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Prosperity in the fossil-free economy : cooperatives and the design of sustainable businesses / Melissa K. Scanlan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scanlan, Melissa K., author.
- Series:
- Yale scholarship online.
- Yale scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cooperative societies.
- Sustainability.
- Social responsibility of business.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (396 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- A blueprint for creating sustainable businesses, emphasizing the power and potential of cooperative models.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: The Dream from 2035, Looking Back on 2020
- PART ONE: THEORIES, PRINCIPLES, AND LAWS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES
- 1 Our Present Challenge
- 2 Corporate Purpose and Governance for a Livable Planet
- 3 Social Enterprise Design
- 4 The Cooperative Difference, Private Governance, and the Law
- 5 Sustainable by Design
- 6 Measuring and Reporting Sustainability
- PART TWO: CASE STUDIES: COOPERATIVE PATHBREAKERS TAKE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- 7 Supportive Cooperative Ecosystems in Spain and the United States
- 8 Renewable Energy
- 9 Food and Agriculture
- 10 Water
- 11 Finance: Capitalizing the Cooperative Movement
- 12 Trade
- 13 Findings and Lessons for a Livable Planet
- Appendix: Research Methods
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-26291-4
- OCLC:
- 1263028935
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