Companies Going Green
By Lam Yen Sze Elizabeth, 29 Jun 2010
Summary
The five reasons why companies are greening (1):
i) Environmental impacts & values
ii) Government regulation
iii) Economic opportunities / disincentives
iv) Organizational crisies
v) Stakeholder pressure
The various green strategies that may be employed by companies (2) :
- Alternative energy
- Alternative transportation
- Biodiversity and land conservation
- Certification: Organic, sustainablt forestry, sustainable fishing, fair trade
- Climate change
- Consumer messaging, labeling
- Emissions measurement, reduction, and trading
- Employee engagement
- Energy efficiency
- Green building
- Green manufacturing
- Green product design
- Product stewardship
- Public policy leadership
- Recycling and resource conservation
- Safer alternatives to toxics
- Supply chain accountability / ethical sourcing
- Sustainability reporting
- Sustainable / green investing
- Sustainable packaging and shipping / logistics
- Waste management
- Water management
- Workplace transformation
Sources:
(1) [Green business: A five-part model for creating an environmentally responsible company] by Amy K. Townsend
(2) [Green biz : 50 green, profitable companies reveal their strategies and successes] / introduction by Mindy Lubber
References
(A) Printed Resources
Please use the Online Catalogue URL http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg/ to search / browse for more printed resources. Type 'Business enterprises Environmental aspects' or 'Green products' --> Select [Browse by subject].
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1. Book |
| Title: | Eco-innovation : when sustainability and competitiveness shake hands / Javier Carrillo Hermosilla, Pablo del Rio Gonzalez and Totti Könnöla. |
| Author: | Hermosilla, Javier Carrillo |
| Publisher: | Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 HER |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 19 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Table of Contents: Sustainability Versus Competitiveness? -- Towards Sustainability And Competitiveness Through Eco-Innovation -- What Is Eco-Innovation -- Defining Eco-Innovation -- Dimensions Of Eco-Innovation -- Dashboard Of Eco-Innovation -- Barriers To Eco-Innovation -- How Can We Classify The Barriers To (And Drivers Of) Eco-Innovation? -- Policy Strategies To Promote Eco-Innovation -- Why Should Eco-Innovation Be Promoted Publicly? -- What Should The Main Elements Of A Policy Approach To Promote Eco-Innovation Be? -- What Types Of Specific Measures Are Out There? -- What Measures Are More Appropriate For Tackling Specific Barriers To Eco-Innovation? -- What Measures Are Most Appropriate For Promoting Specific Types Of Eco-Innovation? -- Business Strategies For Eco-Innovation -- Design Dimensions Of Eco-Innovation -- User Dimensions Of Eco-Innovation -- Product Service Dimensions In Eco-Innovation -- Corporate Governance For Eco-Innovation -- Eco-Innovations In Practice -- Case Study 1: Ecocement -- Case Study 2: Automated Vacuum System For Waste Collection -- Case Study 3: High-Speed Train System -- Case Study 4:Ecoworx, Carpet Backing -- Case Study 5: Carbon Capture And Storage (CCS) -- Case Study 6: Hybrid Synergy Drive -- Case Study 7: Green Hotel Project |
2. Book |
| Title: | Good to green : managing business risks and opportunities in the age of environmental awareness / John-David Phyper and Paul MacLean. |
| Author: | Phyper, John-David |
| Publisher: | Toronto : Wiley, c2009. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 PHY |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | (Pg 142 includes an eco-design checklist) Table of Contents: Introduction -- Changing Concerns -- Changing Management Of Environmental Issues -- Follow The Money Trail -- Executing A Green Strategic Plan -- Leadership -- Reference Points -- Strategic Vision -- Scanning The Business Environment -- Key Market Influencers -- Methodology For Risk And Opportunities Assessment -- Putting All The Pieces Together -- Recent Missteps? -- (Mis)Management Systems -- Environmental Management Systems Silos -- Compliance Framework -- Ownership, Collaboration And Communication -- IT To The Rescue? -- “Green” Or Just “Good” Design -- Fundamentals Of Eco-Design -- The Role Of Government -- Adapt Or Die -- Green Marketing: Moving Green Products To The Mainstream -- What Is Really Happening? -- The Status Of Public Opinion In Different Regions -- What Is Green Marketing? -- Green Marketing Claims -- Supply Chain Drivers -- So What? I Just Pay A Little Fine -- Common Pitfalls -- Role Of Government Legislations/Policies -- How Are Organizations Influencing Suppliers? -- Examples Of Logistics Optimization -- What Are The Alternatives To Petroleum? -- Conservation – You Mean We Have To Behave Like Europeans? -- Energy Value Chain -- What Are The Energy Options? -- Government Influence Or Meddling -- Show Me The Money -- Emissions Trading -- The Business Case For Action On Climate Change -- Emissions Trading For Dummies -- About Carbon Markets -- The Future Of Trading -- Managing Human Resources To Nurture A Culture Of Innovation -- A Framework For Discussion -- Evolution Of The Talent Problem -- Sustainability And Human Capital Management -- Types Of Workers -- HR Processes On The Supply Chain -- Innovate Or Die -- Innovation’s Return On Investment -- Road Map For The Future -- Trends/Forecasts -- Business Opportunities |
