Greening Business : Research, Theory, and Practice.
The book focuses on why, when and how businesses have responded to the growing pressures to improve on their environmental performance. Drawing on current research and numerous practical examples and case-studies, it examines the notion of the sustainable business organization. This is an ideal text...
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| Language: | English |
| Imprint: | Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2013. |
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| Local Note: | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2022. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF BOXES -- SECTION ONE: MAPPING THE TERRITORY -- 1. Organizations and the natural environment: the two faces of business -- SECTION TWO: GREENING BUSINESS IN CONTEXT -- 2. The emergence of corporate environmentalism -- 3. Government, business, and the natural environment: policy instruments -- SECTION THREE: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 4. Why firms go 'green': drivers and motivations -- 5. Models of corporate greening -- 6. Examining the business case for corporate greening -- 7. SMEs and the environment -- SECTION FOUR: GREENING BUSINESS IN PRACTICE -- 8. Green strategies -- 9. Environmental management systems -- 10. Greening business functions -- SECTION FIVE: CONCLUSION -- 11. Towards the ecologically sustainable business organization? -- REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. | |
| 520 | |a The book focuses on why, when and how businesses have responded to the growing pressures to improve on their environmental performance. Drawing on current research and numerous practical examples and case-studies, it examines the notion of the sustainable business organization. This is an ideal text for courses in Business and the Environment. | ||
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| 650 | 0 | |a Environmental responsibility. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Social responsibility of business. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Environmental protection. | |
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