Main description:

This book introduces crucial environmental and health issues, since environmental degradation and illness and disease prevent millions of people in many countries from surviving and achieving their potential. The book thus serves as a comprehensive guide to key environmental and health issues confronting the planet, enumerates approaches and techniques to address these issues, and provides real-world examples of good corporate citizenship.Although there are a growing number of books on corporate social responsibility (and related concepts, such as business ethics, stakeholder theory and sustainable development), there is no volume comparable to this one. Specifically the book addresses a range of issues that will be invaluable to many specialists such as: organization leaders who want to improve the environment and health of their colleagues at home and globally, practitioners in corporate social responsibility, managers involved in environmental, health and safety issues and finally business students who wish to seek to enhance the well-being of their colleagues and the health of the planet and humanity.

Contents:

Making the case Introduction: Isolating Key Issues Finding common ground Outline of this book Part I: Environment Chapter One: State of the Environment Creating a framework: conferences and follow-up; The UNEP: focus areas; Conclusion: towards a sustainable environment Chapter Two: Regional Environmental Reports Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; North America; Summary Chapter Three: Environmental Cornerstones and Conduct Cornerstones of sustainable development; Sustainable conduct; Corporate benefits of environmental protection Chapter Four: Climate Change: Key Issues and Best Practices Key issues; Best practices; Summary: issues and practices Part II: Health Chapter Five: Major Health Issues, by Age Group Wrestling with disease; Major health issues, by age group; Addressing the challenges Chapter Six: Health Statistics, by Region Africa; Asia and the Pacific; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; North America; Summary Chapter Seven: Trends, Initiatives, and Innovators Introduction: why invest in health and wellness; Trends; Initiatives; Innovators; Conclusion: where do we go from here? Conclusion: Your Contribution, our Common Future