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Business Logic for Sustainability

A Food and Beverage Industry Perspective

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  1. Aileen Ionescu-Somers
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  2. Ulrich Steger
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
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  2. Building the Business Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Ulrich Steger
      Pages 3-14

    3. Industry and Competitive Analysis

      • Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Ulrich Steger
      Pages 15-28

    4. The Economic Relevance of Sustainability Issues

      • Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Ulrich Steger
      Pages 29-77

    5. The Pressure of Stakeholders

      • Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Ulrich Steger
      Pages 78-111

    6. The Value of Value Drivers

      • Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Ulrich Steger
      Pages 112-146

  3. Rolling Out the Business Logic

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Corporate Sustainability Management

      • Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Ulrich Steger
      Pages 149-238

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 239-254
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About this book

The food and beverage industry is vital to the global economy, but in a society increasingly concerned with sustainable development, it is facing new challenges. This book presents the results of a research project focused on the management challenges that sustainable development presents to presents to food and beverage companies.

About the authors

AILEEN IONESCU-SOMERS is Deputy Director of the Forum for Corporate Sustainability Management at IMD business school in Switzerland. Previously she held various conservation programme management roles with WWF International. She is an expert in corporate sustainability, co-ordinates large scale research projects and facilitates discussion between industry participants and stakeholders on corporate sustainability management issues. Her recent PhD dissertation concerned the business case for sustainability in the food and beverage sector.

ULRICH STEGER is a leading authority in the area of corporate sustainability management. He holds the Alcan Chair of Environment Management at IMD, Switzerland, and at IMD, he directs the Forum for Corporate Sustainability Management, the Global Corporate Governance Research initiative, and some major partnership programmes (such as for DaimlerChrysler and Allianz). He is also Professor of International Management at the Technische Universität, Berlin, Germany.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Business Logic for Sustainability

  • Book Subtitle: A Food and Beverage Industry Perspective

  • Authors: Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Ulrich Steger

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230583504

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-55131-2Published: 31 July 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-36214-1Published: 31 July 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-58350-4Published: 31 July 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXV, 254

  • Topics: Management, Industries

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