The Sustainability Practitioners Guide To Social Analysis And Assessment

Author : Joy Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781612298122
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sustainability Practitioner's Guide to Social Analysis and Assessment written by Joy Murray and published by . This book was released on 2015-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A welcome addition to the "Sustainability Practitioners Guide" series, this book gathers together progress that has been made in analysing, assessing and reporting social issues. Approachable for experts and non-experts alike and written in a characteristic 'easy to understand style', this edited volume presents complex concepts with clarity. The comprehensive selection of topics, which includes such indicators as labour conditions, inequality, food security and even sleep, is bound to present something of relevance and interest to a wide variety of readers. Angela Druckman, Centre of Environmental Strategy University of Surrey [This book] provides a comprehensive overview of current understanding of social impacts and identifies the main approaches to measurement, methods and tools. Further, the book includes illustrative applications and case studies which are extremely helpful to any practitioner in the field and provide easy to follow examples of use of social accounting (alongside environmental and economic accounting). ... In our eagerness to act justly we need reliable assessment methods and data to produce evidence for informed policy-making. This book opens the door on the path towards this goal. Mia Mikic Chief, Trade Policy and Analysis Section Trade and Investment Division, ESCAP

Author : Joy Murray
Publisher : Common Ground Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sustainability Practitioner's Guide to Input-output Analysis written by Joy Murray and published by Common Ground Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an introduction to input-output analysis for sustainability practitioners and looks into the how of measuring our impacts, tracking our progress and informing the decisions for a sustainable future.

Author : Martin P. Thomas
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603586911
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The MultiCapital Scorecard written by Martin P. Thomas and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For decades now, organizations have been struggling to find the best way to address their social and environmental responsibilities alongside their economic obligations. In other words, they want to know how best to effectively manage their operations based on a triple bottom line (3BL)—one that reflects social, environmental, and economic performance. Recently, an international standard for integrated reporting has emerged that in principle emphasizes the importance of managing toward a triple bottom line. But it fails to provide specific guidance on how to do so. Organizations have been left to their own devices to respond. How should 3BL management actually be done? In this book, sustainability and performance experts Martin Thomas and Mark McElroy introduce the world’s most advanced 3BL performance accounting methodology: The MultiCapital Scorecard. It is the first context-based integrated measurement, management, and reporting system. And, it can help corporations, public institutions, and other organizations answer the question they should be asking themselves for every aspect of their operations: “How much is enough for us to be sustainable?” The answers set internal performance standards against which operations and their impacts can be measured. Nothing less will do! The MultiCapital Scorecard describes this open-source methodology, which consists of a structured, quantitative measurement and reporting system that complies with international standards for 3BL integrated measurement and reporting. Moreover, the MultiCapital Scorecard is designed to help organizations assess their own 3BL performance in their own contexts with context-based metrics of their own choosing. An eminently practical management aid for integrated thinking, it can be tailored to any organization’s needs. The authors also describe how and why businesses are gradually shifting from managing impacts on only one type of capital (economic) to managing impacts on multiple types. They also provide detailed examples of worked reports, showing how organizations might develop and quantify the interim and long-term goals to meet their obligations to their employees, community, shareholders, and the environment. The examples also show how an organization can use the Multicapital Scorecard methodology to assess their progress in meeting those goals, and convey that progress to their stakeholders.

Author : Soner Gokten
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 178923736X
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sustainability Assessment and Reporting written by Soner Gokten and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-19 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are more aware of the need to achieve sustainable development than ever before. One of the main factors to achieve the goal of sustainable development is sustainability assessment and reporting because it is not possible to take precautions without understanding the current situation. And also, undoubtedly, future generations have a right to know what kind of world we will leave them. This book brings together different perspectives on sustainability assessment and reporting. When you look at the chapters, you will understand that sustainability assessment and reporting are addressing interdisciplinary and vast areas. It should be because sustainability assessment and reporting cover all aspects of social, economic and environmental factors. In this five-chapter book, you will see how sustainability assessment and reporting are addressed in different areas.

