Green Business, Green Values, and Sustainability

ISBN-13: 9780415883825 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 174 str.

Christos Pitelis;Jack Keenan;¬Abar

Opis

Bringing together leading academics, scientists and engineers, government leaders, and business executives to consider the central issues involved in the transformation toward sustainability, Green Business, Green Values, and Sustainability offers a concise and definitive book on the green transformation of business in major sectors including government, finance, energy, and retail. Different solutions to sustainability are explored including ethical approaches, alternative environmental strategies, corporate responsibility, and carbon reductions.

Spis treści

@contents:1. CIBAM and the Symposium on ‘Green Business and Green Values’. Christos N. Pitelis  2. Humans: Then, Now, and Looking Ahead. Sir Crispin Tickell  3. The End of Gucci Capitalism. Noreena Hertz  4. The Energy Challenge. Edward Hyams  5. Economizing, Innovating, and Economic Sustainability: A Business School Perspective. Christos N. Pitelis and Jochen Runde  6. Green Values In Communities: How and Why to Engage Individuals with Decarbonisation Targets. Michael Pollitt  7. Green Business and Green Values: A Perspective from Government. Elizabeth Anastasi  8. Sustainability of Corporate Profit. Jack Keenan  9. Doing Good is Good Business. David Roth  10. Demonstrating Goodness. Michael Littlechild  11. Sustainable Special Economic Zones: A Call to Action. Richard Broyd, Jeff Grogan, Alexandra Mandelbaum, Alejandro Gutierrez and Debra Lam  12. Considering Green Business and Green Values. J.C. Spender

O autorze

Christos Pitelis is Director of the Centre for International Business and Management (CIBAM) and Reader in International Business and Competitiveness at the Judge Business School, as well as Fellow in Economics at Queens’ College, University of Cambridge. He has published widely in business strategy, business economics, and political economy.

Jack Keenan is the Founder and CEO of Grand Cru Consulting Ltd. He has been Chairman and CEO of Kraft Foods International, and CEO of the business which is now Diageo Plc.

Vicky Pryce is Director General, Economics and Chief Economic Adviser, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) (formerly BERR), and Joint Head, UK Government Economic Service.