Community Forest Monitoring for the Carbon Market: Opportunities Under Redd
ISBN: 9780415852890 / Angielski / Miękka / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent developments in international policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) open the way for crediting of carbon saved by rural communities through management of the forests in their vicinity. Since the annual changes in forest carbon stock under this kind of management are relatively small and often under the canopy, they cannot easily be assessed using remote sensing, so ground-level data collection is likely to be essential over large areas of forests. The potential role of communities in measuring, monitoring and reporting carbon stock changes in...
Recent developments in international policy on Reduced Emissions from Deforestation in Developing countries (REDD) open the way for crediting of carb...
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231,25 zł |
Clean Tech Clean Profits: Using Effective Innovation and Sustainable Business Practices to Win in the New Low-Carbon Economy
ISBN: 9780749470418 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Through a combination of innovation and regulation, the script for how the world's economies operate is being totally rewritten. Cleaner and greener technologies are playing an increasing role in global business -- and while there will be costs involved adapting to those technologies, there are also opportunities for business which are capable of commercializing them. From carbon capture to new sources of renewable energy, the overall potential of this shift is enormous, as evidenced by the amount of private capital and public funds looking for clean technologies in which to... Through a combination of innovation and regulation, the script for how the world's economies operate is being totally rewritten. Cleaner and greene... |
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338,63 zł |
Beyond the Bottom Line: Integrating Sustainability Into Business and Management Practice
ISBN: 9781783533275 / Angielski / Twarda / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beyond the Bottom Line: Integrating the UN Global Compact into Management Practices is the first book to look at how the Ten UN Global Compact Principles and the sustainability agenda can be incorporated into business practice. The UN Global Compact is the largest corporate sustainability initiative and, with over 12,000 participating organizations, provides a major influence on global business sustainability practices. Its mission is to guide organizations in how to (1) do business responsibly by aligning their strategies and operations with Ten Principles on human rights, labor,...
Beyond the Bottom Line: Integrating the UN Global Compact into Management Practices is the first book to look at how the Ten UN Global Compact ...
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551,96 zł |
Solar Sells Handbook 2nd Edition: Earn a 6 Figure Income
ISBN: 9781530435371 / Angielski / Miękka / 120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This information-packed handbook will inspire passion and confidence in your ability to motivate homeowners to switch to an innovative, yet timeless, energy production system: solar energy. Solar Sells Handbook shows you how to learn about new sales opportunities in the residential solar industry, offering plenty of tips to help you pitch solar products to your prospects, become a successful solar energy consultant, and improve your odds of earning a six-figure income. Part one of the book discusses the drivers for increased solar sales, such as rising awareness of... This information-packed handbook will inspire passion and confidence in your ability to motivate homeowners to switch to an innovative, yet timeles... |
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114,89 zł |
Diseno de Una Recicladora de Pet: Estrategias y Cadena de Suministro Para Su Formulacion
ISBN: 9781463365509 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. En los ultimos anos el poli-etilen-tereftalato, mejor conocido como PET, se ha convertido en un Comoditie de alto valor y potencial en el mercado mexicano. La falta de interes por parte de autoridades, productores y los consumidores, en responsabilizarse por el desecho de este producto, ha generado que existan grandes volumenes de este material en tiraderos, calles, rios, lagos, campos rurales y en general, en cualquier lugar de Mexico. Este libro expone una idea sobre como utilizar todo este material desaprovechado por medio de la creacion de una Recicladora de PET que sea sustentable y que...
En los ultimos anos el poli-etilen-tereftalato, mejor conocido como PET, se ha convertido en un Comoditie de alto valor y potencial en el mercado mexi...
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62,27 zł |
Diseno de Una Recicladora de Pet: Estrategias y Cadena de Suministro Para Su Formulacion
ISBN: 9781463365516 / Hiszpański / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. En los ultimos anos el poli-etilen-tereftalato, mejor conocido como PET, se ha convertido en un Comoditie de alto valor y potencial en el mercado mexicano. La falta de interes por parte de autoridades, productores y los consumidores, en responsabilizarse por el desecho de este producto, ha generado que existan grandes volumenes de este material en tiraderos, calles, rios, lagos, campos rurales y en general, en cualquier lugar de Mexico. Este libro expone una idea sobre como utilizar todo este material desaprovechado por medio de la creacion de una Recicladora de PET que sea sustentable y que...
