Business and the Environment

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Publish Date: 2004-02-01
Features: The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series brings managers and professionals the fundamental information they need to stay competitive in a fast-moving world. Gathered in a highly accessible format are the leading minds and landmark ideas that have established the Harvard Business Review as required reading for forward-thinking businesspeople worldwide. With concern for environmental issues growing, defining the controversial relationship between business and the environment has become even more essential. Harvard Business Review on Business and the Environment brings together the latest management thinking on the role of the environment in business, and offers a general management perspective that will help outline the critical environmental issues your organization may face. As concern for growing environmental issues rises, clarifying the controversial relationship between business and the environment has become increasingly necessary. This book provides fresh perspectives and innovative management ideas for environmental issues faced by businesses. Main Content● The Path of Natural Capitalism● Quantifying Environmental Issues● Driving Growth Through Global Sustainable Development; Interview with Robert B. Shapiro, CEO of Monsanto● The Hard "Greening"● Beyond Greening: Strategic Sustainability● Greening and Competitiveness: The End of Opposition● Recycling Engineering Based on Profit: A New Eco-friendly Business Model● A Stalled Environmental Case