Understanding Sustainability Principles and ESG Policies A Multidisciplinary Approach to Public and Corporate Responses to Climate Change
This textbook explores sustainability, climate change, and the corporate responsibility movement from a broad array of perspectives, including the challenges, risks, and opportunities of ESG policies, energy and environmental science, economics and philosophy, and sound public and private sector man...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Definitions of Sustainability.-Competing Ideals and an Emerging Consensus
- The Science of Sustainability
- Energy and Entropy
- Technology and Engineering
- Complex Systems
- Social Responsibilities
- Emerging Sciences
- The Economics of Sustainability
- The Social Discount Rate
- Non-Renewable Resources
- Depletable Resources
- Renewable Resources
- Backstop Technologies
- The Schumpeterian Hypothesis
- The Challenge of Laissez Faire
- The Natural Resource Curse
- The Role of Government and Regulation
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Environmental Sustainability
- The Limits of Growth- Environmental Degradation
- The Earth’s Carrying Capacity
- The Ethics of Sustainability
- The Great Philosophers
- Every Seventh Generation and the Veil of Ignorance
- Close the Barn Door
- East Meets West
- Social Sustainability
- Human Interactions and Populations
- A Clash of Cultures and Ideologies
- The Politics of Sustainability and Sustainable
- Managerial Sustainability
- Sustainable Business Practices
- Business Waves and Fads
- Green Goods and Green is Good
- The Green Supply Chain
- Sustainability Successes
- The Future
- Reporting the Triple Bottom Line
- Policy Prescriptions
- Conclusions