Corporate Sustainability in the 21st Century : Increasing the Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of figure boxes -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the authors -- Theme I Business in Nature -- 1 Welcome to the Anthropocene -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Welcome to the Anthropocene -- The new world of the Anthropocene -- The clock is ticking: some general messages -- Great acceleration -- Planetary boundaries -- Population growth -- Global connectivity -- The natural capital and the concept of social-ecological systems -- Human impact and the ecological footprint -- Ecosystem goods and ecosystem services -- Governance for the planet -- United Nations at the turn of the century -- The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report (MA) -- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment reports (IPCC-ARx) -- The United Nations Global Compact initiative -- A life of dignity for all and the Sustainable Development Goals -- The Sustainable Development Goals and the business community -- Resilience -- Summary -- Chapter Annex 1 -- Chapter Annex 2 -- 2 Corporate sustainability in the 21st century -- Chapter in brief -- Introduction -- Corporate sustainability in the 21st century -- From global environmental challenges to corporate sustainability: four dominant paradigms -- Dominant social paradigm -- New environmental paradigm -- Dominant sustainability paradigm -- Social-ecological paradigm -- Corporate sustainability: an evolving concept -- Business sustainability 1.0: refined shareholder value management -- Business sustainability 2.0: managing for the triple bottom line -- Business sustainability 3.0: truly sustainable business -- Linking the macro to the micro: the IPAT fundamental equation -- Why do companies engage? -- Corporate sustainability as a market transformation.