Developing Sustainability in Organizations

This book explores the historical, foundational, and applied elements of sustainability theory and practice as relevant to the leadership, management, and innovation of organizations, companies and enterprises. It provides analytical and critical reviews of the current evolution of sustainability for people, planet, prosperity, innovation and impact.

Divided into four parts, the work offers an integrated model of development for creating and delivering sustainability values at the personal, organizational, societal and environmental levels. The different sections examine sustainability leadership (focusing on of ethics, values, and purpose), sustainability management (focusing on organizational effectiveness and stakeholders' wellbeing), sustainability innovation (focusing on social and environmental entrepreneurship), and sustainability impact (focusing on resilience, interconnectedness, consciousness, systemic thinking, and cosmic empathy for the common goodand common future).

Combining theoretical and practical applications that give the reader a deeper, scientific, and critical understanding of the urgent, complex, and necessary values for a sustainable future for all, this comprehensive text is a must-read for researchers and students alike, providing a framework for effective globally responsible leadership.

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Era for Sustainability. - Part 1: SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP. - Chapter 2: Values & Principles for Sustainability Leadership. - Chapter 3: Higher Purpose in Sustainability Leaders. - Chapter 4: Mindsets for Sustainability Leadership. - Chapter 5: Ethos of Sustainability Leadership. - Part 2: SUSTAINABILITY MANAGEMENT. - Chapter 6: Approaches to Managing Sustainability. - Chapter 7: EESG Organizational Sustainability Management. - Chapter 8: Sustainability Management Across Sectors. - Chapter 9: Sustainable Management Effective Practices. - Chapter 10: The Future of Sustainability Management. - Part 3: SUSTAINABILITY INNOVATION. - Chapter 11: Understanding Sustainability Innovation. - Chapter 12: Entrepreneurship for Sustainability Innovations. - Chapter 13: Technology Innovations for the SDGs. - Chapter 14: Design Thinking for Sustainable Innovation. - Part 4: SUSTAINABILITY IMPACT. - Chapter 15: The Impact Challenge forGlobal Sustainability. - Chapter 16: The Dimensions of Sustainability Impact. - Chapter 17: Assessing and Measuring Sustainability Impact. - Chapter 18: The Future of Sustainable Impact.