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Book Description

This book is a brief introduction to sustainability as it applies to business and offers an overview of how sustainability is applied throughout the organization. Chapters are organized by familiar departments or functions of the business and cover the applications and terminology of sustainability throughout each area. Whether you are an executive, an entrepreneur, an employee, or a business student, this book will help you understand the big picture of what it means to be a sustainable business.

Table of Contents

  1. Sustainable Business: An Executive's Primer
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Part I: Sustainability Throughout the Organization
  4. Chapter 1: Introduction
  5. Chapter 2: Operations Management
  6. Chapter 3: Human Resources
  7. Chapter 4: Finance
  8. Chapter 5: Research and Development
  9. Chapter 6: Marketing
  10. Chapter 7: Information Technology and Management Information Systems
  11. Chapter 8: Accounting
  12. Chapter 9: Next Steps: Sustainability Strategy
  13. Part II: Sustainable Business: Case Examples
  14. Appendix: Resources for the Sustainable Business
  15. Notes
  16. References