Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Corporate Social Responsibility |
Editors | Samuel O. Idowu, Nicholas Capaldi, Liangrong Zu, Ananda Das Gupta |
Number of pages | 5 |
Place of Publication | Heidelberg, New York |
Publisher | Springer |
Publication date | 2013 |
Pages | 2384-2388 |
ISBN (print) | 978-3-642-28035-1 |
ISBN (electronic) | 978-3-642-28036-8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Sustainability Management
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Sustainability management is a notion which has made an impressive career for the last decade. It firstly describes an activity of managing sustainability issues in organizations and is secondly very often used for the group or decision makers who conduct sustainability management activities. The goals of sustainability management are described in a multitude of ways and mostly comprise the successful integration of ecological, social, and economic aspects in a company. Sustainability managers, sometimes called CSR managers, Corporate Responsibility managers, EHS managers, etc., are those employees or managers who in a company are responsible to organize social and environmental activities in line with the company’s strategic and business goals. Seen as a specific activity, and as a difference to the sum of uncoordinated social and environmental...
- Sustainability sciences, Management & Economics