A Primer on Sustainable Business

Table of Contents

• Licensing Information

• Chapter 1: Introduction

  • A Background on Sustainability

• Chapter 2: Operations Management

  • Sustainable Business
  • Social Impact
  • Environmental Impact
  • Economic Impact

• Chapter 3: Human Resources

  • Recruitment and Selection
  • Training and Development
  • Performance Appraisal and Feedback
  • Pay and Benefits
  • Labor Relations

• Chapter 4: Finance

  • Chapter Introduction
  • Capital Investments
  • Socially Responsible Investments
  • Measuring Corporate Performance
  • Carbon Finance
  • Sustainable Financing
  • Sustainable Insurance

• Chapter 5: Research and Development

  • Cradle to Cradle
  • Biomimicry
  • Life Cycle Analysis
  • Crowdsourcing

• Chapter 6: Marketing

  • Product
  • Price
  • Place (Distribution)
  • Promotion

• Chapter 7: IT and MIS

  • Information Technology
  • Information Systems

• Chapter 8: Accounting

  • Measurement and Accounting Tools
  • Reporting
  • Assurance and Stakeholder Engagement
  • Accounting Methods

• Chapter 9: Next Steps: Sustainability Strategy

  • Sustainability as Incremental Improvements
  • Sustainability as Strategy
  • Making the Sustainability Commitment
  • Conclusion

• Chapter 10: Sustainable Business: Case Examples

• Chapter 11: Appendix: Resources for the Sustainable Business

• References