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Are social performance indicators self-regulatory? The case of two water companies: Suez and Veolia
Lupton, Sylvie - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 13 (2010) 4, pp. 374-392
Veolia Water and Suez Environnement manage drinking water supply not only in France but also across the globe. They have developed a series of social performance indicators that have been used in their sustainable development reports since 2002. This paper examines to what extent the publication...
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Leveraging brand value through corporate responsibility
Pakseresht, Ashkan; Mark-Herbert, Cecilia - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 17 (2014) 3, pp. 281-297
Measurements of corporate values are associated with a number of challenges. The needs for making measurements relate to making strategic decisions for internal and external stakeholders. Traditionally, these estimates of, for example, brand value, have been expressed purely in terms of...
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Community relations management systems in the minerals industry: combining conventional and stakeholder-driven approaches
Kemp, Deanna; Boele, Richard; Brereton, David - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 4, pp. 390-403
As part of a broader commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainable development, major minerals companies are developing and implementing a management systems approach to community relations. While the application of management systems to community relations represents an advance...
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Community relations management systems in the minerals industry: combining conventional and stakeholder-driven approaches
Kemp, Deanna; Boele, Richard; Brereton, David - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 4, pp. 390-403
As part of a broader commitment to corporate social responsibility and sustainable development, major minerals companies are developing and implementing a management systems approach to community relations. While the application of management systems to community relations represents an advance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008563717
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Investment and environmental management: the interaction between environmentally responsible investment and environmental management practice
Weber, Olaf - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 4, pp. 336-354
Do investors, such as environmentally responsible funds, influence firms' decisions to implement environmental management practices? We present the results of a survey analysing the implementation standards of environmental management practices subject to the influence of environmentally...
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Investment and environmental management: the interaction between environmentally responsible investment and environmental management practice
Weber, Olaf - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 9 (2006) 4, pp. 336-354
Do investors, such as environmentally responsible funds, influence firms' decisions to implement environmental management practices? We present the results of a survey analysing the implementation standards of environmental management practices subject to the influence of environmentally...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005553143
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From *for* to governance for sustainable development in Europe: what is at stake for further research?
Farrell, Katharine N.; Kemp, Rene; Hinterberger, Friedrich - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 127-150
GoSD-research initiative have identified a path for future research that describes not only governance and sustainable … development but also how governance can be *for* sustainable development. This concluding paper gives an account of the pre … well as "governance for". The emerging pre-analytic vision then receives some in-depth treatment and we consider how to …
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Towards theoretical multiplicity for the governance of transitions: the energy-producing greenhouse case
Termeer, Catrien J.A.M.; Dewulf, Art - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 15 (2012) 1/2, pp. 37-53
societal change, such as multi-actor collaboration, network governance, policy agenda setting and adaptive management. We … decade. A recurring question is whether, and if so how, transitions towards sustainability can be governed. In this paper we … multiplicity, arguing that multiple theories need to be applied simultaneously for dealing with the complex societal sustainability …
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Governance for sustainable development: moving from theory to practice
Kemp, Rene; Parto, Saeed; Gibson, Robert B. - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 8 (2005) 1/2, pp. 12-30
innovation is a necessary element. We discuss four key elements of governance for sustainability, which are integrated into the …In this paper we examine and elaborate on the central elements of sustainable development and governance, considering … and a half. We argue that sustainability is best viewed as a socially instituted process of adaptive change in which …
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Aquaculture and sustainable development: a regulatory or governance system?
Chia, Eduardo; Rey-Valette, Helene; Mathe, Syndhia - In: International Journal of Sustainable Development 11 (2008) 2/3/4, pp. 138-153
Governance is defined as a process allowing actors to contextualise the regulatory system and, as a result, to … governance methods of aquaculture areas. …
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