Khalili N.R. Practical sustainability: from grounded theory to emerging strategies. - Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. - 280 p. - Incl. bibl. ref. - Ind.: p.261-266. - ISBN 978-0-230-10452-5  Место хранения:   022 | Институт экономики и организации промышленного производства | Новосибирск

Оглавление / Contents

List of Illustrations .......................................... xi Acknowledgment ............................................... xiii 1 Theory and Concept of Sustainability and Sustainable Development .................................................. 1 Nasrin R. Khalili Introduction ................................................. 1 What Is Sustainability? ...................................... 6 Sustainable Development ..................................... 12 Sustainability-Related Policies, Rules, and Regulations ..... 16 Summary ..................................................... 18 Case Study .................................................. 19 Global Warming Effect on Midwestern Heat Waves .............. 19 2 Strategic Tools for Achieving Long-Term Sustainability ...... 23 Nasrin R. Khalili and Whynde Melaragno Introduction ................................................ 23 Strategic Tools and Techniques for Achieving Sustainability .............................................. 31 Practical Sustainability Model and the SEA Framework ........ 47 Summary ..................................................... 50 Case Study .................................................. 51 Sustainability Approach at CSX Corporation .................. 51 3 Laying the Foundation: Creating a Sustainable Culture and Shift in Business Paradigms ................................. 57 Roya Ayman and Erica L. Hartman Introduction ................................................ 57 Definition of Culture ....................................... 59 Importance of Culture in Organizations ...................... 62 Summary ..................................................... 72 Case Study and Examples ..................................... 72 4 Business Case for Sustainability ............................ 79 Nasrin R. Khalili Introduction ................................................ 79 Developing a Business Case for Sustainability ............... 82 Summary ..................................................... 93 Case Study .................................................. 94 A Business Case for Managing GHG Emissions at the Stuart School of Business .......................................... 94 5 Sustainable Supply Chain Management ........................ 101 Navid Sahbaghi and Omid Sabbaghi Introduction ............................................... 101 Managing Sustainability Risk by Matching Supply and Demand .......................................... 105 Collaborating on Specifications and Logistics .............. 109 Promoting Product and Production Stewardship ............... 111 Aligning Incentives via a Contractual Relationship ......... 113 Using Evironmental Criteria in Supplier Selection .......... 115 Summary .................................................... 117 Mini-Case (CD) ............................................. 117 6 Green Marketing: A Future Revolution ....................... 121 Siva K. Balasubramanian and Gaurav Jain Introduction ............................................... 121 Creation of Regulations .................................... 124 Sustainability and Marketing Strategy ...................... 125 Global Survey on Green Marketing ........................... 127 Rich Feeding on the Poor: Is It a Misuse of Green Marketing? ................................................. 127 Green Marketing: Trend or Just a Whim? ..................... 128 Hurdles to Green Marketing ................................. 128 Summary .................................................... 129 A Case Study: Green Marketing Campaign 2010 ................ 130 7 Sustainability Measurement, Assessment, and Reporting ...... 133 Nasrin R. Khalili Introduction ............................................... 133 Decision Analytical Frameworks for Sustainability Management ................................................. 135 Sustainability Indicators .................................. 137 Sustainability Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking ..... 148 Sustainability Reporting Framework ......................... 152 Summary .................................................... 155 Case Study ................................................. 156 Measuring Corporate-Wide Sustainability Performance ........ 156 8 The Finance of Sustainability: New Trends, Opportunities, and Challenges ............................................. 159 Nasrin R. Khalili and Debbie Cernauskas Introduction ............................................... 159 Financing Sustainability Projects .......................... 161 Financing and Investing in Climate Change .................. 166 Corporate Sustainability Initiatives and Reporting in the United States .......................................... 171 Capital Markets: Carbon Credits and Carbon Trading ......... 172 Sustainability Investment Risk Management .................. 175 Summary .................................................... 177 Case Studies ............................................... 178 Goldman Sachs Sustainability Programs ...................... 178 9 Sustainability Accounting and Reporting .................... 183 Charles T. Hamilton Introduction ............................................... 183 Corporate Sustainability ................................... 184 Accounting Issues .......................................... 189 Ontario Hydro Case Study ................................... 195 Green Accounting at AT&T: Case Study ....................... 199 The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol .......................... 202 Business Goals Served by GHG Inventories ................... 203 Summary .................................................... 204 10 Promoting Sustainable Consumption .......................... 207 Nasrin R. Khalili, Whynde Melaragno, and Ghazale Haddadian Introduction ............................................... 207 Promoting Sustainable Consumption .......................... 214 Summary .................................................... 221 Case Studies ............................................... 221 The Energy Star Success .................................... 221 Development of Index of Environmentally Sustainable Consumption ................................................ 222 11 Approaches to Long-Term Global Sustainability Ecological, Carbon, and Water Footprints ................... 225 Nasrin R. Khalili Introduction ............................................... 226 Ecological Footprints ...................................... 226 Climate Change and GHG Emission Management ................. 230 Sustainable Water Management ............................... 246 Summary .................................................... 250 Case Studies ............................................... 251 Electric Power Research Institute GHG Emission Management .. 251 Alcoa: Taking Advantage of Renewable Energy Certificates ............................................... 251 Notes on Contributors ......................................... 257 Index ......................................................... 261