The sustainability handbook : The complete management guide to achieving social, economic, and environmental responsibility Author Blackburn W.R. Date 2007 Source IUCN (ID: MON-081032) Publisher | Place of publication Environmental Law Institute | Washington, DC, USA ISBN 978-1-58576-102-9 Pages 787 p. Document type Monography/book Language English Country/Territory United States of America Subject Environment gen. Keyword NGO Monitoring Sustainable development Abstract The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility by William R. Blackburn Tables of Contents: Chapter 1: Addressing the Confusion About Sustainability: The Typical Executive View Chapter 2: Determining Scope: An Operational Definition of Sustainability Chapter 3: The Value of Sustainability: Why Bother? Chapter 4: Building a Sustainability Operating System: The Key Elements and Basic Structures Chapter 5: Sustainability Operating System Standards: The Roadmap for Change Chapter 6: Strategic Planning for Focused Sustainability Improvement Chapter 7: Selecting Goals and Indicators Chapter 8: Bringing Sustainability to the Front Line: Deployment, Integration, and Alignment Chapter 9: Data Systems, Auditing, and Other Monitoring and Accountability Mechanisms Chapter 10: Transparent Sustainability Reporting Chapter 11: Stakeholder Engagement: The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations Chapter 12: Approaches for Small and Struggling Companies Chapter 13: Approach to Sustainability for Nongovernmental Organizations Chapter 14: Approach to Sustainability for Governmental Organizations Chapter 15: Approach to Sustainability for Colleges and Universities Chapter 16: Keeping the Initiative Alive: Making the SOS Sustainable Appendices: Appendix 1: Summary of Sustainability Trends Appendix 2: Sustainability-Related Codes of Organizational Behavior Appendix 3: Sustainability-Related Management System Standards Appendix 4: Planning Forms for Assessing and Prioritizing Sustainability Risks and Opportunities Appendix 5: Method for Calculating Savings and Cost Avoidance for Baxters Environmental Financial Statement Appendix 6: Examples of Sustainability Issues for Various Functional Groups Appendix 7: Examples of Sustainability Metrics Appendix 8: Sustainability Resources for Universities