Corporate Sustainability in the 21st Century Increasing the Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems

Corporate sustainability needs a rethink. We have entered the human-influenced Anthropocene age, and we are witnessing accelerating changes in earth system processes. Businesses’ current initiatives, such as product innovation and pollution reduction, are not enough to combat the intensifying social-ecological challenges that face us. Corporate Sustainability in the 21st Century is an innovative new textbook which provides a fresh conceptual framework for understanding and engaging with sustainability, now and in the future – "Business In Nature." This book critically discusses key concepts and topics related to corporate sustainability, with a focus on corporate sustainability strategies and corporate value chains. Setting itself apart from existing books, it introduces ideas from global ecology and the natural sciences to provide readers with a new language for discussing business and sustainability. This book maintains an international perspective throughout, with a wealth of examples, case studies and discussion questions. It will be a valuable text for students of corporate sustainability; business, nature and society; and environmental studies, and will also be useful for managers seeking a new perspective on how being "green" can fit with business goals.

ThemeI Business In Nature 1 Welcome to the Anthropocene; 2 Corporate sustainability in the 21st century; 3 The "Business In Nature" concept; ThemeII Rethinking the corporate value chain 4 Driving production systems sustainable; 5 Managing sustainable supply chains; 6 Making sustainable products and services; 7 Innovating business models for sustainability; ThemeIII Corporate sustainability implementation 8 Designing and implementing a sustainability plan

Rafael Sardá, Senior Scientist of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and Academic Collaborator of the Operations, Innovation and Data Sciences Department at ESADE Business School, Ramon Llull University, Spain. Stefano Pogutz, Senior Researcher and Tenured Faculty, Department of Management and Technology, and Sustainability Lab, SDA Bocconi School of Management, Bocconi University, Italy, and Chair of the CEMS (the Global Alliance in Management Education) Faculty Group, "Business and the Environment".