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A study of business and sustainable development. It contains contributions on issues rapidly coming to dominate business strategy and organization, including: resource efficiency; clean production; life cycle analysis; social and environmental accountability; corporate reporting; and trade. The contributors include Paul Elkins, John Elkington, Amory Lovins, Landis Gabel,Frank Popoff, Martin Bennett, Peter James, Rob Gray, Simon Zadek, Sharon Beder and Ernst von Weizsaecker.
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'Consistently interesting and useful and at times insightful and compelling, this collection will be invaluable.' Duncan McLaren, head of Policy and Research, Friends of the Earth
'This book encapsulates a diverse spectrum of perspectives on the future of business and sustainability.' Anita Roddick, OBE, Founder and Co-Chair, The Body Shop, Founder, New Academy of Business
'Starkey and Welford have here assembled the most comprehensive, insightful, indeed important collection of wisdom on business and sustainable development that I have ever seen. I make a living in this field, and still learned a huge amount from this book.' Matthew Arnold, Chief Operating Officer, World Resources Institute.
'An excellent book.' James Robertson, author, The New Economics of Sustainable Development
'Every undergraduate business major should be required to take courses in environmental stewardship, and [this book] would make an excellent text for such an endeavour.' Environmental Resource
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‘For anyone interested in what is now called “the business case” for sustainable development, this Earthscan Reader arrives at just the right time...
JONATHON PORRITT, Programme Director, Forum for the Future
‘Starkey, Welford and Earthscan have done it again, bringing together a timely collection of writings by leading international thinkers. From John Elkington and Paul Hawken to David Korten and Paul Ekins...
ANITA RODDICK, OBE, Founder and Co-Chair, The Body Shop, Founder, New Academy of Business
...This book should leave the intelligent reader with no doubt that corporate sustainability means not only respecting environmental limits, and supporting social justice in firms’ practices, but also in their political interventions’
DUNCAN MCLAREN, Head of Policy and Research, Friends of the Earth
'Starkey and Welford have here assembled the most comprehensive, insightful, indeed important collection of wisdom on business and sustainable development that I have ever seen....
MATTHEW ARNOLD, Chief Operating Officer, World Resources Institute
‘The rules and scoring system that shape the business game have to be changed if it is to become sustainable. This excellent book deals with progress, and obstacles to progress, in a range of key areas....
JAMES ROBERTSON, author, The New Economics of Sustainable Development (Kogan Page, 1999)
‘An interesting read for all those with an interest in the role that business can play in moving society towards a sustainable future.’
ENVIRONMENT BUSINESS, LONDON
‘This Reader calls for business companies to pursue profit along with social justice.’
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- PublisherEarthscan Ltd
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1853836397
- ISBN 13 9781853836398
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages390
- EditorWelford Richard, Starkey Richard
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