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Sustainability for SMEs
Contributor(s): Cohen, Elaine (Author), McKay, Alexandra (Author), Wolfe, Philip (Author)
ISBN: 1910174009     ISBN-13: 9781910174005
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $161.50  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: April 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Business Ethics
- Business & Economics | Accounting - General
- Business & Economics | Green Business
Series: Doshorts Toolboxes
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6" W x 9" (1.18 lbs) 235 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Ecology
 
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Sustainability for SMEs offers a comprehensive introduction to the key business cases and techniques for putting sustainability at the heart of your business strategy.Small businesses make a significant collective impact on the environment and society - but only a tiny percentage of SMEs complete a sustainability report. Sustainability Reporting for SMEs will enable any SME to get up to speed on sustainability reporting and plot a course of action for their business. Elaine Cohen distils the latest and best thinking on sustainability reporting for SMEs, and offers a process for reporting that will deliver significant business advantage, both in terms of more effective internal processes and in terms of reputation, customer loyalty and business-building.In many SMEs sustainability is one person's passion and responsibility. A large part of their job becomes selling sustainability to other people in the business. Strategic Sustainability offers arguments, information and tactics that will help that person get the buy-in they need to move sustainability forward in their business. Sustainability is of strategic importance to a business. This book makes an airtight case for why action is essential and how sustainability can help a business not only survive but thrive in competitive marketplaces.The major environmental impact of most businesses derives from energy usage. There are many ways to make your organisation's energy usage more sustainable. In Sustainable Energy Options for Business, Philip Wolfe outlines the best available options for (1) reducing energy use and (2) improving the sustainability of energy supply. After an introduction to regulatory drivers and management issues, Wolfe looks at energy opportunities in five key areas.


Contributor Bio(s): Cohen, Elaine: - Elaine Cohen is an expert in the fields of CSR, sustainability strategy and reporting and the CSR interface with Human Resources Management. She is the author of three books on sustainable practice and reporting.McKay, Alexandra: - "Alexandra McKay has worked for M4C -- a leading sustainability consultant with a strong focus on communications - since 2007. In that time she has worked with a variety of companies - from multinationals to SMEs - on all aspects of their sustainability programs including strategy development and implementation, reporting, supply chain management and systems implementation."Wolfe, Philip: - Philip Wolfe is one of the pioneers of the renewable energy industry. He provides advisory services through WolfeWare Limited.