Author : Joy Murray
Publisher : Common Ground Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781612291901
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sustainability Practitioner's Guide to Multi-Regional Input-Output Analysis written by Joy Murray and published by Common Ground Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kok Siew Ng
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0323999395
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Systems Thinking Approach to Sustainable Resource Management written by Kok Siew Ng and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Systems Thinking Approach to Sustainable Resource Management: Principles and Applications introduces an innovative approach to exploring systems holistically and understanding complex interconnected dynamics effectively among technical systems, natural systems, and human activities to address challenges in resource management. This book covers the fundamental principles of “systems” and ”sustainability”, and introduces the methodology of “new systems thinking,” which comprises system modeling, mapping, integration, analysis, and sustainability assessment. The application of this new systems thinking approach is demonstrated through practical case studies, including waste management systems, food-energy-water nexus, and biorefinery systems. This is an excellent reference for academics, undergraduate and postgraduate students, professional engineers, and policymakers across various disciplines including: chemical and process engineering, environmental science, environmental engineering, and environmental management. • Introduces the “new systems thinking” approach and explains the core principles of system modeling, mapping, integration, analysis, and sustainability assessment • Guides readers through methodologies with step-by-step instructions, illustrated with example problems • Includes practical case studies to equip readers for real-world projects related to sustainable resource management, embracing the new systems thinking approach

Author : Marzia Traverso
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030015084
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on Social LCA written by Marzia Traverso and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book gives a selection of contributions from the 6th Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) Conference in Pescara, Italy. S-LCA is a social (real and potential) impact assessment method that aims to drive improvements in order to increase the value of products and services. It helps organizations to plan better, implement more effectively, and promote scale initiatives. More in general, the assessment activity also facilitates accountability and supports stakeholder communication. Consumers are greatly aware of the provenance of the goods they purchase. They have greater access to product information than ever before, also thanks to the new digital platforms. They are also empowered to make more responsible purchase decisions about what concerns sustainability aspects. Therefore the need to linger on the social aspects has been emerging recently. Although the business evolution of environmental methods and metrics has advanced significantly over the past decades, tools and metrics to estimate the social aspects of products and services are in progress. In this volume several sections provide methodological developments and tool focus, contextualizing S-LCA scientifically and explore the fields of applications. Through current development (conferences, articles, seminars and industry group publications), the method is spreading, evolving and gaining in maturity. However, it still is an evolving field, and main developments foresee, both at the level of methodology and results, interpretation and communication in order to find a path forward. S-LCA has been changing since the beginnings. From our observations as educators, researchers, practitioners, and peer reviewers in the S-LCA community, there are trends that are of importance us.

Author : Joy Murray
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351394703
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Social Effects of Global Trade written by Joy Murray and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inclusion of qualitative social data into global environmental and economic input-output (IO) models remained illusive for many years. It was not until around 2013 that researchers found ways to include data, for example, on poverty, inequality, and worker safety, into IO models capable of tracing global supply chains. The sustainable development goals have now propelled this work onto the world stage with some urgency. They have shone a spotlight onto social conditions around the world and brought global trade into the frame for its ability to influence social conditions for good or ill. This book provides a compilation of groundbreaking work on social indicators from the most prominent IO research groups from a wide range of academic backgrounds and from around the world. In addition, it frames this work in the real world of politics, human rights, and business, bringing together a multidisciplinary team to demonstrate the power of IO to illuminate some of the world’s most pressing problems. Edited by well-known researchers in the area, Joy Murray, Arunima Malik, and Arne Geschke, the book is designed to appeal to a broad academic and business audience. While many chapters include technical details and references for follow-up reading, it is possible to omit those sections and yet gain a deep appreciation of the power of IO to address seemingly intractable problems.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782912081155
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Practitioner's Guide to 'imagine' the Systemic and Prospective Sustainability Analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter U.C. Dieke
Publisher : CABI
ISBN 13 : 1789242819
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tourism in Development written by Peter U.C. Dieke and published by CABI. This book was released on 2020-11-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last fifty years, tourism has become firmly established as a development option around the world. Commensurate with this, the study of tourism's developmental role has also expanded significantly. There now exists a broad understanding of the policies and processes, opportunities and challenges that apply to tourism's potential contributions to development. As the tourism environment now faces numerous challenges and transformations, it is timely to reflect on contemporary understandings of the relationship between tourism and development and to consider future directions. This thought-provoking volume challenges the orthodoxy of tourism and development, highlights past and current events and considers longer term repercussions and developments. It will be a relevant and enduring resource for academics and undergraduate and postgraduate students in tourism.