| Making the Most of Standards: The Sustainability Professional's Guide Contributor(s): Henriques, Adrian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1909293245 ISBN-13: 9781909293243 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $42.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Business Ethics - Business & Economics | Motivational - Business & Economics | Leadership |
| Dewey: 658.408 |
| Series: Doshorts |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.27 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The world of corporate responsibility standards can seem large and confusing. With so many different standards, it is often bewildering. Sustainability standards feed into a broad spectrum of other standards and finding the appropriate standard for your organization's needs is vital. This short book cuts through the confusion. It explains: 1. The pros and cons of using standards to improve sustainability performance 2. The variety of standards out there 3. A map showing how some of the most prominent sustainability standards relate to each other 4. A decision tree to help with choosing the type of standard that will be most helpful to you 5. For some of the most influential standards, a thumbnail description of what they are actually about 6. Some tips for putting standards into practice. |
Contributor Bio(s): Henriques, Adrian: - Adrian Henriques is an adviser on corporate responsibility, social accountability and sustainability. He was, for five years, a member of the Global Reporting Initiative Steering Committee and has been a Council Member of AccountAbility. Adrian is also a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants' Sustainability Forum and Chair of the UK mirror committee for ISO 26000. He has been involved the development of many standards. He is Visiting Professor of Accountability and CSR at Middlesex University Business School. He was formerly Head of Accountability at the New Economics Foundation and has also worked for the International Society for Ecology and Culture, an NGO campaigning on economic globalization. For a number of years prior to that, Adrian was a management consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers in financial services. |
