Ebook: Sustainable Business and Industry - Designing and Operating for Social and Environmental Responsibility

This book is an introduction to developing and implementing a successful program in the domain of sustainability and social responsibility. The reader is exposed to financially, environmentally, and socially responsible objectives that are supported by strategies and achieved by clear tactics that have measurable outcomes. The reader is introduced to methods of implementing technologies and practices and will also learn how to measure the consequent social and environmental performance for written reports and persuasive presentations. This book also reveals why we should be sustainable by explaining seemingly complex topics in science in a way that requires very little math or science background. The overview also captures how sustainability and social responsibility can be the source of process and product innovation. This book's approach is practical yet scientific. The nine chapters are dedicated to the practice of environmental and social responsibility in ways that achieve financial stability over the long run.
Content:
• Front Matter
• List of Figures and Tables
• Preface
• Table of Contents
1. Making the Case for and Defining Sustainability, Social Responsibility, and Environmental Responsibility
2. Conveying and Reporting on a Mission and Vision of Environmental and Social Responsibility
3. The Local-Global Three Bottom Lines: ISO 9000, 14000, and 26000
4. Social and Environmental Responsibility Measures
5. Resources, Finance, and Return on Responsible Investment
6. Financial, Environmental, and Social Unity Projects: New Applications in Research, Statistics, and Continuous Improvement
7. Sustainable Commercial and Industrial Plant Operations
8. Responsible Lean Logistics
9. A Sustainable Economy
Appendices
• References
Index
• About the Author
• Belong to the Quality Community!
• ASQ Membership
• ASQ Certification
• ASQ Training