Edited by Dexter Dunphy, Jodie Benveniste, Andrew Griffiths and Philip Sutton

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Sustainability
The corporate challenge of the 21st century
Edited by Dexter Dunphy, Jodie Benveniste, Andrew Griffiths and Philip Sutton

Sustainability explores two of the major challenges faced by organisations in the 21st century. One is the successful management of human resources in a time of increasing staff turnover, decreasing loyalty, rising stress levels and emerging issues of corporate-community relations and social responsibility. The other is growing pressure from governments, staff and the general public for organisations to adopt environmentally responsible operations.

Sustainability provides leaders and managers with a framework for understanding and adopting the principles and practices that contribute to a renewable, sustainable workforce and environment. Organisations that can achieve both human and ecological sustainability will be the successful drivers of the new sustainable economy and those that don't face the prospect of extinction.

Advance praise for Sustainability:

'A comprehensive guidebook for corporations that are really serious about shifting to more equitable, ecologically-sustainable operations.'
Hazel Henderson, leading futurist and author of 'Beyond Globalisation'

'Sustainability gives us the charts we need we in business must now navigate towards a sustainable future!'
Greg Bourne, Regional President/Director, BP Amoco Australia/New Zealand

'This is an important work and CEOs everywhere should read it to gain a jump start in their own companies.'
Ray C. Anderson, Chairman and CEO, Interface, Inc.

List of Contents

Part I: Introduction

1. An introduction to the sustainable corporation - Dexter Dunphy and Jodie Benveniste
2. Sustainability and sustainable development - Mark Diesendorf
3. Sustainability doing it - Paul Gilding

Part II: Towards Human Sustainability

4. Human resources, capabilities and sustainability - Paul Gollan
5. Technologies and processes for human sustainability - Viv Read
6. Quality of work, home and community life - Jodie Benveniste

Part III: Towards Ecological Sustainability

7. Building corporate capabilities to promote ecological sustainability: a 'case study' - Philip Sutton
8. Technologies and processes for ecological sustainability - Alan Pears
9. The technology strategy of the sustainable corporation - Hardin Tibbs

Part IV: Towards the Sustainabile Corporation

10. New organisational architectures: creating and retrofitting for sustainability - Andrew Griffiths
11. Guiding principles: the way ahead - Molly Harriss Olson and Phillip Toyne
12. Implementing the sustainable corporation - Dexter Dunphy

How to Order

Sustainability: The corporate challenge of the 21st century
Nov 2000    1 86508 228 7    PB    296pp    Aus$35.00

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