Making sustainability work : best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental, and economic impacts /

Epstein, Marc J.

Making sustainability work : best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental, and economic impacts / Marc J. Epstein and Adriana Rejc Buhovac ; with forewords by John Elkington and Herman B. Dutch Leonard. - Second edition, completely revised and updated. - 1 online resource (324 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of cases, figures, and tables -- Foreword from the first edition / John Elkington, SustainAbility -- Foreword from the first edition / Herman B. Dutch Leonard, Harvard Business School -- Preface -- Introduction: improving sustainability and financial performance in global corporations -- Leadership, organizational culture, and strategy for corporate sustainability -- Organizing for sustainability -- Costing, capital investments, and the integration of sustainability risks -- Performance measurement, evaluation, and reward systems -- The foundations for measuring social, environmental, and economic impacts -- Implementing a social, environmental, and economic impact measurement system -- Improving corporate processes, products, and projects for corporate sustainability -- External sustainability reporting and verification -- The benefits of sustainability for corporations and society -- Bibliography -- Index.

9781609949945


Social responsibility of business.
Corporations--Environmental aspects.
Industries--Environmental aspects.


Electronic books.

HD60 / .E67 2014

658.4/08