Sustainability Management: Concepts, Instruments, And Stakeholders 2nd Edition

Develop your understanding of the essential issues in sustainable management and responsible business development.

Global issues including climate change, migration, and population development mean that sustainability management has never been a more vital area of concern for organisations and businesses worldwide. This engaging textbook will help to support your understanding of key issues and debates and enable you to apply sustainability concepts and theories to real-world management scenarios.

Divided into three parts, the concise chapters provide a foundation in the history, concepts and definitions of sustainable development, before exploring perspectives of different stakeholders including employees, consumers, and investors. The final part addresses how sustainability tools and strategies can be applied across management functions including marketing, HRM, supply chain management, and accounting.

Chapters are rich with learning features including fifty case examples of ''sustainability in business'' designed to illustrate both good and bad business practices from across the globe. ''Sustainability in society'' and ''sustainability in research'' boxes further connect the topics explored to wider societal concerns and the latest academic research to support your studies.

Whether you are looking ahead to your future career, or developing your professional skills, this textbook is essential reading for all those aiming to learn more around reducing costs and risks, increasing reputation and legitimacy, generating competitive advantages, and advancing the sustainable development of both business and society.

Part A. Introduction to sustainable development and sustainability management.

1. History and status quo of sustainable development
2. Concepts of sustainability and sustainable development
3. Reasons for sustainable development and sustainability management
4. Decoupling development from impact
5. Sustainable business models and alternative forms of organizations

Part B. Stakeholder perspectives on sustainability management

1. Stakeholder management
2. Consumers
3. Governmental actors
4. Civil Society
5. Investors and sustainable finance
6. Employees

Part C. Functional perspectives of sustainability management

1. Sustainable human resource management
2. Sustainable information technology and digitalization
3. Sustainable supply chain management
4. Sustainable production and logistics
5. Sustainability marketing
6. Sustainable innovation management
7. Sustainability accounting
8. Sustainability management control
9. Sustainability reporting

Professor Rüdiger Hahn holds the Henkel-Endowed Chair of Sustainability Management at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU), Germany. Professor Hahn has a wealth of experience teaching sustainability management and corporate social responsibility for over twenty years and is a highly recognized scholar in the field.

Sustainability management is a dynamic and constantly evolving field, driven by ongoing societal, environmental, technological, and regulatory changes. Reflecting this development, the second edition of ''Sustainability Management: Concepts, Instruments, and Stakeholders'' has been substantially revised, updated, and expanded throughout.

• All chapters have been carefully reviewed and updated with current literature, recent case studies, and the latest data to ensure relevance and academic rigor. New content has been added to reflect emerging trends and debates—such as degrowth or strong corporate digi