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Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Global Business Aspects
ISBN: 9783642632273 / Angielski / Miękka / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world is getting hotter as it experiences the extremes of global climate change. In 1999, catastrophic storms hit Honduras, China and East India, bringing severe devas tation to lives and national economies. EI Nino swept across the Pacific in early 2000, inflicting the worst floods on Mozambique and neighbouring countries. Industrialised nations are not immune to global warming - cases of encephalitis, a disease trans mitted by mosquitoes, were reported in the State of New York. In Antarctica, an iceberg seven times the size of Manhattan island broke loose and floated towards Cape Horn....
The world is getting hotter as it experiences the extremes of global climate change. In 1999, catastrophic storms hit Honduras, China and East India, ...
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Landscape Ecology of a Stressed Environment
ISBN: 9789401050241 / Angielski / Miękka / 310 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This series presents studies that have used the paradigm of landscape ecology. Other approaches, both to landscape and landscape ecology are common, but in the last decade landscape ecology has become distinct from its predecessors and its contemporaries. Landscape ecol- ogy addresses the relationships among spatial patterns, temporal pat- terns and ecological processes. The effect of spatial configurations on ecological processes is fundamental. When human activity is an import- ant variable affecting those relationships, landscape ecology includes it. Spatial and temporal scales are as...
This series presents studies that have used the paradigm of landscape ecology. Other approaches, both to landscape and landscape ecology are common, b...
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Learning for Sustainability in Times of Accelerating Change
ISBN: 9789086862030 / Angielski / Twarda / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We live in turbulent times, our world is changing at accelerating speed. Information is everywhere, but wisdom appears in short supply when trying to address key inter-related challenges of our time such as; runaway climate change, the loss of biodiversity, the depletion of natural resources, the on-going homogenization of culture, and rising inequity. Living in such times has implications for education and learning. This book explores the possibilities of designing and facilitating learning-based change and transitions towards sustainability. In 31 chapters contributors from across the world...
We live in turbulent times, our world is changing at accelerating speed. Information is everywhere, but wisdom appears in short supply when trying to ...
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440,84 |
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Evolution of a Corporate Idealist: When Girl Meets Oil
ISBN: 9781937134884 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There is an invisible army of people deep inside the world's biggest and best-known companies, pushing for safer and more responsible practices. They are trying to prevent the next Rana Plaza factory collapse, the next Deepwater Horizon explosion, the next Foxconn labor abuses. Obviously, they don't always succeed. Christine Bader is one of those people. She worked for and loved BP and then-CEO John Browne's lofty rhetoric on climate change and human rights--until a string of fatal BP accidents, Browne's abrupt resignation under a cloud of scandal, and the start of Tony Hayward's tenure as...
There is an invisible army of people deep inside the world's biggest and best-known companies, pushing for safer and more responsible practices. They ...
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131,65 |
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Globalization of Water Governance in South Asia
ISBN: 9780415710664 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume discusses major advances in the conceptions of water governance in recent years, based on discourses of neo-liberalism and integrated water resource management through case studies and experiences of five South Asian countries which have paved the way for new approaches to institutional design and public service delivery.
This volume discusses major advances in the conceptions of water governance in recent years, based on discourses of neo-liberalism and integrated wate...
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707,28 |
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Dealing with the Challenges of Macro Financial Linkages in Emerging Markets
ISBN: 9781464800023 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The 2008 financial crisis has highlighted the challenges associated with global financial integration and emphasized the importance of macro financial linkages. Specifi cally it has shown how the real sector (business cycles) can interact with and be amplifi ed by the fi nancial sector, resulting in high procyclicality and a buildup of systemic risk in the fi nancial sector that manifests itself during economic downturns. Although boom-bust cycles in asset prices and credit were observed prior to the recent global crisis, they did not seriously challenge the prevailing paradigm. In the macro...
The 2008 financial crisis has highlighted the challenges associated with global financial integration and emphasized the importance of macro financial...
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102,39 |
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Reflexive Governance for Sustainable Development
ISBN: 9781845425821 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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780,44 |
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Socially Responsible and Sustainable Business Around the Globe: The New Age of Corporate Social Responsibility
ISBN: 9781612290805 / Angielski / Miękka / 452 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Strategic Sustainability: Why It Matters to Your Business and How to Make It Happen
ISBN: 9781909293540 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In many businesses, sustainability is one person's passion and responsibility. A large part of a sustainability coordinator's job becomes selling sustainability to other people in the business. This book offers arguments, information and tactics that will help that person get the buy-in they need to move sustainability forward in their business. Strategic Sustainability lays out why sustainability matters to businesses--along with the benefits you and your stakeholders stand to gain.
* Shows how to identify the biggest issues, impacts and wins for your business *... In many businesses, sustainability is one person's passion and responsibility. A large part of a sustainability coordinator's job becomes selling sust...
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Corporate Sustainability
ISBN: 9783642370175 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sustainability is one of the key issues in today's society, as confirmed by the increasing attention of governments, media, academia and the industry. In the context of sustainable development, businesses that are often referred to as part of the problem can become part of the solution. This book presents the state of the art of sustainability in corporations from a number of perspectives, which include: economy, finance, measurement and reporting, organizing for sustainability, green products, green buildings and IT. The individual chapters provide valuable insights for pursuing future... Sustainability is one of the key issues in today's society, as confirmed by the increasing attention of governments, media, academia and the indust... |
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Corporate Social Performance in Emerging Markets: Sustainable Leadership in an Interdependent World
ISBN: 9781409432647 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When it comes to perceptions of what is a sustainable economy and how it may be realised, companies expanding into Central and Eastern European markets face the challenge of diverse people, attitudes and history. Corporate Social Performance in Emerging Markets provides an effective tool for companies to help them engage in CSR activities and become a responsible company in CEE countries such as Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia and Slovenia. It does this by enabling them to focus on the difference of stakeholders and their attitudes to those of Western Europe. The...
