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- ISBN-10 : 1412982847
- ISBN-13 : 978-1412982849
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Sustainability: Essentials for Business by Scott T. Young and Kathy Dhanda gives students a thorough understanding of the complex interaction between the needs of society versus the ecological limits on natural resources. The first survey text of its kind to provide a comprehensive treatment of the relationship between business and sustainability, this book is a must-read focusing on the three “Ps”: planet, people, and profit.
table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. History of Sustainability
3. Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
4. Corporate responsibility
5. Responding to Climate Change
6. Preventing Biodiversity Loss
7. Resources
8. Pollution
9. Delivering resilient sustainability
10. The Practitioner
11. Perspectives
12. Timescale
13. Lenses
14. Vision Building
15. Key Success Factors
16. Sustainable Business Models
17. The Sustainability Imperative
18. Agreements, Treaties and Regulations
19. Trade
20. Resilient economics
21. Employment
22. Manufacturing
23. Agriculture
24. Energy
25. City Design
26. Conclusions