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Author:
Blackburn, William R.
Title:
The sustainability handbook / by William R. Blackburn.
Publisher:
Environmental Law Institute,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
xviii, 812 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Environmental economics--United States.
Organizational change--United States.
Sustainable development--Law and legislation--United States.
Sustainable development--Government policy--United States.
Social responsibility of business--United States.
Other Authors:
Environmental Law Institute.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction and Executive Summary -- Chapter 1. Addressing the Confusion About Sustainability: The Typical Executive View -- Chapter 2. Determining Scope: An Operational Definition of Sustainability -- Chapter 3. The Value of Sustainability: Why Bother? -- Chapter 4. Building and SOS: The Key Elements and Basic Structure -- Chapter 5. SOS Standards: The Roadmap for Change -- Chapter 6. Strategic Planning for Focused Sustainability Improvement -- Chapter 7. Selecting Goals and Indicators -- Chapter 8. Bringing Sustainability to the Front Line: Deployment, Integration, and Alignment -- Chapter 9. Data Systems, Auditing, and Other Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms -- Chapter 10. Transparent Sustainability Reporting -- Chapter 11. Stakeholder Engagement; The Role of NGOs -- Chapter 12. Approach to Sustainability for Small and Struggling Companies -- Chapter 13. Approach to Sustainability for NGOs -- Chapter 14. Approach to Sustainability for Governmental Organizations -- Chapter 15. Approach to Sustainability for Colleges and Universties -- Chapter 16. Keeping the Initiative Alive: Making the SOS Sustainable -- Appendix 1. Summary of Sustainability Trends -- Appendix 2. Sustainbility-Related Codes of Organizational Behavior -- Appendix 3. Sustainability-Related Managements System Standards -- Appendix 4. Planning Forms for Asessing and Prioritizing Sustainability Risks and Opportunities -- Appendix 5. Method for Calculating Savings and Cost Avoidance for Baxter's Environmental Financial Statement -- Appendix 6. Examples of Sustainbility Issues for Various Functional Groups -- Appendix 7. Examples of Sustainbility Metrics -- Appendix 8. Sustainability Resources for Universities -- Acronyms.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)302362746
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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