Understanding Sustainability Principles and ESG Policies: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Public and Corporate Responses to Climate Change

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This textbook explores sustainability, climate change, and the corporate responsibility movement from a broad array of perspectives, including the challenges, risks, and opportunities of ESG policies, energy and environmental science, economics and philosophy, and sound public and private sector management. There is no intergenerational issue that is more pressing than the challenge of sustainability and climate change. It is a concern that will only worsen within any reader’s lifetime, especially if we fail to act. At the same time, there is growing concern among corporations arising from the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) paradigm that includes climate risk, future profits, and stakeholder expectations. Many of our leading institutions also increasingly acknowledge a responsibility for corporate decisions since the onset of the Industrial Revolution that plays no small role in bringing us to the existential precipice of our day. This book provides necessary tools of sufficient sophistication to address complex intergenerational issues, such as global warming, economic justice and fairness, appropriate intergenerational planning, sustainable finance, corporate risk management, and governance.

The book offers a vital resource for students, shareholders, sustainability practitioners, agencies, and advocates interested in climate action, intergenerational accountability, and economic sustainability.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 27, 2023
Edition ‏ : ‎ 2023rd
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 508 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 3031344820
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-3031344824
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.1 x 1.15 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #2,143,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #975 in Environmental Studies #2,657 in Environmental Economics (Books) #4,153 in Environmental Science (Books)
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