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Book SynopsisAchieving corporate sustainability (CS) is one of the most difficult challenges facing organizations in the twenty-first century. This comprehensive Handbook examines the current status and future direction of sustainability frameworks and applications in the corporate environment. Internationally reputed scholars portray the frameworks of CS practices in contemporary businesses. They explore in detail these frameworks and the associated computer-based modelling tools that companies are using, or can use, to aid their decision-making with regards to CS and corporate social responsibility practices. The contributors expertly investigate the future direction of model-based applications in CS as well as related planning processes.This innovative and informative Handbook will provide a timely reminder to scholars, government agencies, international bodies, academics and practitioners that appropriate decision-making and a correct understanding of these complex problems are essential to the success of CS planning.
Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Sustainable Development and Corporate Sustainability: Basic Issues M.A.B. Siddique and M.A. Quaddus PART I: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS AND CASE STUDIES 2. Corporate Environmental Sustainability Management Strategies: Looking through the Chinese Lens Anna L. Rowe 3. Strategy in a World of Sustainability: A Developmental Framework Jeremy Galbreath 4. House of Sustainability (HOS): An Innovative Approach to Achieve Sustainability in the Indian Coal Sector Kampan Mukherjee 5. Decision-making and Sustainability in Agricultural Decision Support Systems: A Review and Analysis Don Kerr and Oscar Imaz 6. Environmental Supply Chain Management in Australian Grain Industries: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach Wahidul K. Biswas, Michele B. John, Peter J. Batt and John D. Noonan 7. Sustainability in the Built Environment: Factors and a Decision Framework Joseph Sarkis, Laura Meade and Adrien Presley 8. Knowledge Creation and Corporate Sustainability: Empirical Evidence from Bahrain’s Service Industry Ralla Al Azali, M.A. Quaddus and Jun Xu 9. Corporate Social Responsibility: The Case of SKYCITY in New Zealand M.E. Ali and M.A.B. Siddique PART II: CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY WITH SINGLE BOTTOM LINE 10. Customer Resources and Economic Sustainability of Online Channels Oleg V. Pavlov 11. Economics, Corporate Sustainability and Social Responsibility Clem Tisdell PART III: SOCIAL COMMUNICATION OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY 12. Corporate Sustainability Reporting: How to Benefit from ICT for Communicating à la Carte Ralf Isenmann 13. Internet-supported Sustainability Reporting – Expectations and Reality: Empirical Findings from the German DAX30 Christian Herzig and Jasmin Godemann 14. Identifying Stakeholders for Sustainability Reporting Ulrich Steimle and Anja Liebrich 15. Corporate Sustainability Reporting: The Emerging Trends in India Sujit Kumar Roy 16. Corporate Sustainability: Future Directions M.A. Quaddus and M.A.B. Siddique Index
