Practical sustainability strategies how to gain a competitive advantage / Nikos Avlonas, Founder and President Center for Sustainability & Excellence, George P. Nassos, Principal George P. Nassos & Associates, Inc.

Author/creator Avlonas, Nikos, 1969-
Other author Nassos, George P.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoHoboken New Jersey : Wiley, [2014]
Descriptionxvi, 303 pages ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Business enterprises--Environmental aspects.
Industrial management--Environmental aspects.
Sustainable development.
Social responsibility of business.

Contents Urgency to adopt sustainability -- Development of sustainability concept and CSR -- The C.E.R.E.S. and other principles -- The natural step -- Eco-effective vs. eco-efficient: sustainability vs. being "less bad" -- Extended product responsibility and "servicizing" -- Systems thinking leads to "tunneling through the cost barrier" -- Environmental innovation through biomimicry -- Base of the pyramid -- Sustaining fisheries -- Green buildings -- Green chemistry, nanotechnology and big hairy audacious goal -- Sustainability and beyond -- Standards and guidelines for managing sustainability -- The corporation and its stakeholders -- Sustainability reporting -- Metrics for sustainability -- Life cycle analysis and carbon footprint -- Water footprint -- Green marketing, communication and green washing -- Epilogue : where do we go now?
General noteIncludes index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2013021899
ISBN9781118250440 (cloth)

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