Climate Change and Growth in Asia is a comprehensive analysis of the major issues of climate change and global warming and their possible impacts on the growth of major Asian economies. The book addresses the climate change crisis in Asia within the context of three major challenges to growth:...

Purpose – Pharmaceuticals have played an important role in improving the quality of life of the human population in modern times. However, it must also be acknowledged that both the production and use of pharmaceuticals have a significant, negative impact on the environment and consequently, a...

Bringing together the expertise of leading international researchers and practitioners, this radical book questions whether transition to a sustainable future is possible within the logic of conventional capitalism and 20th-century models of development and how we can plan for the future.

In a world where trust in politicians, corporations, and the processes that determine our lives, continues to dwindle, this book offers research and stories that begin to answer a central question for society: how can we redefine and renew the underlying contract between society and its...

In today's society successful companies will increasingly be those that recognize that they have responsibilities to a range of stakeholders that go beyond compliance with the law. This book aims to help capture and distill emerging corporate trends in terms of content, context and processes.

As head of the corporate citizenship unit at the UK's Warwick Business School and a former European director of the Council on Economic Priorities Malcolm McIntosh is well placed to assess the clamorous interest of businesses in the “values chain” since the launch last year of SA 8000. He...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the rethinking what it means to be human and our relationship with the Earth. Design/methodology/approach – The principles of the new economy were systemic, Earth‐centric and directly addressed a range of issues facing life on Earth:...

Purpose – This study aims to examine the uptake of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the Asia Pacific region and to explore the extent to which countries in the region are transitioning towards a sustainable enterprise economy (SEE) and the links between the two, thereby connecting the...