Case Studies:
Dupont -- General Electric -- Wal-Mart -- Ecolab -- TH!NK -- Tesla Motors -- Project Better Place -- Nike -- IKEA -- Sony -- Mattel -- Unilever -- Dell -- 3M
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3. Book |
| Title: | The green business guide : a one stop resource for businesses of all shapes and sizes to implement eco-friendly policies, programs, and practices / Glenn Bachman. |
| Author: | Bachman, Glenn |
| Publisher: | Franklin Lakes, N.J. : Career Press, c2009. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 BAC |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Table of Contents: Attributes Of A Green Enterprise -- Benefits Of Being A Green Enterprise -- Becoming A Green Enterprise -- Ecodesign -- Packaging -- Green Purchasing -- Facilities -- Energy Supply And Use -- Creating The Energy Management Plan -- Lighting -- Space Conditioning -- Water Heating -- Refrigeration -- Office Equipment -- Miscellaneous Equipment And Appliances -- Steam And Process Heating -- Industrial Equipment -- Renewable Energy Resources -- Batteries And Fuel Cells -- Transportation Of People And Goods -- Water -- Noise -- Air Quality -- Materials And Waste Management -- Paper And Printing -- Marketing The Green Enterprise -- Eco-Labels -- Certification Of Green Enterprises -- Communications And Reporting |
4. Book |
| Title: | Green to gold : how smart companies use environmental strategy to innovate, create value, and build competitive advantage / Daniel C. Esty, Andrew S. Winston. |
| Author: | Esty, Daniel C |
| Publisher: | Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 EST |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 29 Jun 2010 |
| Librarian's Note: | (Pg 314 Appendix II gives a table listing the companies who are (1) environmental leaders, (2) Overrated and (3) Underrated). Table of Contents: Part One Preparing for a New World -- 1 Eco-Advantage -- Issues and opportunities for business in an environmentally sensitive world -- 2 Natural Drivers of the Green Wave -- Environmental problems and how they shape markets -- 3 WhoG &s Behind the Green Wave? -- Stakeholders and the power they wield -- -- Part Two Strategies for Building Eco-Advantage -- 4 Managing the Downside -- Green-to-Gold Plays to reduce cost and risk -- -- 5 Building the Upside -- Green-to-Gold Plays to drive revenues and create intangible value -- -- Part Three What WaveRiders Do -- 6 The Eco-Advantage Mindset -- Looking through an environmental lens -- 7 Eco-Tracking -- Understanding your companyG &s environmental "footprint -- 8 Redesigning Your World -- Designing for the environment and "greening" the supply chain -- 9 Inspiring an Eco-Advantage Culture -- Creating an organizational focus on environmental stewardship -- -- Part Four Putting It All Together -- 10 Why Environmental Initiatives Fail -- Pitfalls to avoid on the way to Eco-Advantage -- 11 Taking Action -- Execution for sustained competitive advantage -- -- 12 Eco-Advantage Strategy -- Key Eco-Advantage plays, tools, and plans |
5. Book |
| Title: | Selling solar : the diffusion of renewable energy in emerging markets / Damian Miller. |
| Author: | Miller, Damian |
| Publisher: | London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, 2009. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 381.4562147 MIL |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 19 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Table of Contents: Pt. I Solar And Diffusion Theory -- 1 Solar In Emerging Markets -- 2 Diffusion Theory And Entrepreneurship -- 3 Theory Applied To Solar -- Pt. II Case Studies In Entrepreneurship And Policy Formation -- 4 Solar Goes Commercial -- Public Sector Diffusion -- Government-Led Diffusion: The Case Of India -- A Gathering Consensus: Go Commercial -- Not-For-Profit Pioneers Go Commercial -- Ngos Go Commercial -- Introduction To The Entrepreneurs -- Big Business -- Summing Up -- 5 Entrepreneurs As Agents Of Change -- Hazards Of The Job -- Entrepreneurs In India -- Entrepreneur In Indonesia -- Entrepreneurs In Sri Lanka -- 6 The World Bank On A Learning Curve -- Forces At Work: How The World Bank Started To Lend For Solar -- The India Loan (1994-1999) -- The Indonesia Loan (1997-2003) -- The Sri Lanka Loan (1997-2002 And 2002-2007) -- Replicating – China -- Replicating – Bangladesh -- A Constrasting Experience In The IFC -- Pt. III Policy And Conclusions -- 7 Policy Guidance: Seeing It Like An Entrepreneur -- 8 Solar Tomorrow: 100 Million Solar Homes -- 9 Accelerating A Renewable Energy Future |
