Practical Sustainability Strategies. George P. Nassos

      

      Table of Contents

      1  COVER

      2  PREFACE OF GEORGE P. NASSOS

      3  PREFACE OF NIKOS AVLONAS REFERENCES

      4  ABOUT THE COMPANION WEBSITE

      5  PART I: INTRODUCTION TO SUSTAINABILITY CHAPTER 1: Urgency to Adopt Sustainability CREATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT EXCEEDING THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT THE LIMITS TO GROWTH CONSUMPTION FACTOR CONSERVATION OF WATER THE DEPLETION OF FOSSIL FUELS CLIMATE CHANGE POPULATION GROWTH THE ENVIRONMENT'S BIG FOUR REFERENCES CHAPTER 2: Development of the Sustainability Concept and CSR CSR TODAY: FROM SHAREHOLDER VALUE TO STAKEHOLDER VALUE CSR MEASURING AND REPORTING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT THOUSANDS YEARS AGO REFERENCES

      6  PART II: SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGIES CHAPTER 3: Imbedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals to Achieve Sustainability UN 2030 AGENDA THE 17 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS A REAL POSITIVE VIEW OF THE SDGs A FURTHER LOOK AT THE SDGs REFERENCES CHAPTER 4: The Natural Step THE FOUR SYSTEM CONDITIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE FOR THE NATURAL STEP THE NATURAL STEP RECENT PROJECTS REFERENCES CHAPTER 5: Eco-Effective Versus Eco-Efficient: Sustainability Versus Being “Less Bad” FUEL EFFICIENCY COMPUTING EFFICIENCY MORE DURABLE BRAKE PADS INCREASE POLYMER RECYCLING REDUCED SEWAGE EFFLUENT MORE EFFICIENT CLOCKS CRADLE TO CRADLE DO NOT TAKE IT TO THE EXTREME REFERENCES CHAPTER 6: Servicizing and the Sharing Economy SELL ILLUMINATION SELL A PAINTED CAR SELL FLOOR COMFORT AND ESTHETICS SELL WATER TREATMENT SERVICES THE EVOLUTION OF THE SHARING ECONOMY COLLABORATIVE CONSUMPTION CLASS FINAL PROJECTS REFERENCES CHAPTER 7: Adopting Systems Thinking SYSTEM ELEMENTS SYSTEM INTERCONNECTIONS SYSTEM FUNCTION OR PURPOSE TUNNELING THROUGH THE COST BARRIER INTERFACE PIPE DESIGN REDUCING OIL IMPORTS REDUCING CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION SAILBOAT DESIGN REFERENCES CHAPTER 8: Base of the Pyramid THE GREAT LEAP DOWNWARD ELECTRIFY THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID HINDUSTAN LEVER AND NIRMA BOP PROTOCOL INITIATIVES BY THE WORLD RESOURCES INSTITUTE DEVELOPING THE BOTTOM OF THE PYRAMID IS THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID A MIRAGE? REFERENCES CHAPTER 9: Environmental Innovation Through Biomimicry ABALONE