This Reader contains a comprehensive collection of recent work by leading authors in the field of business and sustainable development. With 17 chapters organized thematically into sections covering 'business opportunities', 'environmental and social accounting', 'critical perspectives' and 'trade and sustainable development', The Earthscan Reader in Business and Sustainable Development is essential reading for all those with an interest in the role that business can play in moving society towards a sustainable future.
Introduction Section 1: Overview Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World The 'Triple Bottom Line for 21st-Century Business' Section 2: Business Opportunities Bringing the Environment Down to Earth The Imperfect Market A Road Map for Natural Capitalism The Firm, its Routines and the Environment Section 3: Environmental and Social Accounting What is Social Accounting? The Green Bottom Line Struggling with the Praxis of Social Accounting: Stakeholders, Accountability, Audits and Procedures Balancing Performance, Ethics and Accountability Section 4: Critical Perspectives Multinational Corporations' Impacts on the Environment and Communities in the Developing World: a Synthesis of the Contemporary Debate The Responsibility of Business to the Whole Global Spin Mixed Messages Getting Engaged: Business-NGO Relations on Sustainable Development Section 5: Trade and Sustainable Development Business, and the Environment: Agenda for Stability in World Trade Reaping the Benefits: Trade Opportunities of Developing-country Producers from Sustainable Consumption and Production Conclusion: Win-Win Revisited: a Buddhist Perspective
