Here’s Ethical Corporation’s pick of recently published titles
The Business Case for Sustainable Finance
By Iveta Cherneva (ed)
Hardcover: 144 pages, $140
ISBN: 0415536731
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 2012
This edited volume brings together finance industry insider perspectives from top global institutions, all of which focus on the bottom line for integrating environmental, social and governance factors into mainstream finance. A key read for investors, and those hoping to influence them.
The Land Grabbers: the new fight over who owns the earth
By Fred Pearce
Hardback: 336 pages, £20
ISBN: 1905811731
Publisher: Eden Project Books
Published: May 2012
Pitched as “probably the most important environmental book” of its day by Princeton University, Pearce’s reportage-style account brings to light the global fight for land. Vital reading for those concerned with social justice and sustainable business.
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Business Strategy and Sustainability
By Guler Aras and David Crowther (eds)
Hardcover: 264 pages, $114.95
ISBN-10: 1780527365
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: April 2012
If you’re looking for a textbook that picks up all the various strands of the emerging sustainable management field, then this is a good place to start. It offers a strong business focus on a host of critical social and environmental questions.
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainability
By Marcus Wagner
Hardcover: 400 pages, $75
ISBN-10: 1906093733
Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing
Published: April 2012
Including a wide range of high-quality research, this book provides a useful insight to how CR and sustainability is integrated into European policy. Split into six sections, it preoccupies itself with focusing on how eco-innovation can be hardwired into companies large and small in Europe and beyond.
Building the Responsible Enterprise: where vision and values add value
By Sandra Waddock and Andreas Rasche
Paperback: 376 pages, $35
ISBN: 0804781958
Publisher: Stanford Business Books
Published: June 2012
This well-researched, amply documented book takes readers through the basics of sustainability management: context, critical issues, internal management practices and “responsible management in the global village”. A handy guide.
New Sustainability Advantage: seven business case benefits of a triple bottom line
By Bob Willard
Paperback: 224 pages, £16.99
ISBN: 0865717125
Publisher: New Society Publishers
Published: May 2012
This tenth anniversary edition of Willard’s classic study offers a compelling business case for sustainability strategies. Updated throughout with relevant recent case studies, the book is based around a selection of bottom-line benefits that corporate leaders will instantly be able to recognise.
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Sustainability economics: an introduction
By Peter Bartelmus
Paperback: 160 pages, £37.99
ISBN: 0415686830
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 2012
A concise introduction to an emerging field within economics, this book acknowledges that sustainability remains a hazy and complex subject for economists. It not only brings some order into the proliferating models of sustainability management, but it also facilitates access to relevant academic material from a range of different disciplines.
Bazaars, Conversations and Freedom: for a market culture beyond greed and fear
By Rajni Bakshi
Paperback: 480 pages, £17.50
ISBN: 1906093631
Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing
Published: April 2012
This fascinating book has been revised to reflect the tumultuous market events of recent years. The reader is taken from the ancient Greek Agora to present-day Wall Street in an attempt to illustrate the potential of alternative economic models.