Making sustainability work; best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental, and economic impacts.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

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9781576754863

Making sustainability work; best practices in managing and measuring corporate social, environmental, and economic impacts.

Epstein, Marc J.

Berrett-Koehler Publishers

2008

288 pages

$34.95

Hardcover

HD60

Epstein (management, Rice U.) gives advice on how to implement corporate sustainability practices in large organizations, building upon his own research and the "b...

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