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The sustainability handbook : the complete management guide to achieving social, economic and environmental responsibility / William Blackburn.
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
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- ISBN: 9781138990098
- Physical Description: xviii, 803 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: Washington, DC : Routledge, 2015, c2007.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction and Executive Summary -- Addressing the Confusion About Sustainability: The Typical Executive View -- Determining Scope: An Operational Definition of Sustainability -- The Value of Sustainability: Why Bother? -- Building an SOS: The Key Elements and Basic Structure -- SOS Standards: The Roadmap for Change -- Strategic Planning for Focused Sustainability Improvement -- Selecting Goals and Indicators -- Bringing Sustainability to the Front Line: Deployment, Integration, and Alignment -- Data Systems, Auditing, and Other Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms -- Transparent Sustainability Reporting -- Stakeholder Engagement; The Role of NGOs -- Approach to Sustainability for Small and Struggling Companies -- Approach to Sustainability for NGOs -- Approach to Sustainability for Governmental Organizations -- Approach to Sustainability for Colleges and Universities -- Keeping the Initiative Alive: Making the SOS Sustainable -- Appendices -- Index |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranbrook Campus | HC 110 .E5 B563 2015 (Text) | 31111000148971 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
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
