Download or read book Sustainable Certification for Future Generations written by Magali A. Delmas and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Business sustainability has been defined as meeting current needs while providing the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. However, few firms invest in practices geared at sustainability. In this paper we investigate how family ties to future generations via the intention of transgenerational succession can be associated with the adoption of sustainable practices. Using data from 281 wineries in the United States collected through a survey questionnaire, we show that ties to future generations, measured as the intention of the winery owner to pass down the winery to their children, are associated with the adoption of sustainable certification.
Download or read book Sustainable Certification for Future Generations written by Magali A. Delmas and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While business sustainability has been defined as the protection of the ability of future generations to meet their own needs, we still have little understanding of how to facilitate investments in practices geared at long-term sustainability. In this paper we seek to understand the conditions that facilitate a long-term business perspective. We investigate how family ties to future generations can facilitate the adoption of sustainable practices. Using data from 248 wineries in the U.S. collected through a survey questionnaire, we show that ties to future generations, measured as the intention of the owner of the winery to pass down the winery to their children, positively impacts the adoption of sustainable certification. We also found that winery owners were motivated by both positive potential market outlook for sustainable wine and increase in quality of their product associated with certification, and that the market outlook motivation was stronger for higher levels of certification."--Page 1.
Download or read book Sustainability for future generations written by Universität (Zürich). Ethnologisches Seminar and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainable Future written by Arshia Shayestehtabar and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SEE Evaluation written by John Robert Banting and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: The majority of sustainable practices in the construction industry are based on the construction product, caused by the popularity of the Leadership in Environmentally Efficient Design (LEED) program, the primary division of the United States Green Building Council. The LEED program certifies the construction product, which has a profound effect on the built environment but, overlooks many aspects of the construction industry that could improve from sustainable practices. Currently, there is not a construction certification that addresses the social, economic, and environmental aspects of sustainability through the company's policies. The purpose of the research was to develop a sustainable certification system that evaluates construction companies based on their social, economic, and environmental performance. Laws, standards, certifications, and various documents helped to develop a set of policies that equally evaluate small, medium, and large construction companies. The Social, Economic, and Environmental (SEE) Evaluation is tailored to the construction industry, identifying specific areas of improvement towards sustainability. Construction companies are evaluated on topics developed beneath the three pronged, social, economic, and environmental framework. Each policy focuses on a topic, with the goal to create a sustainable construction industry that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The SEE Evaluation is one step on the path towards sustainable development for an industry that is in desperate need for change.
Download or read book Sustainability intrinsic values and the needs of future generations written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sustainability Certification written by Jan Per Bethge and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2014 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainability certification is generally seen as a promising tool to improve environmental, social, and economic activities along global value chains of commodities. Relying on theories of new institutionalism, this book locates sustainability certification programs as forms of private governance in the broader categorical framework of global governance and compares two prominent programs. It studies commonalities and differences of Fairtrade and the Rainforest Alliance on the program level and analyzes their implementation and impacts on the livelihoods of cocoa farmers in Ghana. (Series: New Cologne Cooperative Science / Neue Kolner Genossenschaftswissenschaft - Vol. 8) [Subject: Sustainability Studies, Agricultural Studies, Environmental Studies, Business, African Studies]
Download or read book Family Capitalism written by Harold James and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James tells how “iron masters“ of a classical industrial cast were succeeded by generations who wanted to shift to information-age systems technologies, and how families and firms wrestled with social and economic changes that occasionally tore them apart. The author shows how these firms illuminate a European model of “relationship capitalism.“
Download or read book Sustainability Certification Schemes in the Agricultural and Natural Resource Sectors written by Melissa Vogt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a balanced critique of a range of international sustainability certification schemes across nine agricultural and natural resource industries. Certification schemes set standards through intramarket private and multi-stakeholder mechanisms, and while third-party verification is often compulsory, certification schemes are regulated voluntarily rather than legislatively. This volume examines the intricacies of certification schemes and the issues they seek to address and provides the context within which each scheme operates. While a distinction between sustainability certifications and extra-markets or intrabusiness codes of conducts is made, the book also demonstrates how both are often working towards similar sustainability objectives. Each chapter highlights a different sector, including animal welfare, biodiversity, biofuels, coffee, fisheries, flowers, forest management and mining, with the contributions offering interdisciplinary perspectives and utilising a wide range of methodologies. The realities, achievements and challenges faced by varying certification schemes are discussed, identifying common outcomes and findings and concluding with recommendations for future practice and research. The book is aimed at advanced students, researchers and professionals in agribusiness, natural resource economics, sustainability assessment and corporate social responsibility.
Download or read book Certifiably Sustainable written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consumption of goods and services represents a growing share of global economic activity. In the United States, consumption accounts for more than two-thirds of gross domestic product. This trend of increasing consumption has brought with it negative consequences for the environment and human well-being. Global demand for energy, food, and all manner of goods is on the rise, putting strains on the natural and human capital required to produce them. Extractive industries and production processes are prominent causes of species endangerment. Modern economies are underpinned by substantial energy consumption, a primary contributor to the current climate crisis. Expanding international trade has led to many economic opportunities, but has also contributed to unfair labor practices and wealth disparities. While certain processes have improved or become more efficient, and certain practices have been outlawed or amended, the sheer scale of global consumption and its attendant impacts continue to be major challenges we face in the transition to sustainability. Third-party certification systems have emerged over the last 15 years as a tool with some promise. There has been anecdotal evidence of success, but to date the overall impact of certified goods and services has been small. Moreover, definitions of sustainable vary across sectors and markets, and rigorous assessments of these programs have been few and far between. In order to take a step in learning from this field of practice, the National Academies' Science and Technology for Sustainability Program held a workshop to illuminate the decision making process of those who purchase and produce certified goods and services. It was also intended to help clarify the scope and limitations of the scientific knowledge that might contribute to the economic success of certified products. The workshop, summarized in this volume, involved presentations and discussions with approximately 40 invited experts from academia, business, government, and nongovernmental organizations.
