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" Practical sustainability strategies : "
Nikos Avlonas, Founder and President, Center for Sustainability & Excellence, George P. Nassos, Principal, George P. Nassos & Associates, Inc
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661483
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Avlonas, Nikos,1969-
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Practical sustainability strategies : : how to gain a competitive advantage /\ Nikos Avlonas, Founder and President, Center for Sustainability Excellence, George P. Nassos, Principal, George P. Nassos Associates, Inc
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1 online resource (xvii, 303 pages)
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9781118787472 (electronic bk.)
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: 9781118787496 (electronic bk.)
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: 1118787498 (electronic bk.)
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: 1118787471 (electronic bk.)
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9781118787373
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1118787374
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9781118250440 (cloth)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Urgency to adopt sustainability -- Development of sustainability concept and CSR -- The C.E.R.E.S. and other principles -- The natural step -- Eco-effective vs. eco-efficient: sustainability vs. being "less bad" -- Extended product responsibility and "servicizing" -- Systems thinking leads to "tunneling through the cost barrier" -- Environmental innovation through biomimicry -- Base of the pyramid -- Sustaining fisheries -- Green buildings -- Green chemistry, nanotechnology and big hairy audacious goal -- Sustainability and beyond -- Standards and guidelines for managing sustainability -- The corporation and its stakeholders -- Sustainability reporting -- Metrics for sustainability -- Life cycle analysis and carbon footprint -- Water footprint -- Green marketing, communication and green washing -- Epilogue : where do we go now?
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Business enterprises-- Environmental aspects.
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Industrial management-- Environmental aspects.
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Sustainable development.
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Social responsibility of business.
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658.4/083
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HD30.255
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Nassos, George P.
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Ohio Library and Information Network.
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Wiley Online Library (Online service)
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