Greening the Corporation

Table of contents

1. Front Cover
2. Half Title
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Contents
6. List of Tables
7. Acronyms and Abbreviations
8. Acknowledgements
9. Preface
10. 1 Environmental Challenges and Corporate Responses
    1. Introduction
    2. Atmosphere
    3. Toxic chemicals and hazardous waste
    4. Freshwater
    5. Land
    6. Oceans
    7. Biotechnology and biological diversity
    8. Corporate response to specific environmental challenges
       1. Management responses
    9. Conclusion
11. 2 Theories of Corporate Greening
    1. Introduction
    2. Ecological modernization
       1. The discourse of ecological modernization
       2. Ecological modernization theory
       3. Three key aspects of ecological modernization
    3. The sociology of management
       1. Rational choice theory
       2. Organizational theory
       3. Corporate culture
    4. Green economics and business
       1. Environmental economics
       2. The greening of business
       3. Business ethics and the environment
    5. Conclusion
12. 3 Corporate Management of Environmental Challenges
    1. Introduction
    2. Corporate environmental management structures: Policies
    3. Summary of corporate policies
    4. Corporate environmental management structures: Programmes
       1. Sustainable development issues
    5. Summary of corporate environmental management structures
    6. Corporate environmental management styles
       1. Compliance oriented management
       2. Preventive management
       3. Strategic environmental management
       4. Sustainable development management
    7. Summary of corporate environmental management styles
    8. Conclusion
13. 4 An Analysis of Two Corporations with a Traditional Corporate Culture
    1. Introduction
    2. ARCO Chemical Company
       1. Environmental policy
       2. Environmental record
    3. Summary: ARCO Chemical Company
    4. Shell
       1. Environmental policy
       2. Environmental record
    5. Summary: Shell
    6. Conclusion
14. 5 An Analysis of Two Corporations with a ‘Social-environmental’ Corporate Culture
    1. Introduction
    2. The Body Shop
       1. Environmental policy
       2. Environmental record
    3. Summary: The Body Shop
    4. Ben & Jerry’s
       1. Environmental policy
       2. Environmental record
    5. Summary: Ben & Jerry’s
    6. Conclusion
15. 6 Greening the Corporation: Shades of Green
    1. Introduction
    2. Ecological modernization as institutional learning
    3. Ecological modernization as technocratic project
    4. Ecological modernization as cultural politics
    5. Structures, styles and cultures
    6. Implications for further study
    7. Policy implications
    8. Conclusion
16. Endnotes
17. References
18. Index