
Sustainability Management
Global Perspectives on Concepts, Instruments, and Stakeholders
Rüdiger Hahn(Author)
Prof. Rüdiger Hahn (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 12. February 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
294 pages
978-3-9823211-0-3 (ISBN)
Description
Driven by mega trends such as climate change, migration, globalization, or population development, sustainable development and sustainability management have now become vital areas of concern for almost all firms. This textbook provides comprehensive knowledge on sustainability management to reduce costs and risks, increase reputation and legitimacy, generate competitive advantages, and advance the sustainable development of companies and society. The book covers not only the concepts of sustainable development and sustainability management but also the relevant instruments and tools used in all essential management domains such as marketing, accounting, supply chain management, innovation management, and many others. Furthermore, this sustainability management textbook employs an extensive stakeholder perspective to illuminate the influence of various actors, such as employees, customers, investors, or governmental/non-governmental organizations. Special features of this textbook:
- Faces of sustainability: These features introduce thought leaders in sustainability from all areas of society.
- Sustainability in business: These features provide examples of sustainability and unsustainability in business practice from all over the world.
- Sustainability in society: These features illustrate practical challenges, ideas, and concepts of sustainability from a societal point of view.
- Sustainability in research: These features give a recap on seminal research articles on different aspects of sustainability management.
The book is supported by an extensive range of online resources for students and course instructors that can be accessed via https://sustainabilitymanagementbook.com/
- Faces of sustainability: These features introduce thought leaders in sustainability from all areas of society.
- Sustainability in business: These features provide examples of sustainability and unsustainability in business practice from all over the world.
- Sustainability in society: These features illustrate practical challenges, ideas, and concepts of sustainability from a societal point of view.
- Sustainability in research: These features give a recap on seminal research articles on different aspects of sustainability management.
The book is supported by an extensive range of online resources for students and course instructors that can be accessed via https://sustainabilitymanagementbook.com/
More details
Language
English
Target group
Adult education
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Product notice
Klappenbroschur
Dimensions
Height: 23.39 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
ISBN-13
978-3-9823211-0-3 (9783982321103)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Author
Prof. Rüdiger Hahn holds the Henkel-Endowed Chair of Sustainability Management at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Germany. Previously, he was a professor at the universities of Hohenheim and Kassel (both Germany).In his more than 15 years of teaching sustainability management and corporate social responsibility he has won several awards for teaching excellence and his courses are highly praised by his students. Prof. Hahn is a highly recognized scholar in the field. He regularly publishes in high-ranking and internationally recognized journals.
Content
A. Introducing sustainable development and sustainability management
A.1. History and status quo of sustainable development
A.2. Concepts of sustainability and sustainable development
A.3. Reasons for sustainable development and sustainability management
A.4. Sustainability strategies
B. Stakeholder perspectives on sustainability management
B.1. Stakeholder management
B.2. Employees
B.3. Governmental actors
B.4. Civil society
B.5. Investors
B.6. Consumers
C. Instruments and functional perspectives of sustainability management
C.1. Sustainability marketing
C.2. Sustainable human resource management
C.3. Sustainable supply chain management
C.4. Sustainable production and logistics
C.5. Sustainable innovation management
C.6. Sustainability accounting
C.6.1. Introduction to sustainability accounting, management control, and reporting
C.6.2. Life cycle sustainability assessment
C.6.3. Carbon accounting, C.7. Sustainability management control
C.7.1. Codes of conduct
C.7.2. Management systems for sustainability
C.7.3. Sustainability balanced scorecard
C.8. Sustainability reporting
C.9. Sustainable business models and alternative forms of organizations
C.10. Digitalization and sustainability management
A.1. History and status quo of sustainable development
A.2. Concepts of sustainability and sustainable development
A.3. Reasons for sustainable development and sustainability management
A.4. Sustainability strategies
B. Stakeholder perspectives on sustainability management
B.1. Stakeholder management
B.2. Employees
B.3. Governmental actors
B.4. Civil society
B.5. Investors
B.6. Consumers
C. Instruments and functional perspectives of sustainability management
C.1. Sustainability marketing
C.2. Sustainable human resource management
C.3. Sustainable supply chain management
C.4. Sustainable production and logistics
C.5. Sustainable innovation management
C.6. Sustainability accounting
C.6.1. Introduction to sustainability accounting, management control, and reporting
C.6.2. Life cycle sustainability assessment
C.6.3. Carbon accounting, C.7. Sustainability management control
C.7.1. Codes of conduct
C.7.2. Management systems for sustainability
C.7.3. Sustainability balanced scorecard
C.8. Sustainability reporting
C.9. Sustainable business models and alternative forms of organizations
C.10. Digitalization and sustainability management