The Necessary Transition
Subtitle: the Journey towards the Sustainable Enterprise Economy
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9781351276528
Subjects: Sustainable development; Social responsibility of business; Développement durable; Entreprises; Responsabilité sociale
Description: "Life on Earth for humanity and our ecosystems is at a point of great change. There is much to be learnt about previous great disruptions. The key words are *adaptation* and *transformation*. Most international companies operate across multiple social and environmental geographies, so they know this intellectual and practical landscape. And for many governments the challenges of social and environmental justice are also paramount - not least because equitable societies are best for business, and best for human well-being. The Necessary Transition addresses the many transitions taking place around the world: from high- to low-carbon economies, from gross inequality to egalitarianism, from massive human rights abuses to socially just societies, and from high corruption to societies with high social cohesion and integrity. The book brings together leading international researchers and practitioners to share their knowledge and expertise, and offers answers to many of the pressing questions that must be addressed in the journey towards a sustainable enterprise economy - an absolutely necessary transition for humanity. Contributors include: Sara Parkin, Founder-Director and Trustee of the UK's Forum for the Future; Bill Champion, Managing Director, Rio Tinto Coal Australia; and Mark Swilling, co-author of "Just Transitions" and Academic Director of the Sustainability Institute, South Africa. The key question is: "Is a transition to a sustainable future possible within the logic of conventional capitalism and 20th-century models of development?" This book provides radical perspectives from varying entry points and is essential reading for academics and practitioners interested in how we plan, speed and scale such necessary transitions."--Provided by publisher
Table of contents: title: Chapter Introduction  -- Malcolm McIntosh; title: chapter 1 Contested futures --; title: Conceptions of the next long-term development cycle  -- Mark Swilling; title: chapter 2 Radical openness and contextualisation --; title: Reflections on a decade of learning for sustainability at the Sustainability Institute  -- Eve Annecke; title: chapter 3 The devil is in the synergy --; title: The exhibitions at MOSET: a hypothetical museum of human transitions  -- Richard Cassels; title: chapter 4 Transformations and translations of Japanese business-society  -- Kyoko Fukukawa Sunil Manghani; title: chapter 5 Occupation or action --; title: Are they more or less than the sum of their parts?  -- Sara Parkin; title: chapter 6 The pillars of peace --; title: Identifying the elements that allow human potential to flourish  -- Steve Killelea; title: chapter 7 The wicked problem of developing a new social contract for the necessary transition  -- Sandra Waddock; title: chapter 8 Together: the power of collaboration  -- Caroline Digby; title: chapter 9 Boundary objects, HRM tools and change for sustainability  -- Suzanne Benn Cathy A. Rusinko; title: chapter 10 Climate change is everyone's business  -- Brendan Mackey; title: chapter 11 Industry transformation through sustainable entrepreneurship --; title: Examples in the apparel and energy industries  -- Stefan Schaltegger Erik G. Hansen; title: chapter 12 Public policy processes for transition to a sustainable enterprise society --; title: The case of extractive industries  -- Ciaran O'Faircheallaigh; title: chapter 13 Sustainable development --; title: Continuing to re-earn our license to operate  -- Fiona Nicholls; title: chapter 14 Currencies of transition --; title: Transforming money to unleash sustainability -- Jem Bendell Thomas H. Greco.