Sustainable Business, Economics and Finance
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Prosperity without Growth
Economics for a Finite Planet
Is more economic growth the solution? Will it deliver prosperity and well-being for a global population projected to reach nine billion? In this explosive book, Tim Jackson, a top sustainability adviser to the UK government, makes a compelling case against continued economic growth in developed...
Published March 17th 2011 by Routledge
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The Zeronauts
Breaking the Sustainability Barrier
A world of 9 billion people by mid-century will demand fundamental changes in our mindsets, behaviors, cultures, and overarching paradigm. Just as our species broke the Sound Barrier during the 1940s and 1950s, a new breed of innovator, entrepreneur, and investor is lining up to break the...
Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge
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Fiduciary Law and Responsible Investing
In Nature’s trust
Series: Routledge Research in Finance and Banking Law
This book is about fiduciary law’s influence on the financial economy’s environmental performance, focusing on how the law affects responsible investing and considering possible legal reforms to shift financial markets closer towards sustainability. Fiduciary law governs how trustees, fund managers...
Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge
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Accounting for Biodiversity
The corporate sector is contributing significantly to a serious biodiversity crisis. This book explores the financial, business risk, ethical, cultural, and emotional rationales underlying the need for companies to actively protect, conserve and improve biodiversity within their sphere of operation...
To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge
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Food Policy and the Environmental Credit Crunch
From Soup to Nuts
The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly into the importance of food spending. This is certainly true from the perspective of food prices in the short run, but also from the perspective of sustainability and...
To Be Published September 18th 2013 by Routledge
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A New Blueprint for a Green Economy
Published in 1989, Blueprint for a Green Economy presented, for the first time, practical policy measures for 'greening' modern economies and putting them on a path to sustainable development. This new book, written by two of the Blueprint for a Green Economy authors, revisits and updates its main...
Published January 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Environment and Economy
Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts
As environmental issues move to the centre of the political debate, more attention is being focused on the role our economy has played in creating the ecological crisis, and what a sustainable economy might look like. In spite of the success of the environmental movement in drawing attention to the...
Published January 26th 2011 by Routledge
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Sustainability Economics
An Introduction
Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics
The book is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environmental and ecological economics and optimal growth theory, sustainability remains a hazy and complex subject. The author set out with two objectives:...
Published May 23rd 2012 by Routledge
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Business and the Sustainability Challenge
An Integrated Perspective
It is vitally important for businesses to have a holistic understanding of the many issues surrounding and shaping sustainability, from competitors to government and political factors, to economics and ecological science. This integrated textbook for MBA and senior-level...
To Be Published July 3rd 2013 by Routledge
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Business and the Natural Environment
Series: Critical Perspectives on Business and Management
Over the past four decades, the concept of corporate environmentalism has passed through multiple iterations. Prompted by landmark environmental events such the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (1962), the Santa Barbara oil spill, the Cuyahoga River fire, Love Canal, Bhopal, the Exxon...
Published November 20th 2012 by Routledge
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Measuring Welfare beyond Economics
The Genuine Progress of Hong Kong and Singapore
Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
Developed in the 1930s, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was never meant to be an indicator of the level of welfare of a population, but its emphasis by politicians and news outlets has made it become one of the most popular indicators of “development”. Increasingly scholars have criticized the...
To Be Published May 31st 2014 by Routledge
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Economic Development and Political Action in the Arab World
Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies
Analysis of North African revolt against authoritarianism, known as the ‘Arab Spring’, embraced reductionist explanations such as the social media, youth unemployment and citizens’ agitations to regain dignity in societies humiliated by oppressive regimes. While recognizing the role these...
To Be Published October 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Economic Incentives for Marine and Coastal Conservation
Prospects, Challenges and Policy Implications
Marine and coastal resources provide millions of people with their livelihoods, such as fishing and tourism, and a range of critical additional ‘ecosystem services’, from biodiversity and culture to carbon storage and flood protection. Yet across the world, these resources are...