En los ultimos anos el poli-etilen-tereftalato, mejor conocido como PET, se ha convertido en un Comoditie de alto valor y potencial en el mercado mexi...
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150,84 zł |
Base of the Pyramid. Innovationsnotwendigkeit und Möglichkeiten
ISBN: 9783656459514 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 36 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich VWL - Umweltokonomie, Note: 2,3, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf (Betriebswirtschaftslehre), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ausgelost durch die Ubersattigung auf etablierten Markten der Industrielander und zugleich durch die hohen Wachstumsraten in Entwicklungslandern, ruckt das bisher weitestgehend vernachlassigte Bevolkerungssegment der "Armsten der Armen'' immer mehr in den Vordergrund fur multinationale Unternehmen. In vielen Teilen der Welt besteht auch heute noch ein primarer Mangel an lebenswichtigen Mitteln, wie Nahrung, Kleidung oder...
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich VWL - Umweltokonomie, Note: 2,3, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf (Betriebswirtschaftslehre), Spra...
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188,03 zł |
Healing Capitalism : Five Years in the Life of Business, Finance and Corporate Responsibility
ISBN: 9781907643927 / Angielski / Twarda / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * Analyzes key issues, events and trends in corporate responsibility during the 21st century
* Examines the impact of the corporate responsibility movement * Presents a new vision of capitalism * Explains how leaders and stakeholders need to address flaws in contemporary capitalism * Sequel and companion to The Corporate Responsibility Movement * Drawn on Lifeworth's annual CR reviews Drawing on Lifeworth's annual Corporate Responsibility (CR) reviews, this book investigates the key events, issues and trends in corporate responsibility from the onset... * Analyzes key issues, events and trends in corporate responsibility during the 21st century
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709,67 zł |
Creating Social Value: A Guide for Leaders and Change Makers
ISBN: 9781906093990 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * The first textbook to focus on social value creation
* Includes case studies on new types of leaders who can drive both social value creation and financial profits simultaneously * Introduces a new lexicon for creating social value in organizations * A distillation of key work from Babson College's Social Innovation Lab Social value creation is a journey and each company charts its own path through uncertain and complex terrain. The entrepreneurial leaders profiled in this book are trail-blazers in this new business landscape using both strategy and innovation to... * The first textbook to focus on social value creation
* Includes case studies on new types of leaders who can drive both social value creation a... |
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173,42 zł |
Healthy Land, Happy Families and Profitable Businesses: Essays to Improve Your Land, Your Life and Your Bottom Line
ISBN: 9780991063406 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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128,73 zł |
Creating Social Value : A Guide for Leaders and Change Makers
ISBN: 9781907643972 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * The first textbook to focus on social value creation
* Includes case studies on new types of leaders who can drive both social value creation and financial profits simultaneously * Introduces a new lexicon for creating social value in organizations * A distillation of key work from Babson College's Social Innovation Lab Social value creation is a journey and each company charts its own path through uncertain and complex terrain. The entrepreneurial leaders profiled in this book are trail-blazers in this new business landscape using both strategy and innovation to... * The first textbook to focus on social value creation
* Includes case studies on new types of leaders who can drive both social value creation a... |
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578,26 zł |
The Long Hedge: Preserving Organisational Value Through Climate Change Adaptation
ISBN: 9781907643958 / Angielski / Twarda / 344 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * Outlines a climate change adaptation framework to help organizations respond appropriately to climate change and adequately inform their investors and stakeholders
* Gives a comprehensive assessment of climate change management in the corporate sector Between climate change mitigation and adaptation, adaptation is seen as the poor cousin of international climate change efforts. But in the absence of globally coherent mitigation activities, adaptation may one day become the main line of defense for many organizations. Organizations have a clear imperative to assess both costs... * Outlines a climate change adaptation framework to help organizations respond appropriately to climate change and adequately inform their investors a...
