The book is one of the first ones focussing on how organisations (civil society, corporations, and public sector ones) are contributing to sustainability. The book starts by providing a discussion of the four dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental, social, and time). The second chapter focusses on what organisations are, their system elements (e.g. operations and production, management and strategy, and governance), stakeholders, relationships within and between organisations (ranging from competition to collaboration), and a framework for organisations to understand and map how they can contribute to sustainability. The third chapter discusses the twenty-four main tools, initiatives, and approaches (TIAs) that have been developed for organisations to contribute to sustainability, such as Circular Economy, Corporate Social Responsibility, Environmental Management Systems, and Sustainability Reporting. The fourth chapter focusses on organisational change management for sustainability, including types of change, drivers for change, resistance to change, incorporation, and institutionalisation. The fifth chapter presents empirical evidence on what civil society organisations have contributed to sustainability, from priorities and impacts, TIAs, external stimuli, and internal factors, drivers for change, starts of change, and development of change. The sixth chapter presents empirical evidence on what corporations have contributed to sustainability, from priorities and impacts, TIAs, external stimuli, and internal factors, drivers for change, starts of change, and development of change. The seventh chapter presents empirical evidence on what public sector organisations have contributed to sustainability, from priorities and impacts, TIAs, external stimuli, and internal factors, drivers for change, starts of change, and development of change. The last chapter provides the conclusions of the book.
The book is aimed at providing a multi-level, dynamic, and holistic perspective on the contributions of organisations to sustainability. The book's uniqueness lies in analysing organisations’ efforts to become more sustainability oriented and contribute to making societies more sustainable through systems thinking, TIAs, and change processes.
Author(s): Rodrigo Lozano
Series: Strategies for Sustainability
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 154
City: Cham
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Contents
Acronyms
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Introduction
Chapter 2: Sustainable Development and Sustainability
2.1 Introduction
2.2 A Timeline of Sustainable Development
2.3 Sustainability Perspectives
2.4 SD and Sustainability Discussion
References
Chapter 3: Organisations and Their Contribution to Sustainability
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Organisational System Elements
3.3 Organisation Stakeholders
3.4 Organisational System Interactions
3.5 Organisations’ Sustainability Efforts
References
Chapter 4: Tools, Initiatives, and Approaches Used for Implementing Sustainability
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Operations and Production-Oriented TIAs
4.2.1 Circular Economy
4.2.2 Cleaner Production (CP)
4.2.3 Design for the Environment (DfE)
Eco-Efficiency
4.2.4 Factor X
4.2.5 Green Chemistry (GC)
4.2.6 Industrial Ecology (IE)
4.2.7 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Management (LCM)
4.3 Management and Strategy-Oriented TIAs
4.3.1 Corporate Citizenship (CC)
4.3.2 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
4.3.3 Corporate Sustainability (CS)
4.3.4 Sustainable/Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)
4.3.5 (More) Sustainable Business Models
4.3.6 The Natural Step (TNS)
4.3.7 The Triple Bottom Line (TBL)
4.4 Supply Chain-Oriented TIAs
4.4.1 Eco-Labelling
4.4.2 Sustainable Marketing (SM)
4.4.3 Sustainable Livelihoods (SL)
4.4.4 Sustainable Supply Chains (SSC)
4.5 Assessment and Reporting-Oriented TIAs
4.5.1 Environmental and Social Accounting (ESA)
4.5.2 Environmental Management Systems (EMS)
4.5.3 Integrated Management Systems
4.5.4 Sustainability Reporting (SR)
4.6 TIA ‘Discussion’
References
Chapter 5: Organisational Change Management for Sustainability
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Change Typologies
5.3 Change Drivers and Resistance to Change
5.4 Change Incorporation and Institutionalisation
5.5 Organisational Change Management for Sustainability
5.5.1 Sustainability Change Drivers and Resistance to Change
5.5.2 Sustainability Incorporation and Institutionalisation in Organisations
5.6 Discussion
References
Chapter 6: Civil Society Organisations’ Contributions to Sustainability
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Sustainability Priorities and Impact
6.3 Use of TIAs by CSOs
6.4 Sustainability Change Management in CSOs
6.5 Sustainability Collaboration in CSOs
6.6 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 7: Corporations’ Contributions to Sustainability
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Sustainability Priorities and Impact
7.3 Use of TIAs by Corporations
7.4 Sustainability Change Management in Corporations
7.5 Sustainability Collaboration in Corporations
7.6 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 8: Public Sector Organisations’ Contributions to Sustainability
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Sustainability Priorities and Impact
8.3 Use of TIAs by PSOs
8.4 Sustainability Change Management in PSOs
8.5 Sustainability Collaboration in PSOs
8.6 Discussion and Conclusions
References
Chapter 9: Towards More Sustainable Organisations: Discussions and Conclusions
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Sustainability Priorities and Impacts
9.3 Use of TIAs by PSOs
9.4 Sustainability Change Management
9.5 Sustainability Collaboration
9.6 Conclusions
References
Index
