The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility

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Environmental Law Institute, 2007 - 788 pagine
The Sustainability Handbook covers the complexities, challenges, and benefits of sustainability when pursued by corporate, academic, government, and nonprofi t organizations. It provides a blueprint on how organizations of all sizes can reach or exceed economic, social, and environmental excellence. The handbook offers a wide variety of practical approaches and tools, including a model sustainability policy for organizations, summaries, and tips on selecting sustainability codes, an extensive collection of sample metrics, and more.

 

Sommario

Addressing the Contusion About Sustainability The Typical Executive View
1
Determining Scope An Operational Definition of Sustainability
17
The Value of Sustainability Why Bother?
33
Building an SOS The Key Elements and Basic Structure
123
SOS Standards The Roadmap for Change
163
Strategic Planning for Focused Sustainability Improvement
189
Selecting Goals and Indicators
225
Bringing Sustainability to the Front Line Deployment Integration and Alignment
257
Approach to Sustainability for Colleges and Universities
477
Keeping the Initiative Alive Making the SOS Sustainable
543
Summary of Sustainability Trends
551
SustainabilityRelated Codes of Organizational Behavior
647
SustainabilityRelated Management System Standards
687
Planning Forms for Assessing and Prioritizing Sustainability Risks and Opportunities
703
Method for Calculating Savings and Cost Avoidance for Baxters Environmental Financial Statement
709
Examples of Sustainability Issues for Various Functional Groups
713

Data Systems Auditing and Other Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms
281
Transparent Sustainability Reporting
309
Stakeholder Engagement The Role of NGOs
373
Approach to Sustainability for Small and Struggling Companies
419
Approach to Sustainability for NGOs
431
Approach to Sustainability for Governmental Organizations
441
Examples of Sustainability Metrics
725
Sustainability Resources for Universities
751
Acronyms
779
Index
789
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