Making Sustainability Work

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Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts

John Elkington (Foreword by), Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard (Foreword by), Marc J. Epstein (Author), Adriana Rejc Buhovac (Author)

Edition: 2

Collection(s):

Current Affairs, Social Change, and Inclusion Collection 2026 - 190

Complete Collection 2026 - 755

Pages: 328

Publication Date: 02 April, 2014 Available in all formats

EPUB ISBN: 9781609949952

PDF ISBN: 9781609949945

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Now completely updated, Making Sustainability Work is the bible for applying real metrics and best practices to the often-nebulous realm of business sustainability. Mark Epstein and Adriana Rejc Buhovac provide concrete tools for measuring and increasing social and environmental impacts in a manner that businesses can understand and put to real use.

Description

Table of contents

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
List of cases, figures, and tables
Foreword from the First Edition
Foreword from the First Edition
Preface
Introduction: Improving sustainability and financial performance in global corporations
1 A new framework for implementing corporate sustainability
2 Leadership, organizational culture, and strategy for corporate sustainability
3 Organizing for sustainability
4 Costing, capital investments, and the integration of sustainability risks
5 Performance measurement, evaluation, and reward systems
6 The foundations for measuring social, environmental, and economic impacts
7 Implementing a social, environmental, and economic impact measurement system
8 Improving corporate processes, products, and projects for corporate sustainability
9 External sustainability reporting and verification
10 The benefits of sustainability for corporations and society
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index