Necessary Transition

The Journey towards the Sustainable Enterprise Economy

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

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Life on Earth for humanity and our ecosystems is at a point of great change. There is much to be learnt about previous great disruptions. The key words are *adaptation* and *transformation*. Most international companies operate across multiple social and environmental geographies, so they know this intellectual and practical landscape. And for many governments the challenges of social and environmental justice are also paramount – not least because equitable societies are best for business, and best for human well-being.The Necessary Transition addresses the many transitions taking place around the world: from high- to low-carbon economies, from gross inequality to egalitarianism, from massive human rights abuses to socially just societies, and from high corruption to societies with high social cohesion and integrity.The book brings together leading international researchers and practitioners to share their knowledge and expertise, and offers answers to many of the pressing questions that must be addressed in the journey towards a sustainable enterprise economy – an absolutely necessary transition for humanity.Contributors include: Sara Parkin, Founder-Director and Trustee of the UK's Forum for the Future; Bill Champion, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Coal Australia; and Mark Swilling, co-author of "Just Transitions" and Academic Director of the Sustainability Institute, South Africa.The key question is: "Is a transition to a sustainable future possible within the logic of conventional capitalism and 20th-century models of development?" This book provides radical perspectives from varying entry points and is essential reading for academics and practitioners interested in how we plan, speed and scale such necessary transitions.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-07-01
Mått156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt416 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor252
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781906093891

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ForewordSir Tim Smit, co-founder, The Eden Project IntroductionMalcolm McIntosh, Griffith University Part I: History and Transition Theory1. Contested futures: Conceptions of the next long-term development cycleProfessor Mark Swilling, Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch University2. Radical openness and contextualisation: reflections on a decade of learning for sustainability at the Sustainability Institute, Stellenbosch, South AfricaEve Annecke, Sustainability Institute3. The devil is in the synergy: Exhibiting transitions at the hypothetical museum of the futureRichard Cassels, Director, Climate Leadership4. Transformations and translations of japanese business societyKyoko Fukukawa, Bradford University School of Management, and Sunil Manghani, York St John University Part II: Re-Seeing the world: Paradigm shifts and action5. Occupation or action: Can they be more or less than the sum of their parts?Sara Parkin, Founder Director, Forum for the Future6. The pillars of peace: Identifying the elements that allow human potential to flourishSteve Killelea, Executive Chairman and Founder, Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)7. The wicked problem of developing a new social contract for the necessary transitionSandra Waddock, Boston College Carroll School of Management8. Together: The power of collaborationCaroline Digby, The Eden Project9. Boundary objects, HRM tools and change for sustainabilitySuzanne Benn, University of Technology, Sydney, and Cathy Rusinko, Philadelphia University Part III: Sustainable development, climate change and business & finance10. Climate change is everyone's businessBrendan Mackey, Griffith University11. Industry transformation through sustainable entrepreneurship: Examples in the apparel and energy industriesStefan Schaltegger and Erik G. Hansen, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg12. Public policy processes for transition to a sustainable enterprise society: The case of extractive industriesCiaran O'Faircheallaigh, Griffith University13. Sustainable development: Continuing to re-earn our licence to operateBill Champion, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Coal Australia14. Currencies of transition: Transforming money to unleash sustainabilityJem Bendell, Institute for Leadership and Sustainability, University of Cumbria, UK and Griffith Business School, Queensland, Australia; and Thomas H. Greco, BeyondMoney.net