The role of business schools in developing leaders for triple bottom line sustainability

Author(s):  
Tim London
2012 ◽  
pp. 1659-1679
Author(s):  
George M. Hall ◽  
Joe Howe

This chapter describes the current situation of the chemical manufacturing industry and looks to the future demands on the sector such as: for sustainability, the advent of new bio-based feedstocks for improved energy management and the implications of these demands on the sector. These implications include definitions of sustainability criteria for the chemical manufacturing industry and the need for transparent reporting following the Triple Bottom Line approach. The important role of chemical (or more generally, process) engineers in delivering bio-based sustainable solutions is emphasised, but this also suggests that a new way of thinking about the discipline is required. Indeed, there are arguments that the demand for a sustainable chemical manufacturing sector could bring about the next paradigm shift in the discipline with concomitant education implications.


Author(s):  
Lin Jia ◽  
Barry Cumbie ◽  
Chetan S. Sankar ◽  
Jian Yu

This article develops a Sustainability Informatics Framework, a framework that connects Information Technology with sustainability and is based on the Belief-Action-Outcome and Energy Informatics frameworks. The triple-bottom line (People, Planet, and Profit) is adopted as a criterion for measuring sustainability and three sustainability indices are first formulated and then visualized using Sustainability Dashboards. This framework is then used to analyze transportation systems. This leads to the development of research propositions that can expand the role of the Information Systems discipline to research on areas of sustainable nation building.


2011 ◽  
Vol 361-363 ◽  
pp. 1740-1744
Author(s):  
Zhao Hui Li ◽  
Jun Feng Li

This paper focuses on the compiling and the role of the socially responsible index. Socially responsible investment originated from ethically investing teachings and developed on growing social awareness. Social responsibility indexes are products of the development of social responsibility investment. The Domini 400 Social Index, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes and the Calvert Social Index are typical cases of international social responsibility indexes. They are compiled on the base of consistency, flexibility and transparency and their component stocks are selected according to triple bottom line. Compared with international experiences, China’s social responsibility indexes have a shorter history and some problems.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ken Mathu

The advent of supply chain management (SCM) strategy over the past four decades coupled with innovations in technology has revolutionised management of enterprises tremendously. The SCM strategy has enhanced supplier-customer collaboration and integration in the delivery of product/service to ultimate customers, while the enabling role of technology speeds up the information and product flow. The effectiveness and efficiency emanating from supply chain management is a manifestation of enterprises’ inclusive concern of value-creation from economic, environmental and social attributes, also referred as triple-bottom line (TBL). Such enterprises are streamlined as they utilise resources sparingly and produced less waste. Hence, they are lean, resilient and possess capacity to withstand disruptions. These qualities are derived from green initiatives and render these enterprises’ competitiveness and sustainability. This is change management through which conventional supply chain management transforms into green supply chain management (GSCM) by refocusing value-creation in embracing the triple-bottom line that drives the competiveness and sustainability of enterprises.


Author(s):  
Satyendra C. Pandey ◽  
Pinaki Nandan Pattnaik

Sustainability has been a part of the corporate lexicon for over a decade now. This has made it important for business schools across the globe to recognize the importance of sustainability and incorporate it into the curricula to train future managers. There are very few instances of having a core specialization being offered in the area of sustainability in an Indian management institute. This case study is an experiential documentation of a course titled Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Leadership offered at a leading university in India. This is a case study of the development of course in Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Leadership: its curriculum design, pedagogy, and evaluation methods. Through this course, an attempt was made to introduce the concept of sustainability in leadership and entrepreneurial ventures to the students. Also, a tryst was made to develop an appreciation towards the triple bottom line of profit, people, and the planet.


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