Handbook of corporate sustainability : frameworks, strategies and tools / edited by M.A. Quaddus, M.A.B. Siddique.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Quaddus, M. A.

Siddique, Muhammed Abu B.

Series:

Elgar original reference.

Elgar original reference

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (360 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Achieving corporate sustainability (CS) is one of the most difficult challenges facing organizations in the 21st century. This comprehensive Handbook examines the current status and future direction of sustainability frameworks and applications in the corporate environment. Internationally reputed scholars present various frameworks, models, and practices of CS from a number of real world corporations across the globe, as well as emphasizing the measurement and reporting of CS. They examine the current status and future directions of model based applications in corporate sustainability and rel

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Sustainable development and corporate sustainability: basic issues; PART I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND CASE STUDIES; 2 Corporate environmental sustainability management strategies: looking through the Chinese lens; 3 Strategy in a world of sustainability: a developmental framework; 4 House of Sustainability (HOS): an innovative approach to achieve sustainability in the Indian coal sector; 5 Decision- making and sustainability in agricultural decision support systems: a review and analysis

6 Environmental supply chain management in Australian grain industries: a life cycle assessment approach7 Sustainability in the built environment: factors and a decision framework; 8 Knowledge creation and corporate sustainability: empirical evidence from Bahrain's service industry; 9 Corporate social responsibility: the case of SKYCITY in New Zealand; PART II: CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY WITH SINGLE BOTTOM LINE; 10 Customer resources and economic sustainability of online channels; 11 Economics, corporate sustainability and social responsibility

PART III: SOCIAL COMMUNICATION OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY12 Corporate sustainability reporting: how to benefit from ICT for communicating à la carte; 13 Internet- supported sustainability reporting - expectations and reality: empirical findings from the German DAX30; 14 Identifying stakeholders for sustainability reporting; 15 Corporate sustainability reporting: the emerging trends in India; 16 Corporate sustainability: future directions; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-07197-5

9786613071972

1-84980-794-9

OCLC:

713010137