Making sustainability work : best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental, and economic impacts

Online-Ressource (XVII, 305 S.)

Ill., graph. Darst.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-297) and index

Cover; Contents; List of cases, figures, and tables; Foreword from the First Edition; Foreword from the First Edition; Preface; Introduction: Improving sustainability and financial performance in global corporations; Why it's important; Managing corporate sustainability; The Corporate Sustainability Model; Background to this book; Making sustainability work: an overview of the revised book; And finally . . .; 1 A new framework for implementing corporate sustainability; What is sustainability?; Identify your stakeholders; Be accountable; Corporate Sustainability Model; Summary

2 Leadership, organizational culture, and strategy for corporate sustainabilityBoard commitment to sustainability; CEO commitment to sustainability; Leadership and global climate change; The role of the corporate mission and vision statements; The role of organizational culture; Developing a corporate sustainability strategy; Thinking globally; Voluntary standards and codes of conduct; Working with government regulations; Social investors and sustainability indices; Summary; 3 Organizing for sustainability; The challenge for global corporations; Involve the whole organization

Information flow and a seat at the tableOutsourcing; Philanthropy and collaboration with NGOs; Summary; 4 Costing, capital investments, and the integration of sustainability risks; The capital investment decision process; Capital budgeting in small and medium enterprises; Costs in the decision-making process; Costing systems; Risk assessment; Summary; 5 Performance measurement, evaluation, and reward systems; Performance measurement and evaluation systems; Incentives and rewards; Strategic performance measurement systems; Shareholder value analysis; Summary

6 The foundations for measuring social, environmental, and economic impactsThe concept of value; Methodologies for measuring social, environmental, and economic impacts; Methodologies for measuring sustainability and political risks; Summary; 7 Implementing a social, environmental, and economic impact measurement system; Mapping the actions that drive performance; Sustainability performance metrics; Engage with your stakeholders; Measuring reputation; Measuring risk; Measuring social, environmental, and economic impacts; Summary

8 Improving corporate processes, products, and projects for corporate sustainabilityOrganizational learning: the new battleground?; Improving sustainability performance; Reducing social, environmental, and economic impacts; Involve the supply chain; Internal reporting; Summary; 9 External sustainability reporting and verification; Standards for sustainability reporting; Industry guidance on sustainability reporting; Let everyone know how you're doing; External disclosure of sustainability performance measures; Verifying sustainability performance and reporting; Internal sustainability audits

External sustainability audits

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