This collection is the only comprehensive source of readings and cases that can serve as a stand-alone text or supplement for courses in environmental strategy, ethics, green marketing, or clean production. The book is noteworthy forthe premier quality of its contributions, with content taken from journals such as the Harvard Business Review, and written by recognized leaders in the field, such as John Elkington, Stuart Hart, Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins and HunterLovins, Forest Reinhardt, Daniel Esty, and William McDonough and Michael Braungart. The collection is edited by an acknowledged leader in the field of environmental management and strategy, this book fills a major gap in the teachingof business and the environment. INDICE: Preface I The Big Picture 1. Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World - Stuart L. Hart Thinking Globally and Inclusively About Sustainable Business Practices 2. The Business Case for Climate Protection - L. Hunter Lovins Why Businesses Should Proactively Address the Climate Change Challenge 3. Scorched Earth: Will Environmental Risks in China Overwhelm Its Opportunities? - Elizabeth Economy and Kenneth Lieberthal The China Factor in the Environmental Equation 4. The Triple Bottom Line: Sustainability's Accountants - John Elkington The Imperative for Companies to Perform Well on Multiple Dimensions II Institutional and International Perspectives 5. The Tragedy of the Commons - Garrett Hardin The Classic Discussion of Population and Common Resources6. EPA and the Evolution of Federal Regulation - Paul R. Portney Regulation and Economic Models for Meeting Pollution Reduction Goals 7. Discounting the Future: Economics and Ethics - Timothy J. Brennan A Critical Analysis of the Practice of Discounting in Economic Analysis 8. Measuring Nations' Environmental Sustainability - Marc A. Levy Quantifying and Ranking National Environmental Performance 9. Bridging the Trade-Environment Debate - Daniel C. Esty Capturingthe Benefits of Free Trade While Protecting the Environment 10. Raising Global Standards: Hazardous Substances and E-Waste Management in the European Union- Henrik Selin and Stacy D. VanDeveer A European Approach to Toxics Regulation III Managing to be Environmentally Responsive 11. Strategy Originates Withinthe Organization - Andrew W. Hoffman Behavioral and Cultural Dimensions in Environmental Strategy 12. Objection-Handling Clinic on Inhibiters to the Next Wave - Bob Willard A Script for Overcoming Organizational Nay-Sayers 13. The Next Industrial Revolution - Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins Capitalism that Recognizes and Appreciates Living Systems 14. Environmental Product Differentiation: Implications for Corporate Strategy - Forest Reinhardt When Will a Green Product Strategy Pay Off? 15. Transparency, Openness, and Accountability: A Imperative - David L. Rainey Appreciating the Need for Broad Access to More Information 16. A Primer on the Global Reporting Initiative - Kellie Fox, Beth Littlehales, and Ryan Keenan The Emerging Standard for Company Sustainability Report 17. The Eco-Advantage - Inc. Magazine Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Sustainability Opportunities 18. Excerpts from the 2006 Understanding the LOHAS Market Report - The Natural Marketing Institute Appreciating the Characteristics of Green Consumers 19. Avoiding Green Marketing Myopia: Waysto Improve Consumer Appeal for Environmentally Preferable Products - Jacquelyn A. Ottman, Edwin R. Stafford, and Cathy L. Hartmann How Win in the Marketplace for Green Products 20. How Corporations and Environmental Groups Collaborate - Dennis A. Rondinelli and Ted London How Stakeholders Collaborations Can Improve Environmental Outcomes 21. The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid - C.K. Prahalad and Stuart L. Hart The Vast Potential in Serving the World's PoorIV Technical Perspectives 22 A Framework for Management - Brain Nattrass and Mary Altomare Unifying Scientific Principles with Sustainability 23. An Introduction to Environmental Accounting as A Business Management Tool - Environmental Protection Agency A Tool Kit for Incorporating the Environment into Accounting Practice 24. Note on Life-Cycle Analysis - Susan Svoboda A Methodology forIdentifying All Costs Across the Life of Products 25. The LCA Impact and Interpretation Stages - Thomas E. Graedel and Braden R. Allenby Quantifying Life Cycle Impacts and Comparing Alternatives 26. A World of Abundance - William McDonough and Michael Braungart Viewing Environmental Stewardship as a Design Challenge 27. Environmental Management Systems and Eco-Control - Stefan Schaltegger, Roger Burritt, and Holger Petersen Tools for Bringing Environmental Performance to Facility Operations V Cases 28. Pacific Lumber Company - Michael V. Russo 29. Oil in the Ecuadorean Rainforest - Christopher A. Cummings, Barbara L. Marcus, R. Edward Freeman, and Jason Lunday 30. Hindustan Lever (A): Leapinga Millennium - Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Wolfgang Amann, and Ulrich Steger 31. Cost Accounting and Hazardous Waste at Specialty Glass, Inc. - Christopher H. Stinson 32. Southern Company: Acid Rain - Forest Reinhardt 33. Seventh Generation: Balancing Customer Expectations with Supply Chain Realities - Daniel R.Goldstein and Michael V. Russo 34. Environment Product Differentiation by the Hayward Lumber Company - Magali Delmas and Erica Plambeck 35. Coastwide Laboratories: Clean and Green - Derek O. Reiber and Michael V. Russo 36. Transforming the Global Fishing Industry: The Marine Stewardship Council at Full Sail? - Alexander Nick, Oliver Salzmann, and Ulrich Steger 37. Phoenix Organic: Valuing Sustainability while Desiring Growth - Eva Collins, Steve Bowden, and Kate Kearins 38. Deja Shoe (A) - Paul Hardy and Stuart L. Hart 39. Supply Chain Strategy and Sustainability: The Migros Palm Oil Case - Jens Hamprecht and Daniel Corsten 40. Benziger Family Winery - Murray Silverman and Tom Lanphar 41. The WEEE Challenge - Panfeng Chen, Priya Narayan, and Luk N. Wassenhove 42. Cascades Environmental Strategy in 2006: At the Crossroads - Pierre Batellier and Emmanuel Raufflet 43. Procter & Gamble Inc: Disposable and Reusable Diapers--A Life-Cycle Analysis Management Institute for Environment and Business 44. Alpha Motors, Ltd.: Integrating Life-Cycle Environmental Concerns Into Product Design - Sandra Rothenberg, Michael Lenox, Benjamin Jordan, and Frank Field III Aboutthe Editor
- ISBN: 978-1-4129-5849-3
- Editorial: Sage Publications
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- Fecha Publicación: 01/07/2008
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