Download or read book Roadmap for Global Sustainability Rise of the Green Communities written by Salah El-Haggar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Progressive increases in consumer demands along with aggressive industrial consumption led the world to proximate resource depletion, weather changes, soil and air degradation and water quality deterioration. We now know that the paradigm of production at the expense of human condition is not sustainable. This book briefly explains how we reached this situation and offers suggestions as to what can be done to overcome it. It invites the best entrepreneurial talent and scientific and technological know-how to develop a sustainable economy around sustainable communities, services, and sectors. A major obstacle previously identified by involved parties was the ability of accommodating for the emerging economic growth without causing harm to the environment, especially with resource depletion. This book provides the solution by creating a need to bring on a new revolution that preserves the rights of next generations to live in a healthy environment This Sustainability Revolution requires the integration of economic, environmental, and social factor as well as the practical aspects of implementing sustainability through green activities, which are discussed throughout the book. In this book, a globalization is proposed that encourages creativity and innovation towards sustainability. With this global sustainability approach (real globalization) both rich and poor will benefit from the global sustainability approach. This will close the gap between rich and poor. Developing countries could reap the benefit of current technology without undergoing many of the growing pains associated with development of these technologies. Governments are able to better work together towards common goals now that there is an advantage in cooperation, an improved ability to interact and coordinate, and a global awareness of issues. The book presents a sustainability roadmap to bring together various concepts, that have been dealt with independently by previous authors, and link them to establish the fundamental practical steps. The flow path and the direction for successful implementation of a sustainability roadmap are also discussed in detail in the book. For the first time, the authors use sustainable communities to create a better quality of life for residents while minimizing the use of the resources to meet current needs and ensure adequate resources for future generations. These green communities create new industries for the local economy and improve public health, which offers more hope for their citizens. Sustainable transportation, renewable energy, recycling, clean water, and urban forests help to make a more livable community and help to control the global climate change. They involve all citizens and incorporate local values into decision-making.
Download or read book Toward a Sustainable Wine Industry written by Luann Preston-Wilsey and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.Toward a Sustainable Wine Industry: Green Enology in Practice takes a broad look at the emerging trend of using sustainable wine production methods and business practices. It covers a multitude of aspects of the sustainable wine industry, including production methods, recycling efforts, customer
Download or read book Green Building Certification Systems written by Thilo Ebert and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-10 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Certification systems for buildings aim to make sustainability transparent for the general public and economically feasible for investors. Several hundred systems have been developed since around 1990.
Download or read book Sustainable Governance written by Andrea Cardoni and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-09-11 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of governance as a fundamental pillar of sustainability is widely recognized and confirmed by its inclusion in the main ESG issues (environmental social governance). Through the complex role of governance in the context of ESG, research has developed the notion of sustainable corporate governance, i.e., a system based on the integration of shareholder and stakeholder objectives that protects the environment and the broader community. This book provides a sound theoretical definition, a precise measurement system, and best practice examples for the implementation of sustainable corporate governance. It includes theoretical foundations based on stakeholder and institutional theories from different environments and contexts, such as developed and developing economies, large publicly traded companies and SMEs, and family businesses. In addition to explaining the concept theoretically, it uses practical case studies to address the effective integration of sustainable governance into corporate structures. The book provides business students and researchers with an in-depth analysis of the emerging concept of sustainable governance and is valuable for academics as well as corporate and financial market participants.
Download or read book Environmental Certification for Organisations and Products written by Tiberio Daddi and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental certification is an effective tool for managing the environmental impact of companies, leveraging their competitive capabilities and ensuring their compliance with environmental principles. A growing number of countries across the world are adopting this practice and the growth of new environmental standards – with different scopes, aims and roles – calls for a clear and updated systematization of the issue. This book provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the different environmental certification tools. As well as examining practical methods of implementing the standards for each type of certification, the book discusses their added value from a corporate management perspective. In identifying the most important requirements and standards for the issuing of environmental certification of both products and processes, the book demonstrates how companies can use operational methods to develop an environmental management system or a product certification in practice. Balancing a complete theoretical presentation of the issue with an operational perspective, the book supports the adoption and implementation of environmental certification tools. It will be a valuable resource for professionals as well as students and scholars of environmental management, sustainable business and corporate social responsibility.
Download or read book Sustainability Transition Towards a Bio Based Economy New Technologies New Products New Policies written by Piergiuseppe Morone and published by MDPI. This book was released on 2018-11-29 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Sustainability Transition Towards a Bio-Based Economy: New Technologies, New Products, New Policies" that was published in Sustainability
Download or read book The Role of Certification in Rewarding Sustainable Fishing written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
