Skip to Main Content
Managing Sustainability
book

Managing Sustainability

by John Friedman
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
136 pages
3h 13m
English
Business Expert Press
Content preview from Managing Sustainability

CHAPTER 1

Introduction

Corporate Sustainability

For many people the concept of “sustainability”—meeting the needs of this generation while safeguarding those of generations to come—is synonymous with environmental protection and stewardship. However, those working in the space focus on three main pillars: economic, environmental, and social. This is what starts to separate an effort to balance or meet all three needs with “environmentalism.”

For businesses, the term “corporate sustainability” is broken into three related but slightly different categories: environment, social, and governance (ESG)—the concept being that much of what a business does economically has to be done ethically, transparently, and with proper checks and balances in place. ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Sustainability Reporting and Communications

Sustainability Reporting and Communications

Dr. Alan S. Gutterman
Green Information and Communication Systems for a Sustainable Future

Green Information and Communication Systems for a Sustainable Future

Rajshree Srivastava, Sandeep Kautish, Rajeev Tiwari

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781951527754