Business and the Sustainable Development Goals: Measuring and Managing Corporate

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It critically analyses selected impact measurement and management tools to highlight their respective benefits and limitations, and also provides guidance on critical management decisions to support high-quality impact measurement and management.

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This innovative and engaging book discusses the contribution of business to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. It critically analyses selected impact measurement and management tools to highlight their respective benefits and limitations, and also provides guidance on critical management decisions to support high-quality impact measurement and management. The analyses underlying this book are the result of a three year research project conducted by an international consortium in the EU-funded research project GLOBAL VALUE – Managing Business Impact on Development. The research is complemented by examples from corporate practice and expert interviews to demonstrate and measure the contribution of business to sustainable development in the context of the SDGs.

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This innovative and engaging book discusses the contribution of business to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015. It critically analyses selected impact measurement and management tools to highlight their respective benefits and limitations, and also provides guidance on critical management decisions to support high-quality impact measurement and management. The analyses underlying this book are the result of a three year research project conducted by an international consortium in the EU-funded research project GLOBAL VALUE - Managing Business Impact on Development. The research is complemented by examples from corporate practice and expert interviews to demonstrate and measure the contribution of business to sustainable development in the context of the SDGs.

Author Biography

Norma Schönherr is a Project Manager and Research Associate in the Institute for Managing Sustainability at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. Her areas of expertise include CSR, corporate sustainability, sustainable development, sustainability management and responsible innovation.André Martinuzzi is Head of the Institute for Managing Sustainability and Associate Professor at Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria. He has more than 20 years of experience in coordinating EU-wide research projects for the European Commission, as well as for international organizations and ministries. He is an expert in the fields of corporate sustainability, responsible innovation, evaluation and knowledge brokerage.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Sustainable Development Goals and the future of corporate sustainability.- The corporate toolbox.- Scoping what matters: An introduction to impact mapping.- Measuring what matters: Standardized v. customizable impact measurement tools.- Managing what matters: Integrating impact measurement into corporate sustainability management.- Implementing impact measurement and management.

Feature

Evaluates the contribution of business to sustainable development and the SDGs Analyses selected impact measurement and management tools Includes cases from corporate practice and expert interviews Presents research from EU-funded project GLOBAL Value - Managing Business Impacts on Development

Details ISBN3030168093 Year 2019 ISBN-10 3030168093 ISBN-13 9783030168094 Format Hardcover Pages 133 Publication Date 2019-05-21 Short Title Business and the Sustainable Development Goals Language English Subtitle Measuring and Managing Corporate Impacts DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-16810-0 UK Release Date 2019-05-21 Edition 1st Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Author André Martinuzzi Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2019 Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG Alternative 9783030168124 Edited by André Martinuzzi DEWEY 658.408 Audience Professional & Vocational Illustrations 21 Illustrations, color; 7 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 133 p. 28 illus., 21 illus. in color. We've got this

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