| Main Title |
The sustainability handbook : the complete management guide to achieving social, economic, and environmental responsibility / |
| Author |
Blackburn, William R.
|
| Publisher |
Environmental Law Institute, |
| Year Published |
2007 |
| Stock Number |
Environmental Law Institute, 2000 L Street, N.W., Washington DC 20036. |
| OCLC Number |
85269243 |
| ISBN |
9781585761029; 1585761028 |
| Subjects |
Environmental economics--United States ;
Organizational change--United States ;
Sustainable development--Law and legislation--United States ;
Sustainable development--Government policy--United States
|
| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last
Modified |
Checkout
Status |
| EJDM |
HC110.E5B563 2007 |
|
Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
01/18/2010 |
| EKBM |
HC110.E5B563 2007 |
|
Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
09/04/2018 |
| EOAM |
HC110.E5B563 2007 |
Sustainability Collection |
Region 8 Technical Library/Denver,CO |
06/19/2009 |
| ERAM |
HC110.E5 B563 2007 |
|
Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
05/30/2012 |
| ESAM |
HC110.E5B563 2007 |
|
Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
08/10/2007 |
|
| Collation |
xviii, 788 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents Notes |
Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Introduction and Executive Summary -- Chapter 1. Addressing the Confusion About Sustainability: The Typical Executive View -- Chapter 2. Determining Scope: An Operational Definition of Sustainability -- Chapter 3. The Value of Sustainability: Why Bother? -- Chapter 4. Building and SOS: The Key Elements and Basic Structure -- Chapter 5. SOS Standards: The Roadmap for Change -- Chapter 6. Strategic Planning for Focused Sustainability Improvement -- Chapter 7. Selecting Goals and Indicators -- Chapter 8. Bringing Sustainability to the Front Line: Deployment, Integration, and Alignment -- Chapter 9. Data Systems, Auditing, and Other Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms -- Chapter 10. Transparent Sustainability Reporting -- Chapter 11. Stakeholder Engagement; The Role of NGOs -- Chapter 12. Approach to Sustainability for Small and Struggling Companies -- Chapter 13. Approach to Sustainability for NGOs -- Chapter 14. Approach to Sustainability for Governmental Organizations -- Chapter 15. Approach to Sustainability for Colleges and Universties -- Chapter 16. Keeping the Initiative Alive: Making the SOS Sustainable -- Appendix 1. Summary of Sustainability Trends -- Appendix 2. Sustainbility-Related Codes of Organizational Behavior -- Appendix 3. Sustainability-Related Managements System Standards -- Appendix 4. Planning Forms for Asessing and Prioritizing Sustainability Risks and Opportunities -- Appendix 5. Method for Calculating Savings and Cost Avoidance for Baxter's Environmental Financial Statement -- Appendix 6. Examples of Sustainbility Issues for Various Functional Groups -- Appendix 7. Examples of Sustainbility Metrics -- Appendix 8. Sustainability Resources for Universities -- Acronyms. This handbook covers the complexities, challenges and benefits of sustainability as it is pursued by corporate, academic, government and non-profit organisations. It provides a blueprint on how organisations of all sizes can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental excellence. |
| Place Published |
Washington D.C. |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
Environmental Law Institute. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2007 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
unmediated |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
volume |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| LCCN |
2007275753 |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20180903050949 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
OCLC |
| Type |
CAT |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
04536cam 2200637 a 45010 |
