Introduction -- Governance, Corporate Culture and Leadership in integrating CSR -- The cross cutting issues in the IFC Performance Standards -- The EBRD ESG Standards and their impact on the markets -- Implementing Environmental & Social Risk Management on the ground -- Translating Standards...

This book presents innovative strategies for sustainable, socially responsible enterprise management from leading thinkers in the fields of corporate citizenship, nonprofit management, social entrepreneurship, impact investing, community-based economic development and urban design. The book’s...

This is a seminal book for anyone who wants to understand, shape or study the communication surrounding sustainability in their interactions with colleagues, employees, supply chain partners, and external stakeholders. It develops essential insights on the basis of an extensive review of...

Theoretische Grundlagen der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Leitlinien zur Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Zwecke der Normierung der Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung -- Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung nach GRI im HDAX -- Kurzfristige Ereignisstudie -- Langfristige Ereignisstudie --...

This book explores family economic decision-making in the United States from the nineteenth century through present day, specifically looking at the relationship between family resource allocation decisions and government policy. It examines how families have responded to incentives and...

This book examines the aging of the US population as a primary domestic public policy issue. An increase in the proportion of the elderly in the total population will potentially result in a significant growth in the number of beneficiaries in major federal entitlement programs, leading to...

Moving beyond the 'post-Washington consensus', this book shifts the focus of development policy debates away from expenditures and austerity and towards revenues and resources. The book explores the potential and the developmental impact of different categories of resources for financing social...