Corporate Strategy and Sustainability : From Excellence to Fraud (Hardcover)

PART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL??Preface??Chapter 1. Introduction and Context??Chapter 2: A Brief History of Corporate Response to Sustainability Issues? PART 2:?SOME KEY CONCEPTS AND METHODOLOGY??Chapter 3: Eco-efficiency, Circular economy and other paradigms??Chapter 4: Closing the Loop: Mimicking Nature ? Biomimicry and Industrial Ecology??Chapter 5: Thinking Systemically (I) Mass Balances and Industrial Metabolism??Chapter 6: Thinking Systematically (II) Life-Cycle Analysis??Chapter 7: Thinking Systemically (III): Carbon Accounting??Chapter 8: Thinking Systemically (IV): LCA, Carbon Footprinting and Input-Output Analysis? PART 3:?CASE STUDIES??Chapter 9: Waste to Profits. The Case of Consolidated Mining and Smelting Ltd.??Chapter 10: Designing the Corporation of the 21^st Century. Case Study of Interface Inc.??Chapter 11: MOWI ? world leader in aquaculture ? a questionable solution??Chapter 12: The Search for Innovative Business Models. Case Study of Ooteel Forest Products Ltd.??Chapter 13: Assessing Ooteel’s Strategic Options??Chapter 14: Defining Sustainability and its Components. Case Study of Suncor Ltd.??Chapter 15: Volkswagen: a case study in corporate malfeasance and recovery??Chapter 16: Five short cases: Patagonia, H&M, Walmart, Ford, fossil fuel companies? PART 4:?SPECIAL TOPICS??Chapter 17: Internalizing Sustainability into Corporate Strategy??Chapter 18: Reforming the financial system??Chapter 19: Social Enterprise and the Social Return to Investment??Chapter 20: Corporate Culture and Leadership??Chapter 21: Afterword