Environmental Sustainability & Social Performance In Business

Environmental Sustainability & Social Performance In Business

Below is a select list of books that not only imbibe the spirit of Investing for the Soul, but also are highly informative and inspirational. The titles are linked to booksellers (mostly Amazon.com) where they may be purchased. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

  • Valuing Corporate Responsibility: How Do Investors Really Use Corporate Responsibility Information?

    “This book exposes the chasm in understanding that currently separates companies and investors on the critical issue of corporate responsibility. It explains why a dialogue of the deaf has continued for so long, and also provides wise guidance based on practical experience on how to bridge the divide. Importantly, it also points the way to…

  • International Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Corporations in the Economic Order of the 21st Century

    “Corporations and law firms want to keep up-to-date with the wide range of initiatives and codes of practice on CSR, and with policies being used by other companies. The book is divided into four sections.”—Book description. For more information, visit International Corporate Social Responsibility: The Role of Corporations in the Economic Order of the 21st…

  • Social Responsibility: Failure Mode Effects and Analysis

    “… this is the first book to focus on methods for assessing an organizations process towards its social responsibility performance through failure mode and risk assessment. The text defines social responsibility, explains how the new ISO 26000 standard will affect the market place, and provides practical problem solving methods that can be put to use…

  • Sustainability Strategies: When does it pay to be green?

    “’Very useful for managers and investors looking to prioritise environmental projects based on solid management principles.’—Ethical Corporation Magazine. For more information, visit Sustainability Strategies: When does it pay to be green? by Renato J. Orsato, Palgrave Macmillan 2009

  • Looking Beyond Profit (Corporate Social Responsibility)

    “’Looking Beyond Profit’ is an essential book, not just for encouraging investment managers to look more closely at their environmental impacts, but for ethical finance advisers and all concerned with corporate governance, either as practitioners, researchers, business educators or students.”—Book description. For more information, visit Looking Beyond Profit (Corporate Social Responsibility), by Peggy Chiu, Ashgate 2009.

  • Corporate Social Responsibility – A Legal Analysis

    “… is the first comprehensive legal text on global CSR. It examines the hard and soft laws that ground CSR to show that responsible corporate behaviour has become a matter of important legal concern for virtually every corporation.”—Book description. For more information, visit Corporate Social Responsibility – A Legal Analysis, by Michael Kerr, Richard Janda, &…