Managing the Business Case for Sustainability : The Integration of Social, Environmental and Economic Performance.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (640 pages)
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction. Managing and Measuring the Business Case for Sustainability. Capturing the Relationship between Sustainability Performance, Business Competitiveness and Economic Performance -- PART I THEORY - CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES -- 1 The Link between Environmental and Economic Performance -- Environmental Performance and Economic Performance. The Basic Links -- How Can Environmental Management Contribute to Shareholder Value? The Environmental Shareholder Value Approach -- 2 Social Performance and Economic Success -- Do Social Objectives Integrate with Core Corporate Objectives? The Future of Social Auditing -- Social Performance and Competitiveness. A Socio-Competitive Framework -- 3 Integrative Approaches -- Mapping the Links of Corporate Sustainability. Sustainability Balanced Scorecards as a Tool for Sustainability Performance Measurement and Management -- A Model of Financial Analysis at the Service of Sustainability -- Sustainable Value Added. A New Approach to Measuring Corporate Sustainable Performance -- Sustainable Analysis of Industrial Operations. A Proof of Concept Demonstration Study -- PART II EMPIRICAL SURVEYS - FINANCIAL MARKETS -- INDUSTRY AND COUNTRY SURVEYS -- 4 Views from the Financial Markets -- The Economic Performance of European Stock Corporations. Does Sustainability Matter? -- Capital Markets and Corporate Environmental Performance. Research in the United States -- Sustainable Investment and Financial Performance. Does Sustainability Compromise the Financial Performance of Companies and Investment Funds? -- Benchmarking Competitiveness and Management Quality with the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. The Case of the Automotive Industry and Climate Change -- 5 Industry Surveys. Have Trends in Corporate Environmental Management Influenced Companies' Competitiveness? -- Competitiveness, Environmental Performance and Management of SMEs -- IPPC and the Impact of Best Available Techniques (BAT) on the Competitiveness of European Industry. Survey of the European Non-Ferrous Metals Industry -- 6 Country Surveys -- The Mutual Relationship between the Environmental Context and Management in the Netherlands -- The Norwegian Environmental Business Barometer -- Sustainability Performance of Countries. Based on the Example of Oekom Research AG's Country Rating -- Does a Nation's Ecological Performance Affect its Economic Stability? The Potential for Enhancing Sovereign Credit Risk Assessments with Ecological Resource Accounts -- PART III EVIDENCE - STRATEGIES, CASE STUDIES AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS -- 7 Strategies and the Business Case for Sustainability -- Achieving Sustainable Corporate Competitiveness. The Strategic Link between Top Management's (Green) Commitment and Corporate Environmental Strategy -- Ecopreneurship and Competitive Strategies. Striving for Market Leadership by Promoting Sustainability -- Building a Business Case for Corporate Sustainability -- Developing Value. The Business Case for Sustainability in Emerging Markets -- 8 Company Cases -- Managing Sustainability Performance in the Textile Chain -- Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Renewable Energy Sector. The Case of Vestas Wind Systems -- Path-Dependent Thinking and Eco-Products. An Empirical Study of Socio-Cognitive Models and Product Propositions of Ford and Volvo Cars -- Honda and Toyota: Using Sustainability in a New Competitive Battleground -- Incremental Change towards Sustainability. Integrating Human and Ecological Factors for Efficiency -- 9 Environmental Management Systems and Competitiveness -- ISO 14001: Profitable? Yes! But is it Eco-Effective?. The Promises and Pitfalls of ISO 14001 for Competitiveness and Sustainability. A Comparison of Japan and the United States -- What Makes Environmental Management Systems Successful? An Empirical Study in the German Manufacturing Sector -- About the Contributors -- Index.
Compiles insights on a number of aspects linking sustainability performance, business competitiveness and economic success, in an attempt to provide a comprehensive view of this relationship. This work is useful for managers, academics, consultants, fund managers, governments and government agencies, NGOs and international bodies.