Routledge Research in Sustainability and Business
Integrating Sustainability and ESG in Private Equity: A Playbook for Generating Long-Term Value from Sustainable Practices
1st Edition
By Esohe Denise Odaro, Sasja Beslik
May 14, 2026
This book reveals how sustainability and ESG principles can be implemented towards a competitive advantage through compelling real-world case studies and proven frameworks. Following Alex Morgan's evolution from sceptical analyst to sustainability advocate, this book demonstrates how systematic ESG...
The Informal Business Sector in BRICS+ Countries: Sustainable Economic Development in the Global South
1st Edition
Edited
By Brian Ngwako Mokgatetswa Mahosi, Fulufhelo Godfrey Netswera, Ayanda Sibiya, Elton Fernandes, Sergei Smirnov, Shen Yi
February 23, 2026
This book presents a critical analysis of the informal business sector and explores how it can be effectively leveraged to contribute to inclusive and sustainable economic development within BRICS+ nations and the Global South. Drawing on insights from dualistic economic theory, the dynamics of ...
The Purpose-Driven Organisation in Times of Climate Crisis
1st Edition
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By Katie Bailey, Katie Manning
October 30, 2025
This book provides an authoritative, evidence-based understanding of the implications of climate change for organisations and offers valuable insights into how to craft and embed a sustainable purpose. The book draws upon the newly emerging cadre of ‘purpose professionals’ who are charged with ...
Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development: Advancing Social and Economic Transformations
1st Edition
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By Ewa Wanda Ziemba, Wioletta Grzenda, Michal Ramsza
September 30, 2025
This book explores how transparent, interpretable AI technologies can support sustainable progress across industries and societies. It brings together theoretical foundations and practical applications of explainable AI (XAI) aligned with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), offering ...
Corporate Sustainability Reporting in Central and Eastern European Companies
1st Edition
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By Marzena Remlein, Ana Rep Romić
June 20, 2025
This book comprehensively analyses non-financial reporting, specifically sustainability reporting, in Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries. It identifies key trends and common practices among regional companies. The book examines the comprehensiveness and quality of sustainability reporting...
Circular Economy in the European Union: Organisational Practice and Future Directions in Germany, Poland and Spain
1st Edition
By Dagmara Lewicka, Joanna Zarębska, Roman Batko, Beata Tarczydło, Maciej Wożniak, Dariusz Cichoń, Monika Pec
May 06, 2025
Circular Economy in the European Union: Organisational Practice and Future Directions in Germany, Poland and Spain presents the EU's journey towards a circular economy (CE), identifying significant organisational practices in this gradually adopted field among member countries. The book also aims ...
Green Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
By Iryna Bashynska, Dagmara Lewicka, Svitlana Filyppova, Olha Prokopenko
November 04, 2024
Green Innovation in Central and Eastern Europe aims to explore the crucial role of green innovation in guiding organisations towards sustainable development amidst contemporary environmental challenges. It comprehensively examines the concept of the green economy, highlighting its essential ...
Corporate Regulation for Climate Change Mitigation in Africa: A Case for Dilute Interventionism
1st Edition
By Kikelomo O. Kila
October 08, 2024
This book critically analyses the prospects of overhauling the legal framework of climate change regulation of corporations in African state. It adopts the dilute interventionism regulatory framework to tackle the culture of regulatory resistance by corporations in Africa. Over the course of this ...
Degrowth, Depth and Hope in Sustainable Business: Reflections from Denmark, Finland and Sweden
1st Edition
By Iana Nesterova
August 09, 2024
This book takes degrowth theorising in the direction of honouring collaboration, creating new dialogues and emphasising growth and human capacities. Traditionally, degrowth theorising has focussed on reduction and non‑growth. While the ecological concerns of degrowth scholarship are felt acutely by...
Supply Chain Sustainability in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
1st Edition
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By Prasanta Kumar Dey, Soumyadeb Chowdhury, Chrisovalantis Malesios
May 27, 2024
This book examines the sustainability of supply chains in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), in developed and emerging economies. Drawing on contributions from experts in the field and examining case studies from a range of countries, including Thailand, Bangladesh, France, Spain, Austria ...
Understanding Sustainability Performance in Business Organizations: Implications for the Sustainability Service Industry
1st Edition
By Jean-Pierre Imbrogiano
May 27, 2024
This book sheds new light on the role businesses can play in contributing to sustainability objectives, and how governance actors can better encourage their contributions. Jean-Pierre Imbrogiano introduces and empirically investigates the concept of sustainability performance in businesses, which ...
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arctic: The New Frontiers of Business, Management, and Enterprise
1st Edition
By Gisele Arruda, Lara Johannsdottir
May 31, 2023
Corporate Social Responsibility in the Arctic considers the new trends and frontiers of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) studies that are shaping the future of global business strategy and ethics. This book systematically approaches the CSR framework of internal and external factors and their...