Rethinking Corporate Sustainability in the Era of Climate Crisis: A Strategic Design Approach

This book provides a critical analysis of corporate sustainability in the context of the climate crisis, offering a new model of awakened sustainability and proposing changes in the environment to enable it. It connects the progress made in the last five decades to the opportunities for a regenerative and just vision for companies in the decade and beyond.

Format: Hardback
Length: 155 pages
Publication date: 27 June 2021
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This comprehensive book delves into a critical and timely analysis of corporate sustainability within the framework of the climate crisis. It not only offers a substantial critique of current efforts but also provides clarity about the necessary changes and the pathways
This comprehensive book delves into a critical and timely analysis of corporate sustainability within the framework of the climate crisis. It not only offers a substantial critique of current efforts but also provides clarity about the necessary changes and the steps to implement them effectively.

The book goes beyond the more common debate on shareholder capitalism versus stakeholder capitalism to explore the limitations of the current approach to sustainability in business, which the author refers to as sustainability-as-usual. By employing strategic design lenses, the author proposes a transformative model of awakened approach to sustainability, aimed at ensuring companies can fairly and effectively address the climate crisis.

The book presents the numerous changes required in the environment in which companies operate to enable awakened crisis and how these changes can be realized. Grounded in the scientific community's urgent calls for action on climate change, this groundbreaking text serves as an evaluation of current and future trends in corporate sustainability. It connects the dots between the progress made in the last five decades and the opportunities entailed in the work on a regenerative and just vision for companies in this decade and beyond.

By offering a comprehensive and insightful examination of corporate sustainability, this book provides valuable insights for scholars, policymakers. It equips them with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complex landscape of business and contribute to the urgent fight against climate change. It serves as a call to action, urging the business community to embrace sustainability as a core value and take responsibility for its impact on the planet environment and society.

Weight: 372g
Dimension: 157 x 219 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030773175
Edition number: 1st ed. 2021