When it comes to perceptions of what is a sustainable economy and how it may be realised, companies expanding into Central and Eastern European market...
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Corporate Social Responsibility in China: A Vision, an Assessment and a Blueprint
ISBN: 9789814520775 / Angielski / Twarda / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the years, many corporations have been trying to determine what they can and should do to contribute to the sustainability of the economic, social and ecological environment within which they operate. Corporate social responsibility has become a key senior management issue worldwide and an increasingly debated topic in China. This book aims at helping companies operating in China to better assess and exercise their corporate social responsibility in specific contexts.
Over the years, many corporations have been trying to determine what they can and should do to contribute to the sustainability of the economic, socia...
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The Necessary Transition: The Journey Towards the Sustainable Enterprise Economy
ISBN: 9781906093891 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Life on Earth for humanity and our ecosystems is at a point of great change. There is much to be learnt about previous great disruptions. The key words are adaptation and transformation. Most international companies operate across multiple social and environmental geographies, so they know this intellectual and practical landscape. And for many governments the challenges of social and environmental justice are also paramount - not least because equitable societies are best for business, and best for human well-being.
Life on Earth for humanity and our ecosystems is at a point of great change. There is much to be learnt about previous great disruptions. The key word...
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Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism as Motors for Development: Case Studies from Developing Regions of the World
ISBN: 9780123851963 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It is now widely agreed that the climate is changing, global resources are diminishing and biodiversity is suffering. These changes pose huge challenges on nations, organizations, businesses, communities and ultimately individuals. Developing countries, many of them considered by the World Tourism Organization to be Top Emerging Tourism Destinations (UNWTO, 2009), are already suffering the full frontal effect of environmental degradation with the UN recently reporting the existence of nearly half a million climate refugees in Africa and Asia in addition to huge swathes of the world's farming...
It is now widely agreed that the climate is changing, global resources are diminishing and biodiversity is suffering. These changes pose huge challeng...
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Sense of Place and Sense of Planet: The Environmental Imagination of the Global
ISBN: 9780195335644 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sense of Place and Sense of Planet analyzes the relationship between the imagination of the global and the ethical commitment to the local in environmentalist thought and writing from the 1960s to the present. Part One critically examines the emphasis on local identities and communities in North American environmentalism by establishing conceptual connections between environmentalism and ecocriticism, on one hand, and theories of globalization, transnationalism and cosmopolitanism, on the other. It proposes the concept of "eco-cosmopolitanism" as a shorthand for envisioning these...
Sense of Place and Sense of Planet analyzes the relationship between the imagination of the global and the ethical commitment to the local in...
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Green Growth, Green Profit: How Green Transformation Boosts Business
ISBN: 9780230285439 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Green business is here. It is a multi billion business with enormous growth potential, driven by megatrends such as demographic change, climate change and urbanization. It is driving the transformation of existing businesses and changing the way customers and suppliers act, forcing them to rethink their business strategy.
Green business is here. It is a multi billion business with enormous growth potential, driven by megatrends such as demographic change, climate change...
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Managing Green Issues
ISBN: 9780230500037 / Angielski / Twarda / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Green issues have a large impact on how an organization is seen and huge implications for the organization's success, brand values and the sales decisions of consumers towards its products. This thoroughly updated practical book guides the modern organization on how to channel environmental issues to gain competitive advantage.
Green issues have a large impact on how an organization is seen and huge implications for the organization's success, brand values and the sales decis...
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When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line
ISBN: 9780231144001 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stories of predatory lending practices and the reckless destruction of the environment by greedy corporations dominate the news, suggesting that, in business, ethics and profit are incompatible pursuits. Yet some of the worst lenders are now bankrupt, and Toyota has enjoyed phenomenal success by positioning itself as the green car company par excellence. These trends suggest that antisocial corporate behavior has its costs, especially in terms of the stock market, which penalizes companies that have poor environmental track records and rewards more socially conscious brands. The political...
Stories of predatory lending practices and the reckless destruction of the environment by greedy corporations dominate the news, suggesting that, in b...
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The Localization Reader: Adapting to the Coming Downshift
ISBN: 9780262516877 / Angielski / Miękka / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Energy supplies are tightening. Persistent pollutants are accumulating. Food security is declining. There is no going back to the days of reckless consumption, but there is a possibility -- already being realized in communities across North America and around the world -- of localizing, of living well as we learn to live well within immutable constraints. This book maps the transition to a more localized world. Society is shifting from the centrifugal forces of globalization (cheap and abundant raw materials and energy, intensive commercialization, concentrated economic and political... Energy supplies are tightening. Persistent pollutants are accumulating. Food security is declining. There is no going back to the days of reckless ... |
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Water Resources and Development
ISBN: 9780415451390 / Angielski / Miękka / 346 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since the start of the twenty-first century there has been an unprecedented focus upon water as a key factor in the future of both society and environment. Water management lies at the heart of strategies of development as does the added the hazard of climate change. Water Resources and Development provides a stimulating interdisciplinary introduction to the role of water resources in shaping opportunities and constraints for development. The book begins by charting the evolution of approaches to water management. It identifies an emerging polarization in the late... Since the start of the twenty-first century there has been an unprecedented focus upon water as a key factor in the future of both society and envi... |
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