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 Info | Hoboken New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014] |
| Description | 1 online resource. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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 note | Includes index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Source of description | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Issued in other form | Print version: Avlonas, Nikos, 1969- Practical sustainability strategies Hoboken New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2014] 9781118250440 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013028160 |
| ISBN | 9781118787373 (epub) |
| ISBN | 9781118787496 (pdf) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |