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The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility

April 2, 2007

The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility covers the complexities, challenges and benefits of sustainability as it is pursued by corporate, academic, government and non-profit organizations.

It provides a blueprint on how organizations of all sizes can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental excellence. The handbook offers a wide variety of practical approaches and tools, including:

  • A model sustainability policy for organizations;
  • Summaries of sustainability codes and tips on how to select them;
  • Practical guidance on structuring the organization for sustainability and gaining support from management;
  • Overview of key sustainability trends and suggestions on how to..

The handbook is written by William Blackburn, who has worked in the area of corporate sustainability for several decades and has successfully led sustainability initiatives within a major global corporation and continues to provide guidance on the topic to companies, universities, governments, standards bodies and non-profit firms around the world.

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