Global sustainability as a business imperative

Includes bibliographical references and index.

How business, resources, and people fit together in a sustainability model / James A.F. Stoner and Charles Wankel -- Business logic for sustainability / Aileen M. Ionescu-Somers -- Sustainability as a business model / Wendy Stubbs -- Investing in sustainable entrepreneurship and business ventures in the developing world : key lessons and experiences of the ecoenterprises fund / Tammy E. Newmark and Jacob Park -- Sustainability in business curricula : toward a deeper understanding and -- Implementation / Blanca Luisa Delgado-Márquez, J. Alberto Aragón-Correa, and Nuria E. Hurtado-Torres -- The contribution of interdisciplinary skills to the sustainability of business : when artists, engineers, and managers work together to serve enterprises / Vera Ivanaj and Silvester Ivanaj -- Public disclosure of corporate environmental performance : pollutant releases and transfer registers (PRTRS) / Javier Delgado-Ceballos and Antonio Rueda-Manzanares -- The adjustment of corporate governance structures for global sustainability / Natalia Ortiz-de-Mandojana, Javier Aguilera-Caracuel, and J. Alberto Aragón-Correa -- Taxes and sustainability / John L. Stancil -- Why changing the way we use energy is essential for global sustainability / Richard H. Jones -- From carbon to carbohydrates : toward sustainability in the plastics industry / Avrath Chadha -- Informal waste-pickers in Latin America : sustainable and equitable solutions in the dumps / Candace A. Martinez -- Sustainability of the wine industry: New Zealand, Australia, and the United States / Anatoly Zhuplev and Cynthia Aguirre -- New trends for sustainable consumption : the farmer's market as a business imperative for the re-education of consumers / Alessio Cavicchi and Benedetto Rocchi -- Participation of agribusiness stakeholders in global sustainability questions : the case of climate change and bioenergy of Brazil / Denise Barros de Azevedo, Eugênio Ávila Pedrozo, and Guilherme Cunha Malafaia.