To Be Published October 23rd 2013 by Routledge
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Employee Engagement with Sustainable Business
How to Change the World Whilst Keeping Your Day Job
Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Studies
Sustainability is, and continues to grow as, a key issue for organizations: in the board room; with investors, customers and regulators; and from employees whose demands on organizations include improving their social and environmental performance in return for loyalty and commitment. However, as...
To Be Published July 3rd 2013 by Routledge
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Sustainable Leadership
Honeybee and Locust Approaches
The business case for operating along sustainable principles is becoming very clear. Sustainable organizations outperform their peers on many criteria, including corporate social responsibility, employee satisfaction and – surprising for some – even financially. Sustainable Leadership:...
Published March 6th 2011 by Routledge
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Eco-Innovation and Sustainability Management
Series: Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology
Sustainability is a phenomenon that must be pursued in a complex system of interrelated elements of business, society, and ecology. It is important to gain an understanding of these elements, the interplay between them, and the behavior of the system. This book explores the...
Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
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Trade, Health and the Environment
The European Union Put to the Test
The trade conflicts that the EU has faced within the EU or WTO context demonstrate that the question of how to balance trade and other societal values in situations of uncertainty has not been solved by the regulatory model evolved by the EU in the aftermath of the BSE crisis – one which privileges...
To Be Published October 16th 2013 by Routledge
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Routledge Handbook of Sport and Corporate Social Responsibility
Series: Foundations of Sport Management
As the role of sport in society becomes ever more prominent and as sports organisations become increasingly influential members of the global community, so it has become more important than ever for sport to consider its wider social responsibilities. The Routledge Handbook of Sport and Corporate...
To Be Published July 2nd 2013 by Routledge
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Carbon Governance, Climate Change and Business Transformation
Series: Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research
Transformation to a low carbon economy is a central tenet to any discussion on the solutions to the complex challenges of climate change and energy security. Despite advances in policy, carbon management and continuing development of clean technology, fundamental business transformation...
To Be Published December 19th 2013 by Routledge
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Sustainable Capitalism and the Pursuit of Well-Being
Series: Routledge Studies in Sustainable Development
According to conventional wisdom, we need to change the system to change behaviours. This book argues that changing behaviours will change the system, with potential for positive feedback on behaviour. It starts by questioning the received wisdom that we know what makes us happy. Research shows...
To Be Published November 29th 2013 by Routledge
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Risk Governance
Coping with Uncertainty in a Complex World
Series: Earthscan Risk in Society
'Risk Governance is a tour de force. Every risk manager, every risk analyst, every risk researcher must read this book - it is the demarcation point for all further advances in risk policy and risk research. Renn provides authoritative guidance on how to manage risks based on a definitive synthesis...
Published May 29th 2008 by Routledge
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Fraud and Carbon Markets
The Carbon Connection
Series: Environmental Market Insights
The VAT Carousel Fraud has seriously undermined the financial integrity of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). This timely book is the first to give an overview of fraud in the carbon market. Written by a former broker, it presents unique material on the carbon fraud mechanics and...
Published April 8th 2013 by Routledge
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Voluntary Carbon Markets
An International Business Guide to What They Are and How They Work, 2nd Edition
The global carbon markets are growing at a staggering rate. The growth prospects for business are enormous and the potential positive impacts for greenhouse gas emission reductions, climate policy options, renewable energy investment, development projects and efficiency gains are increasingly...
Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
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The World of Wal-Mart
Discounting the American Dream
Series: Routledge Series for Creative Teaching and Learning in Anthropology
This book demonstrates the usefulness of anthropological concepts by taking a critical look at Wal-Mart and the American Dream. Rather than singling Wal-Mart out for criticism, the authors treat it as a product of a socio-political order that it also helps to shape. The book attributes Wal-Mart’s...
Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge