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Preparing for a Sustainable Future (1st ed. 2023)
Series: Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance
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The term sustainability has become one of the most significant in
the current era. It seems to be ubiquitous amongst academics,
politicians, business leaders, media personnel and even the general
public. It is no exaggeration to state that it is considered all
over the world to be the most pressing issue to be addressed for
the long-term future of the planet and its inhabitants. The topic
is of course complex, and the issue of sustainability is under much
debate as to what it actually is and how it can be achieved, but it
is completely certain that the resources of the planet are fixed in
quantity and, once used, cannot be reused except through being
reused in one form or another. At present, much of the discourse of
sustainability has focused upon the environment and in particular
upon climate change and the effects that this is having. Thus, the
discourse has tended to be about mitigation. Sustainability of
course requires all three pillars of the triple bottom
line—economic, environmental and social—to be addressed.
Indeed, it might be considered that the effects upon the social,
and how we choose to live our lives, might well be the most
profound effect of achieving sustainability. This book therefore
focuses upon some of the many aspects of the social and how we can
adapt our lives to accommodate the requirements of sustainability.
it therefore takes a very different approach to addressing the
issues of sustainability, while of course not ignoring the other
pillars. This book therefore sets out to examine various aspects of
the changes to personal, corporate and institutional behaviour
which may have to come about in our search for sustainability. It
is tended to address some of the issues and how they are being
dealt with in various parts of the world. As always, our concept is
to share best practice and thereby enrich both the discourse and
our progress towards sustainability. Thus, we focus upon the
current situation while also considering the extent to which the
focus is changing so much that we need to think about new
approaches to our understanding of behaviour and differing effects
in practice. The international origins of the contributors to this
book make this an original contribution taking some of the best
ideas from around the world. This book therefore addresses these
issues from a perspective not generally addressed by researchers,
or even by politicians and the press. It therefore provides fresh
perspectives upon the important issue of our common future. As
always, this approach is based on the tradition of the Social
Responsibility Research Network srrnet.org (a worldwide body of
scholars with membership of several thousand), which in its 20-year
history has sought to broaden the discourse and to treat all
research as inter-related and relevant to business. This tradition
has always been to explore the subject widely and to seek relevant
solutions, while also sharing best practice. This book is based
primarily upon some of the contributions from the network at our
recent conference and shows both commonality and diversity in
approaches and effects.
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Imprint: |
Springer Verlag, Singapore
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Country of origin: |
Singapore |
Series: |
Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
First published: |
2023 |
Editors: |
David Crowther
• Shahla Seifi
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Dimensions: |
235 x 155mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
249 |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2023 |
ISBN-13: |
978-981-9924-55-4 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
981-9924-55-3 |
Barcode: |
9789819924554 |
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