The consequences for climate change range from a gradual to a catastrophic impact on the ecology, environment, economy and society. This book is about the present and future dangers of climate change and the possibilities for corporate sustainability. The work is intended as a companion for students, researchers and professionals interested in the analysis of climate change, and the many initiatives there are to develop sustainability along corporate value chains. The narrative will explore the fascinating developments at the frontiers of science and technology and examine the possibilities of these succeeding in regenerating the economy sustainably.
Corporate sustainability is a complex and rapidly changing field, with an array of institutional initiatives and business strategies ranging from business as usual to radical and transformative models that frame an entirely new economy. This work demonstrates how corporate sustainability is a business strategy that creates long-term value by incorporating economic, environmental and social dimensions into core business decisions.
Chapter One: Business and Sustainability
Chapter Two: Sustainability Requires Systemic Business Transformation
Chapter Three: Sustainability Principles and Practice
Chapter Four: Reflections on Three Decades of Corporate Sustainability
Chapter Five: The Social Impact of Climate Change: Global Poverty and Inequality and Sustainable Development
Chapter Six: Sustainability and Changes to Corporate Governance Theory and Practice
Chapter Seven: Integrating Changing Paradigms of Business: Resolving Multi-Dimensional Strategies for Sustainability
Chapter Eight: The 21st Century Sustainable Enterprise Force Field
Chapter Nine: The Long-Term ESG Performance-and-Engagement Cycle
Chapter Ten: Corporate Sustainability and Organizational Resilience
Chapter Eleven: Redefining Value Creation: Paradigm Changes in Corporate Reporting
Chapter Twelve: Workers’ Capital and ESG: Australian Industry Superfunds
Chapter Thirteen: The Greenwash Detector: A Bingo Score (B.S.) Card Methodology to Assess Financial Sector Climate Commitments
Chapter Fourteen: Corporate Sustainability Frameworks: Tools and Approaches for Managing Sustainability
Chapter Fifteen: Sustainability (or ESG) Reporting: Recent Developments and the Potential for Better, More Proactive Management Enabled by Blockchain
Chapter Sixteen: The EU Non-Financial Reporting Directive and the Corporate Narrative Disclosure Practices
Chapter Seventeen: Business, Business Model and Ecosystem: Innovation for Sustainability
Chapter Eighteen: The Intersection of Technology and Sustainability: Strategies for Industry Transformation
Chapter Nineteen: Corporate Sustainability from a Degrowth Perspective
Chapter Twenty: Evaluating the Sustainability of Early-Stage Production System Design: A Case Study of Algal Biodiesel Production
Chapter Twenty-One: Natural Capital: Regenerating the Wealth of Planet Earth
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