Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts
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Most companies today have some commitment to corporate social responsibility, but implementing these initiatives can be particularly challenging. While a lot has been written on ethical and strategic factors, there is still a dearth of information on the practical nuts and bolts. And whereas with most other organizational initiatives the sole objective is improved financial performance, sustainability broadens the focus to include social and environmental performance, which is much more difficult to measure. Now updated throughout with new examples and new research, this is a complete guide to implementing and measuring the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives. It draws on Marc Epstein’s and new coauthor Adriana Rejc Buhovac’s solid academic foundation and extensive consulting work and includes best practices from dozens of companies in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Australia, and Africa. This is the ultimate how-to guide for corporate leaders, strategists, academics, sustainability consultants, and anyone else with an interest in actually putting sustainability ideas into practice and making sure they accomplish their goals. Review: Comprehensive and insightful - Comprehensive coverage of the subject. Experienced authors who refer to practice and research throughout the book. Excellent for a newcomer and well worth looking at if you're less new to the topic. Review: This is a very well written clearly thought out book ... - This is a very well written clearly thought out book.This very readable book delivers all that it promises and perhaps much more. The book definitely has the potential to enlighten the readers about the issues surrounding sustainability and offers explanations for readers to understand the broad theme of corporate sustainability. At last this book comprehensively reveals the true facts about how to put the sustainability in action and how to translate strategy into the sustainability performance indicators. Matjaz Maletic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
| Best Sellers Rank | 13,548 in Environment & Ecology 14,165 in Business Reference & Education |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 80 Reviews |
P**R
Comprehensive and insightful
Comprehensive coverage of the subject. Experienced authors who refer to practice and research throughout the book. Excellent for a newcomer and well worth looking at if you're less new to the topic.
M**C
This is a very well written clearly thought out book ...
This is a very well written clearly thought out book.This very readable book delivers all that it promises and perhaps much more. The book definitely has the potential to enlighten the readers about the issues surrounding sustainability and offers explanations for readers to understand the broad theme of corporate sustainability. At last this book comprehensively reveals the true facts about how to put the sustainability in action and how to translate strategy into the sustainability performance indicators. Matjaz Maletic, University of Maribor, Slovenia
K**R
Great introduction, but a little dated?
Great introduction to sustainability like the model offered Well structured great 'war' stories and examples But why is so much of the information in a 2022 book so dated? Being told what corporate A or B did 7 or 12 years ago is disappointing Referencing statistics from 2005 is equally unacceptable.Only A research assistant could have updated this and made is so much more relevant.
M**N
Very thorough high level discussion of the topic.
Very thorough discussion of the topic. Mostly high level (conceptual) but does include a multiple of real-world examples FWIW, this book will take longer to read than you might expect. There are ~273 pages of text but note that the typeface size is small and the lines are densely packed together (little inter-line white space). A more typical layout with a larger typeface size for text and lines not as densely packed would probably create a book with 400+ pages of text.
A**I
Four Stars
Good and acceptable service
A**O
Improvement from last edition
This edition has more examples and delves in more on those. Very much worth a read
D**S
Empfehlenswert
Gute Beispiele, sachliche geschrieben aber leicht zu verstehen. Für eine Person, die sich für Nachhaltigkeit und Cases interessiert, auf jeden Fall empfehlenswert.
B**L
Excellent broad coverage of sustainability
Book purchased 2nd hand for post-graduate studies in sustainability. It arrived in excellent condition and was delivered timely. Contains short case studies and examples throughout. Highly recommended for top management, strategists and accountants.
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