The world is passing through the most difficult economic and financial crisis inthe history, which severely affects its stability in the long term, risking an uncontrolled slideinto chaos and uncertainty. The housing market crisis emerged in the United States in July2007, due to multiple...

Examines the process of standardization-codification of references and the policing of statements on the principles of sustainable development in the context of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Cities are part of the climate change problem, but they are also a key part of the solution. This report offers a comprehensive analysis of how cities and metropolitan regions can change the way we think about responding to climate change. Cities consume the vast majority of global energy and...

The international discussion about global climate change now revolves around what the necessary set of policies and technologies will be needed to realize reduction goals. Stabilizing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations at 450 to 550 parts per million will require policy changes...

This paper tries to demonstrate ethical value as being an essential element in order to achieve sustainability in many societies such as Iran. In addition this paper lays out some of obstacle and challenges about ethical issues in Iranian industries. The evidence from our investigation supports...

In search for equity at the Rio summit, it was suggested that in case of pollution or any other environmentally negative effect, the costs are inflicted on the responsible agents to pay for the rectification. The Polluter Pay Principle (PPP) has since then been touted as a useful environmental...

While there is today a large consensus around the extent and causes of climate change and the environment deterioration as well as on their mid-long term economic consequences if nothing is done, the international community remains divided regarding the nature, the scale and the schedule of the...

Through the statement of four controversies, respectively dealing with the inclusion of companies working with hired labour, the respect of the cultural identity of handicrafts, the degree of marginality of producers? groups and the eventuality of building a ?local fair trade?, the author shows...

In this paper, we present an original experience led by professional organizations to encourage SMEs of the agro-food industry to adopt good practices of sustainable development. The collective construction and the diffusion of a guide of good practices of sustainable development are considered...

We build upon a renewed typology of organizational configurations, as a starting point towards a new theory of strategic and organizational change. Four configurations are identified. Each of them consists of a specific set of four attributes: knowledge types, organizational forms, societal...