Sustainable business: executive insights on shaping sustainable corporate practices

By:

Schulte, Uwe G

Material type: Text

TextSeries: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance (CSEG)Publication details: Cham Springer 2024Description: xxii, 361 pISBN:

9783031585951

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

658.408 SCH

Summary: This book presents discussions with corporate practitioners on several topics around sustainability. Between May 2019 and November 2022, the author engaged in dialogues with Senior Executives representing major multinational corporations, overseeing their corporate sustainability endeavours. The thematic spectrum of these conversations encompassed diverse topics such as The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Water-stressed regions, Ocean Plastic, Chemical Recycling, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Tourism, and the Just Transition, among others, with each episode concentrating on a singular subject. In this book supporting illustrations and graphs together with background references enrich the insights the conversations convey. The reader will learn about the sustainability challenges companies are facing and how they approach them. The book gives examples of sustainable solutions and international collaborations around greenhouse gas reduction, circular economy, restorative tourism as well as reducing plastic pollution and other global sustainability challenges. (https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-58596-8?page=2#toc)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks		1	Available		009141

Table of contents:
Front Matter
Pages i-xxii
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A Brief History of Corporate Sustainability: A Conversation with John Elkington
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 1-19
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 21-39
Human Rights in the Supply Chain
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 41-59
Sustainable Business Transformation: A Renewable Energy Example
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 61-75
Water the New Oil
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 77-93
A Global Company with a Purpose
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 95-107
Sustainable Tourism and Corporate Governance in Asia
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 109-125
Business Integration of Sustainability: The Customer Perspective
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 127-142
Chemical Recycling
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 143-163
Sustainability and Science: For Impact and Value Chain Resilience
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 165-180
Business Success with Purpose
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 181-200
Social Innovation
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 201-216
Energy Transition Scenarios
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 217-236
Ocean Plastics
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 237-256
Sustainable Packaging
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 257-278
Sustainable Procurement
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 279-295
Sustainable Mining and the Biodiversity Challenge
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 297-314
Decarbonising Container Shipping
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 315-331
Just Transition
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 333-350
Epilogue: Net Positive
Uwe G. Schulte
Pages 351-361

[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-58596-8?page=2#toc]

This book presents discussions with corporate practitioners on several topics around sustainability. Between May 2019 and November 2022, the author engaged in dialogues with Senior Executives representing major multinational corporations, overseeing their corporate sustainability endeavours. The thematic spectrum of these conversations encompassed diverse topics such as The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Water-stressed regions, Ocean Plastic, Chemical Recycling, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Tourism, and the Just Transition, among others, with each episode concentrating on a singular subject. In this book supporting illustrations and graphs together with background references enrich the insights the conversations convey. The reader will learn about the sustainability challenges companies are facing and how they approach them. The book gives examples of sustainable solutions and international collaborations around greenhouse gas reduction, circular economy, restorative tourism as well as reducing plastic pollution and other global sustainability challenges.

(https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-58596-8?page=2#toc)

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