The business of bees
Subtitle: an integrated approach to bee decline and corporate responsibility
By: edited by Jill Atkins and Barry Atkins
Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 351
ISBN-13: 9781783535224; 9781783534357
Subjects: Bees; Conservation; Effect of pesticides on; Pollination by bees; Social responsibility of business; Economic aspects
Description: "Our bee populations are under threat. Over the past 60 years, they have lost much of their natural habitat and are under assault from pesticides and intensive farming. We rely on bees and other insects to pollinate our fruit and vegetables and, without them, our environment and economy will be in crisis. The Business of Bees provided the first integrated account of diminishing bee populations, as well as other pollinators, from an interdisciplinary perspective.  It explores the role of corporate responsibility and governance as they relate to this critical issue and examines what the impact will be on consumers, companies, stock markets and ultimately on global society if bee populations continue to decline at a dangerous rate.  The book considers the issue of global bee population decline from a variety of disciplines, collecting the perspectives of academics in accounting, science and humanities, with those of practitioners in the finance industry.  The chapters explore the impact of the rapid declines in pollinator populations on the natural world, on corporations, on the stock market and on accounting.  The Business of Bees will be essential reading for those in academia, business and finance sectors and anyone invested in the future of our planet." -- Publisher's description
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I.  The historical, cultural, philosophical and scientific context of bee decline; title: Bee decline : An integrated approach / Jill Atkins, Barry Atkins; title: The historic, cultural and philosophical context of bee decline / Jill Atkins, Barry Atkins; title: Bee bio-basics and conservation benefits : Essential pieces in the pollinator puzzle / Scott Longing and Samuel Discua; title: From corporate social responsibility to accountability in the bumblebee trade : A Japanese perspective / Carol Reade, Koichi Goka, Robin Thorp, Masahiro Mitsuhata, Marius Wasbauer; title: Bombus terrestris : A personal deep ecology account / Jack Christian; title: Pt. II.  Investors, bees and the stock market; title: The bee and the stock market : An overview of pollinator decline and its economic and corporate significance / Rick Stathers; title: Pollinators as a portfolio risk : Making the case for investor action / Abigail Herron; title: Bees and pesticides : The Ontario controversy / Margaret Clappison and Aris Solomon; title: Bee colony and food supply collapse : Could investors be the cavalry? / Raj Thamotheram and Olivia Stewart; title: Pt. III.  Accounting for bees and bee decline; title: How to account for bees and pollinators? / Joël Houdet, Ruan Veldtman; title: Bee accounting and accountability in the UK / Jill Atkins, Elisabetta Barrone. Warren Maroun, Barry Atkins; title: Accounting for bees : Evidence from disclosures by US listed companies / Andrea M. Romi and Scott Longing; title: No bees in their bonnet : On the absence of bee-reporting by South African listed companies / Warren Maroun; title: Corporate bee accountability among Swedish companies / Kristina Jonäll, Gunnar Rimmel; title: Bees and accountability in Germany : A multi-stakeholder perspective / Christoph F. Biehl, Martina N. Macpherson; title: An integrated approach to bee decline : Making a bee line for the future? / Jill Atkins, Barry Atkins.