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Reaching for a Longer Spoon
The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is straining ties between companies and activists
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CSR Europe's Toolbox: Equipping Companies and Stakeholders for a Competitive and Responsible Europe
CSR Europe's Toolbox includes information, ideas and advice designed to
help companies and their stakeholders address socio-economic and
environmental challenges and integrate corporate social responsibility
(CSR) into mainstream business practice.
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A Mathematical Model of Sustainable Development Using Ideas of Coupled Environment-Human Systems
The paper presents a mathematical model of sustainable development which provides for the fundamental abstraction of the key concepts and parameters necessary for sustainable development to occur within the context of the Earth System – the coupled system of relationships and dynamics between the environment and humans. The model utilises basic mathematics to detail these concepts and parameters, as well as the conditions required for sustainable development to occur.
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Carbon Disclosure Project: Report 2009
This report highlights the actions of the top 200 Indian companies in reducing emissions as well as adapting to the direct impacts of climate change.
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Conservation and Sustainable Use: A Handbook of Techniques
Conservation and Sustainable Use provides a
practical and integrated approach to carrying out research on the conservation of exploited species.
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Climate-Resilient Industrial Development Paths: Design Principles and Alternative Models
This paper explores the broad contours of climate resilient industrial development paths. It defines development as an increase in local capacities for production and innovation and argues that the overarching goal of development is the generation of sustainable livelihoods.»
IBERDROLA: A Utility´s Approach to Sustainability and Stakeholder Management
The aim of the case is to examine the extent to which consumers’
stakeholders can determine the permanence of a new business model based
on sustainability in the long run and if strategic agreements should be
pursued
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Legal Framework for Human Rights and Environmental Issues Applicable to European Enterprises Operating Outside the EU
The purpose
of this study is to analyse the existing legal framework on human rights and
the environment applicable to European enterprises operating outside the
European Union, with a view to contributing to the further operationalisation
of the “Protect, Respect, Remedy” framework.
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Waste Concern - Turning a Problem into a Resource
The purpose of the case study is to allow students to get a good
understanding of the nature of social entrepreneurship as it supports
an in-depth discussion on an inclusive (or what some authors might call
a “blended”) approach towards value creation that combines social,
economic and environmental elements.
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Sustainability Reporting and Greenhouse Gas Management—Sensing Market Trends and Evolution in U.S. Manufacturing
Despite economic conditions over the past year and the failure of the Climate Accord, drawn up as an
outcome of the Copenhagen COP-15 meeting, to reduce uncertainty at the international level, the
manufacturing industry continues to internalize carbon as a compliance focus and a cost of doing business.
Sustainability is also increasing in significance across the manufacturing community in response to multiple
stakeholders and regulators.
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The first book to provide comparable
national profiles
that describe the evolution and practice of CSR for 58 countries
and 5 global regions.
This study provides platform to understand CEO views on the progress, challenges and implications of the journey toward a new era of sustainability.