Business and Sustainability
Michael Blowfield
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Description for Business and Sustainability
Paperback. Climate change, the resource constrained economy, and sustainability in general are amongst the hottest and most problematic topics for contemporary businesses. This book provides a comprehensive overview of how the world's sustainability challenges are affecting and being affected by business. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: KJG; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 662.
Climate change, the resource constrained economy, and sustainability in general are amongst the hottest and most problematic topics in contemporary business today. Increasingly, new enterprises are being established to address key twenty-first century environmental challenges, incumbent industries are implementing new strategies to comply with stringent legislation to retain their licenses, and multi-nationals are endeavouring to link tackling issues from poverty to deforestation to their bottom line. This textbook is one of the first to offer students a comprehensive overview of how the world's sustainability challenges are affecting, and being affected by business, and has been written specifically to ... Read more
Climate change, the resource constrained economy, and sustainability in general are amongst the hottest and most problematic topics in contemporary business today. Increasingly, new enterprises are being established to address key twenty-first century environmental challenges, incumbent industries are implementing new strategies to comply with stringent legislation to retain their licenses, and multi-nationals are endeavouring to link tackling issues from poverty to deforestation to their bottom line. This textbook is one of the first to offer students a comprehensive overview of how the world's sustainability challenges are affecting, and being affected by business, and has been written specifically to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
661g
Number of Pages
390
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199642984
SKU
V9780199642984
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Ref
99-3
About Michael Blowfield
Michael Blowfield is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment where he researches business transformation in an era of climate change and resource constrained economies. He is also a Teaching Fellow in Corporate Responsibility at the London Business School. He has worked as an academic and consultant in the field of ... Read more
Reviews for Business and Sustainability
This is an admirable piece of work that provides a good overview of the debate and critically examines how business can respond to sustainability challenges. It is well supported by both theory and case studies and is written in a clear and compelling manner. It will be an invaluable resource for students on our programmes, since the structure is well ... Read more