Handbook of Sustainability-Driven Business Strategies in Practice

Handbook of Sustainability-Driven Business Strategies in Practice
Author: Markovic, Stefan
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 592
Release: 2021-12-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1789908353

Sustainability is a top priority for organizations and a key strategy in corporate agendas, but the effective deployment of any strategy demands that the strategy is consistent, functional, and aligned. This Handbook advocates sustainability strategies that encompass environmental, social, and economic dimensions at department-level.

Salvemos El Planeta

Salvemos El Planeta
Author: Kostafa K. Tolba
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9401122865

Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking

Organic Waste Composting through Nexus Thinking
Author: Hiroshan Hettiarachchi
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2020-11-23
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030362833

Organic waste composting is another excellent example to demonstrate the power and the benefits of nexus thinking. Even though organic waste composting itself is not a new topic, those who want to start a new project or align an ongoing project with nexus thinking, find it difficult to gather the necessary information. With nine case studies from four continents, this book aims to fill above gap in literature. While current literature on composting is often found to be limited to either soil/agriculture sector or waste management sector, this book presents a combined point of view. This open access book starts with an introductory chapter that describes the need to bring the waste management aspects and soil nutrient management aspects of compost production into one integrated theme. The relevance of nexus thinking and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are also presented in this introduction. The first three chapters after the introduction covers composting from the solid waste management and its policy aspects, taking examples from three developing countries. The next three examples are mostly about the benefits composting can provide to the soil and agriculture. These examples are also from three developing countries, but with a mixture of urban as well as rural settings. Last three chapters present more insight into the latest developments taking examples from Europe, as well as new methods adapted from the traditional styles from Africa.

Technological and Industrial Applications Associated With Industry 4.0

Technological and Industrial Applications Associated With Industry 4.0
Author: Alberto Ochoa-Zezzatti
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2021-07-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3030686639

This book includes chapters related to the analysis of cultural differences as a tool to enrich tacit knowledge and make processes more efficient, the factors that influence job satisfaction and the value of social capital as a competitive strategy to achieve productivity and competitiveness of organizations, in addition to research of the utmost importance to discover the facets of the diamond with respect to the symbolic capital of the organizations where Generation Z will work and how it will discover the best time to establish an innovation ecosystem that will influence its work trajectory. Industry 4.0 requires a major paradigm shift, since human capital is a source of competitive advantage. Being competitive enables to a company, a region, a society or a country the power to advance in different areas, contributing to the benefit of a social group, therefore, and organizations need to make efforts that lead to adding value and generate a competitive advantage. Industrial applications based on artificial intelligence can change our lives in just one generation. The chapters in this book show progress and challenges related to real-world applications, as well as the need to strengthen human capital to achieve systemic and comprehensive competitiveness required in the XXI century.

Gestión y Contaminación de recursos hídricos.

Gestión y Contaminación de recursos hídricos.
Author: Antonio Pulido Bosch
Publisher: Universidad Almería
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2003-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9788482406626

Las regiones semiáridas tienen problemas de escasez de agua, agravados por la contaminación. Este libro recoge experiencias de expertos en el dominio de la gestión de las aguas en regiones áridas y semiáridas, con ejemplos sobre Libia o el SW de Estados Unidos. Se analizan la problemática almeriense y el ejemplo paradigmático del abastecimiento a Murcia. La simulación numérica de la contaminación de acuíferos, o un interesante enfoque del agua en la minería, completan una obra de consulta obligada para los especialistas.

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Peru 2017

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Peru 2017
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2017-12-22
Genre:
ISBN: 9264283137

This report is the first review of Peru’s environmental performance. It evaluates progress towards sustainable development and green growth, with a focus on environmental management (air, waste and chemicals, water and biodiversity) and the sustainable use of the natural resource base.

The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology

The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology
Author: Sergio Villamayor-Tomas
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2023-02-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 303122566X

In this open access book, ecological economics and political ecology traditions converge into a single academic school. The book constitutes a common ground where multiple and critical voices are expressed, covering a broad scope of urgent matters at the crossroad between society, economy and the natural environment. The manuscripts composing this compendium offer appealing material for both experienced and younger researchers interested in interdisciplinary exchanges in the field of the social environmental sciences. It combines historical accounts with recent theoretical and empirical developments revolving around the interaction between three foundational notions of the Barcelona School: social metabolism, environmental justice and self-reflective science.