Die in den letzten Jahren zum Thema nachhaltiges Wirtschaften im Handwerk durchgeführten Modellprojekte mit kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) haben bislang nicht zu einer breiten Anwendung von Instrumenten geführt, die Nachhaltigkeitsaspekte systematisch in die Unternehmensführung...

Fundamental innovations are needed in order to achieve sustainable development. The actors who implement sustainability innovations are called sustainability entrepreneurs. In the first part of this paper, a conceptual framework for sustainability entrepreneurship is developed. It is suggested...

Reflections on how much voluntary expenditure a company should make on environmental-protection measures are dominated by the discussion of relevant direct internal costs. Compulsory spending on environmental protection (e.g. expenditure forced by regulations) is not taken into account here,...