The thinking executive's guide to sustainability / Kerul Kassel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kassel, Kerul, author.

Series:

2014 digital library.

Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection. 2327-3348.

Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection, 2327-3348

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainability.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

We live in an increasingly global economy in which the effects of shrunken economies, broadened communication, and widespread meteorological incidents associated with climate change are leaving virtually no one untouched. As a result, a working knowledge of concepts such as the triple bottom line and sustainability have become mandatory. Systems thinking, foundational for grasping these concepts, is based on transdisciplinary theories, deriving in part from biology, physics, economics, philosophy, computer science, engineering, geography, and other sciences. Specifically it is the study of systems, including all life-forms, climate phenomena, and even in human learning and organizational processes, that regulate themselves through feedback.

Contents:

1. Systems simplified

2. What is meant by sustainability and who defines it

3. Systems and sustainability

4. Commerce as a system

5. Why industry is crucial to sustainability

6. Corporate sustainability frameworks, metrics, and indices

7. Where to start in your business

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Part of: 2014 digital library.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index.

Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 3, 2014).

ISBN:

1-78402-486-4

1-60649-420-1

OCLC:

865156706