Research, Theory, and Practice Worthington, Ian. creator author text Electronic books. xx 2013 monographic eng 1 online resource (297 pages) The book focuses on why, when and how businesses have responded to the growing pressures to improve on their environmental performance. Drawing on current research and numerous practical examples and case-studies, it examines the notion of the sustainable business organization. This is an ideal text for courses in Business and the Environment. SECTION ONE: MAPPING THE TERRITORY -- 1. Organizations and the natural environment: the two faces of business -- SECTION TWO: GREENING BUSINESS IN CONTEXT -- 2. The emergence of corporate environmentalism -- 3. Government, business, and the natural environment: policy instruments -- SECTION THREE: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES -- 4. Why firms go 'green': drivers and motivations -- 5. Models of corporate greening -- 6. Examining the business case for corporate greening -- 7. SMEs and the environment -- SECTION FOUR: GREENING BUSINESS IN PRACTICE -- 8. Green strategies -- 9. Environmental management systems -- 10. Greening business functions -- SECTION FIVE: CONCLUSION -- 11. Towards the ecologically sustainable business organization? -- REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z. Ian Worthington. Business enterprises Environmental aspects Environmental responsibility Social responsibility of business Environmental protection HD30.255 .W67 2013 658.4083 Worthington, Ian Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated,c2013 9780191641381 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1107708 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1107708 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1107708 https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/pucpr-ebooks/detail.action?docID=1107708 MiAaPQ 211129 20220607150423.0 EBC1107708 eng