Sustainability Strategies

Author
Renato J. Orsato
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Ltd
Publication date
April 2009
Type
Books
Category
Sustainability and the Business Case
Discipline
Strategy
Language
English
Free/Pay for content
Pay-for-content
 
Managers have increasingly been requested to base eco-investments on solid grounds. They need to know what they should do first, and why. Should they focus on generating carbon credits via eco-efficiencies? Enhance corporate reputation by joining Green Clubs? Subscribe to eco-label programs? Explore emerging cleantech markets? Within the overwhelming possibilities, many do a bit of everything and spend precious resources without sound rationales.

By analysing the rationales for sustainability strategies, this book addresses a timely question for managers, academics and MBAs: 'when does it pay to be green?' Based on solid theoretical foundations and empirical research, it clarifies the elements involved in the formation and evaluation of sustainability strategies in firms.