Sustainability Footprints in SMEs: Strategy and Case Studies for Entrepreneurs and Small Business

251 Pages·2015·2.699 MB·English

by  Lowellyne James

SuStainability
FootprintS in SMEs

SuStainability
FootprintS in SMEs
Strategy and Case Studies for
Entrepreneurs and Small business
loWEllynE JaMES
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James, Lowellyne.
Sustainability footprints in SMEs : strategy and case studies for entrepreneurs and small
business / Lowellyne James.
pages cm
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-118-77943-9 (cloth)
1. Small business–Environmental aspects. 2. Sustainable development–Environmental aspects.
3. Social responsibility of business. I. Title.
HD2341.J36 2014
658.4ʹ083–dc23
2014018625
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To my son Cameron and the hope of
a more sustainable future

Contents
Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Glossary of Abbreviated terms xvii
1 Introduction 1
1.1 The Concept of Customer Satisfaction, 4
1.2 The Decoupling of Quality from Sustainable Development, 5
1.3 The Inability to Respond to the Dilemma Inherent in the
Principal–Agent Relationship, 5
References, 7
2 sustainability and Corporate social Responsibility—Context
and Definition 9
2.1 Introduction, 9
2.2 Definitions and Historical Context, 10
2.3 Defining Sustainability…, 12
2.4 Embedding Sustainability…, 14
2.5 CSR Definitions…, 15
References, 18
3 the Dilemma of sustainability and Corporate social Responsibility 22
3.1 Introduction, 22
3.2 The Philosophical Challenge, 23
3.3 Corporate Citizen or Friedman Logic, 27
vii
viii ConTEnTS
3.4 The Transition, 29
3.5 The Cultural Challenge, 29
3.6 The Strategic Challenge, 30
3.7 Strategic Frameworks, 32
3.7.1 Sustainability Partnerships, 34
3.7.2 Integrative Sustainability Triangle, 36
3.7.3 Model of Sustainable organisation, 37
3.7.4 Sustainable Value Model, 38
3.7.5 Carbon-Informed Complexity Management Model, 40
3.7.6 Carbon Management Framework, 42
3.7.7 Ecoenterprise Strategy, 44
3.7.8 Sustainability Footprint Model, 45
3.7.9 Balanced Scorecard-Based Sustainability Frameworks, 46
3.7.10 The natural Step Framework or Framework for Strategic
Sustainable Development, 51
3.7.11 ISo 26000: An International Guide to Sustainability/CSR
Strategy, 52
3.7.12 BS 8900 Standard: Guidance for Managing Sustainable
Development, 55
References, 56
4 sustainability Footprints: tools for Growth 61
4.1 Introduction, 61
4.2 Conceptual Framework, 62
4.3 Kyoto Protocol and GHG, 63
4.4 Emission Trading, 64
4.5 CDM, 65
4.6 JI, 65
4.7 Carbon Footprint Reporting and GHG Accounting, 65
4.8 Types of Carbon Footprints, 66
4.9 Carbon Footprint Standards, 67
4.10 DEFRA Guidelines, 70
4.11 U.K. Policy Landscape, 71
4.12 Water Footprint and Water Accounting, 72
4.13 Social Footprint, 74
4.14 Social Standards, Social Accounting,
and the Social Fingerprint, 75
4.15 Ecological Footprint Analysis, 75
4.16 Criticisms of Footprint Methodologies, 76
References, 79
5 sustainable strategic Growth Model: A solution to the
sustainability/CsR Dilemma 84
5.1 Introduction, 84
5.2 Sustainable Strategic Growth Model, 86
References, 90