826 pagine The Sustainability Handbook covers all the challenges, complexities and benefits of sustainability for businesses, governments and other organizations. It provides a blueprint for how organizations can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental excellence. It offers a host of practical approaches and tools including a model sustainability policy for organizations, summaries of sustainability codes and tips on selecting them, an extensive collection of metrics and a wealth of supplementary reference material. This is the essential reference for every organization in pursuit of sustainability. |
Sommario
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The Key Elements and Basic Structure | 123 |
The Roadmap for Change | 163 |
Chapter 6 Strategic Planning for Focused Sustainability Improvement | 189 |
Chapter 7 Selecting Goals and Indicators | 225 |
Deployment Integration and Alignment | 257 |
Chapter 11 Stakeholder Engagement The Role of NGOs | 373 |
Chapter 12 Approach to Sustainability for Small and Struggling Companies | 419 |
Chapter 13 Approach to Sustainability for NGOs | 431 |
Chapter 14 Approach to Sustainability for Governmental Organizations | 441 |
Chapter 15 Approach to Sustainability for Colleges and Universities | 477 |
Making the SOS Sustainable | 543 |
Appendices | 551 |
Acronyms | 779 |
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