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310,10 zł |
Pathways to Systemic Change: Inspiring Stories and a New Set of Variables for Understanding Social Innovation
ISBN: 9781783530533 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * Defines and develops a new set of variables to determine the best conditions for effective social innovation
* Useful for governments, academic centers, foundations and entrepreneurs interested in measuring the potential of social innovation * Builds on social entrepreneurship research at ESADE Business School * Explores four inspiring cases The world's social, ecological and economic problems are so complex and diverse that there will never be a -one-size-fits-all- model for social innovation. The very nature of social innovation as a new, better way of solving... * Defines and develops a new set of variables to determine the best conditions for effective social innovation
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194,45 zł |
Sustainability is for Everyone
ISBN: 9780991102204 / Angielski / Miękka / 60 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In just 49 pages, this little book - now in its 2nd edition, after selling over 20,000 copies - helps you "lift your thoughts above the fray" (Michael Kensler, Auburn University) and rethink what it means to do sustainability work. Alan AtKisson, recognized as one of the pioneers of sustainability consulting, author of the bestselling Believing Cassandra and The Sustainability Transformation, brings 25 years of international experience into crystal clear focus with a refreshing message of simplification and renewal. He also introduces useful new concepts such as "Sustainability,...
In just 49 pages, this little book - now in its 2nd edition, after selling over 20,000 copies - helps you "lift your thoughts above the fray" (Michael...
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27,35 zł |
Management Systems for Sustainability: How to Connect Strategy and Action
ISBN: 9781909293816 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. To deliver on your sustainability ambitions, you need an effective management system. Delivery and results, after all, are what sets leading sustainable businesses apart.
Supplementing your existing management arrangements with a management systems approach can play a crucial part in helping to implement more sustainable ways of working. It will help your colleagues understand what sustainability means and how it applies to their role. It will strengthen the link between strategy and action and provide the framework for the various elements of your sustainability strategy to... To deliver on your sustainability ambitions, you need an effective management system. Delivery and results, after all, are what sets leading sustainab...
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173,42 zł |
Building a Bridge to Benefits: Why Sustainability Is A Long-term Commitment And Why It Promotes Continuous Improvement
ISBN: 9781494213923 / Angielski / Miękka / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book provides a step-by-step approach, from Vision to Waste to Tangible Benefits, in molding an organization into a Sustainable Developed enterprise. Building a Bridge to Benefits is a top-down approach to transform a corporation into a Sustainable Developed enterprise. Environmentalist will say Sustainability is doing more with less. But that does not communicate the real business value to an executive. Eliminating waste, identifying new markets and increase performance translate in bottom line results. Sustainability is clearly understandable and links to the inter-connectivity to...
This book provides a step-by-step approach, from Vision to Waste to Tangible Benefits, in molding an organization into a Sustainable Developed enterpr...
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197,46 zł |
Managing Social Issues: A Public Values Perspective
ISBN: 9781781006955 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Western societies face complex social issues and a growing diversity of views on how these should be addressed. The traditional view focuses on government and public policy but neglects the initiatives that non-profit and private organizations and local networks take. This book presents a broader variety of viewpoints and theories. Looking at various cases, the authors analyse conflicting values and interests, actors' understandings of the public values related to social issues, and their action to create what they regard as public value. Drawing together these perspectives the authors point...
Western societies face complex social issues and a growing diversity of views on how these should be addressed. The traditional view focuses on govern...
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614,22 zł |
Corporate Sustainability in India: A Practical Guide for Multinationals
ISBN: 9781909293755 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This short guide offers practical insights for companies or foundations who want to run their business in India in a sustainable way.
In this concise, expert guide, Caroline Twigg draws on her experience of setting up the India office for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. She starts with a brief overview of India's history, culture and relationship with the environment, presents an overview of doing business in India in general, and then covers: policy and regulations that influence sustainability actions in India; how sustainability is interpreted in India... This short guide offers practical insights for companies or foundations who want to run their business in India in a sustainable way.
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173,42 zł |
Green Building: Federal Initiatives for the Nonfederal Sector Could Benefit from More Interagency Collaboration
ISBN: 9781482777994 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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87,31 zł |
Managing Corporate Legitimacy: A Toolkit
ISBN: 9781906093945 / Angielski / Twarda / 251 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. * Develops an assessment tool that enables us to look behind the facade of corporate social responsibility
* Outlines which organizational elements need to be in place to realize the political role of corporations in global governance * Empirically assesses five Swiss multinationals * Provides practical and detailed guidance for implementing corporate citizenship and managing corporate legitimacy Today, many large multinational corporations claim to conduct business in a socially responsible manner, yet no tools exist to assess whether and to what degree they have... * Develops an assessment tool that enables us to look behind the facade of corporate social responsibility
* Outlines which organizational elemen... |
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310,10 zł |