1st Edition

Consulting for Business Sustainability

Edited By Chris Galea Copyright 2009
239 Pages
by Routledge

232 Pages
by Routledge

The fast-emerging sustainability consulting firms are nipping at the heels of the established consultancy giants who are scrambling to find their way in the emergent field of sustainability. The upstarts are challenging many of the established notions of how to add value to their clients' operations. By looking at the business world through what the sustainability expert Stuart Hart calls "new... Read more
Introduction Chris Galea, Nova Scotia, Canada  1. CSR consultancies in the United Kingdom Jennifer MacCarthy, EIRIS, UK, and Jeremy Moon, Nottingham University Business School, UK  2. Supporting the change agents: keeping ourselves effective on the journey of change Penny Walker, Independent Consultant, London, UK  3. The Stakeholder Dashboard Robert Strand, University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management, USA  4. Strategic sustainability consulting Brent Couper, Julian Crawford and Carole Young, EcoSTEPS, Australia  5. Human rights informing social impact assessments: the end of assessing social impact with one eye shut Sune Skadegaard Thorsen, Troels Børrild and Kamilla Vejergang Lembcke, GLOBAL CSR, Denmark  6. Profitable environmental management: a best practice approach from consultancy in international cooperation Edith Kürzinger, ProSEMa – Profitable, Socially and Environmentally Sound Management, Germany, and Joyce Miller, CAPRESE – Capacity Building Resource Exchange, Switzerland  7. The Meta-trend Stakeholder Profile: the changing profile of stakeholders in a climate- and water-stressed world Barb Brown and Margie Flynn, Principals and Co-owners, BrownFlynn  8. The Meta-trend Stakeholder Profile: impacts on the real estate development industry Barb Brown and Margie Flynn, Principals and Co-owners, BrownFlynn  9. The Meta-trend Stakeholder Profile: impacts on the mining industry Barb Brown and Margie Flynn, Principals and Co-owners, BrownFlynn  10. The Meta-trend Stakeholder Profile: impacts on the finance and banking industry Barb Brown and Margie Flynn, Principals and Co-owners, BrownFlynn  11. Achieving sustainable value: Sustainability Portfolio Assessment Richmond Graham, SaskEnergy, Canada, and Stephanie Bertels, University of Michigan, USA  12. A guide to sustainable design consulting Steve Belletire, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA  13. Consulting for sustainability: creating a new organisational narrative Guy J. Vaccaro, PolyBrite International, Inc., Illinois, USA  14. Regulatory risk: challenges and opportunities for sustainability consultants Tom Cooper, Memorial University, Canada

Biography

Chris Galea