1. Systems simplified -- 2. What is meant by sustainability and who defines it -- 3. Systems and sustainability -- 4. Commerce as a system -- 5. Why industry is crucial to sustainability -- 6. Corporate sustainability frameworks, metrics, and indices -- 7. Where to start in your business -- Notes --...

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Main Author:	Kassel, Kerul (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) Business Expert Press 2014
Edition:	First edition
Series:	Environmental and social sustainability for business advantage collection
Subjects:	Sustainability Social responsibility of business
Online Access:	FHN01 FWS01 FWS02 UBY01 Volltext
Summary:	1. Systems simplified -- 2. What is meant by sustainability and who defines it -- 3. Systems and sustainability -- 4. Commerce as a system -- 5. Why industry is crucial to sustainability -- 6. Corporate sustainability frameworks, metrics, and indices -- 7. Where to start in your business -- Notes -- References -- Index We live in an increasingly global economy in which the effects of shrunken economies, broadened communication, and widespread meteorological incidents associated with climate change are leaving virtually no one untouched. As a result, a working knowledge of concepts such as the triple bottom line and sustainability have become mandatory. Systems thinking, foundational for grasping these concepts, is based on transdisciplinary theories, deriving in part from biology, physics, economics, philosophy, computer science, engineering, geography, and other sciences. Specifically it is the study of systems, including all life-forms, climate phenomena, and even in human learning and organizational processes, that regulate themselves through feedback
Item Description:	Part of: 2013 digital library Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-170) and index
Physical Description:	Online-Ressource (xxiii, 173 pages)
ISBN:	9781606494202 9781606494196