List Books » The Sustainability: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility
Authors: William R. Blackburn, Environmental Law Institute Staff
ISBN-13: 9781585761029, ISBN-10: 1585761028
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Island Press
Date Published: February 2007
Edition: New Edition
The Sustainability Handbook covers the complexities, challenges, and benefits of sustainability when pursued by corporate, academic, government, and nonprofi t organizations. It provides a blueprint on how organizations of all sizes can reach or exceed economic, social, and environmental excellence. The handbook offers a wide variety of practical approaches and tools, including a model sustainability policy for organizations, summaries, and tips on selecting sustainability codes, an extensive collection of sample metrics, and more.
Acknowledgments ix
About the Author xi
Introduction and Executive Summary xiii
Chapter 1 Addressing the Confusion About Sustainability: The Typical Executive View 1
Chapter 2 Determining Scope: An Operational Definition of Sustainability 17
Chapter 3 The Value of Sustainability: Why Bother? 33
Chapter 4 Building an SOS: The Key Elements and Basic Structure 123
Chapter 5 SOS Standards: The Roadmap for Change 163
Chapter 6 Strategic Planning for Focused Sustainability Improvement 189
Chapter 7 Selecting Goals and Indicators 225
Chapter 8 Bringing Sustainability to the Front Line: Deployment, Integration, and Alignment 257
Chapter 9 Data Systems, Auditing, and Other Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms 281
Chapter 10 Transparent Sustainability Reporting 309
Chapter 11 Stakeholder Engagement; The Role of NGOs 373
Chapter 12 Approach to Sustainability for Small and Struggling Companies 419
Chapter 13 Approach to Sustainability for NGOs 431
Chapter 14 Approach to Sustainability for governmental Organizations 441
Chapter 15 Approach to Sustainability for Colleges and Universities 477
Chapter 16 Keeping the Initiative Alive: Making the SOS Sustainable 543
Appendices
Appendix 1 Summary of Sustainability Trends 551
Appendix 2 Sustainability-Related Codes of Organizational Behavior 647
Appendix 3 Sustainability-Related Management System Standards 687
Appendix 4 Planning Forms for Assessing and Prioritizing Sustainability Risks and Opportunities 703
Appendix 5 Method for Calculating Savings and Cost Avoidance for Baxter's Environmental Financial Statement 709
Appendix 6 Examples of Sustainability Issues for VariousFunctional Groups 713
Appendix 7 Examples of Sustainability Metrics 725
Appendix 8 Sustainability Resources for Universities 751
Acronyms 779
Index 789