6. Book |
| Title: | Starting green : an ecopreneur’s toolkit for starting a green business from business plan to profits / Glenn Croston. |
| Author: | Croston, Glenn E., 1964- |
| Publisher: | [Irvine, Calif.] : Entrepreneur Press, c2009. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.11 CRO |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Table of Contents: Welcome to the revolution -- Finding the right opportunity : RISE -- From green dreams to open doors -- Finding money to start and grow your business -- How to green your business operations and facilities -- Green marketing and communications -- The role of government : carrots and sticks -- Starting a green franchise -- Starting an energy efficiency business -- Starting a green retail business -- Starting a renewable energy business -- Starting a direct sales business : small, green, and beautiful -- Conclusion: thriving with green in the conserver economy |
7. Book |
| Title: | The truth about green business / Gil Friend ; with Nicholas Kordesch and Benjamin Privitt. |
| Author: | Friend, Gil |
| Publisher: | Upper Saddle River, N.J. : FT Press, c2009. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 FRI |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Table of Contents: The Truth About Green Business -- The Truth About Green Strategy -- Profit And Purpose -- How Green Is Good Enough? -- Green Regulations -- The Truth About Green Operations -- Secrets Hiding In Plain Sight -- Eco-Efficiency: Good For Business And The Environment -- Waste? Not! Eliminating Non-Product -- Ecoaudits Can Guide Your Course -- Running Lean And Green -- Carbon Footprinting -- Reducing Your Carbon Footprint -- The Truth About Green Marketing -- Green Branding And Messaging -- Creating Strong Ecolabels -- Green Marketing Claims -- Reaching Conscious Consumers -- The Truth About Green Products And Services -- What Makes A Product Green? -- Product Take-Back -- Product To Service -- What Makes A Service Green? -- The Truth About Green Design -- Biomimicry – Learning From Life -- Reducing Your Product Footprints -- Cradle To Cradle -- Design With Nature -- Innovation Is At The Heart Of Greening -- The Truth About Green Procurement -- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing -- Supply Chain Management And Partnerships -- Supplier Scorecards -- Clearning The Rising Bar -- The Truth About Green Buildings -- LEED Standards For Green Buildings -- The Cost Of Green Building -- Green Buildings Improve Productivity -- Integrative Design For Green Building -- The Truth About Green IT -- Computers And Electronics -- Creating More Efficient Data Centers -- How IT Can Drive Greening -- The Truth About Green Management -- Engaging Employees -- Engaging Stakeholders -- Keeping Score -- Employee Incentives -- Environmental Management Systems -- The Truth About Green Finance -- Profit, Value And Risk -- Reality-Based Accounting -- Investing In Green And Attracting Green Investment -- Carbon Trading And Offsets -- Fiduciary Duty -- The Truth About Green Futures -- Certainty In The Face Of Uncertainty -- Scenario Planning -- Future Proofing |
8. Book |
| Title: | 101 ways to turn your business green : the business guide to eco-friendly profits / Rich Mintzer. |
| Author: | Mintzer, Richard |
| Publisher: | [Irvine, CA] : Entrepreneur Press, c2008. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 MIN |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Table of Contents: Embrace The Basics -- Tangibles -- Natural And Renewable Energy -- Water Conservation -- Paper And Printing (And Signage) -- Greener Packaging, Design And Packing -- Technology -- Less Waste And A Cleaner Work Environment -- Shipping And Products -- Transportation, Travel And Telecommuting -- Intangibles -- Putting Your Best Foot Forward -- Locations, Locations, And Greener Locations -- Social Responsibility And Doing Better For Your People |
9. Book |
| Title: | Green biz : 50 green, profitable companies reveal their strategies and successes / introduction by Mindy Lubber. |
| Publisher: | New York : Random House Custom Media, c2008. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 GRE |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Case studies: Alcoa -- AMD -- Aspen Skiing Company -- Aveda -- Bank of America -- Baxter International -- Ben & Jerry's -- The Body Shop -- BP -- Bristol-Myers Squibb -- BT -- Citi -- Clif Bar & Company -- Coca-Cola -- FPL Group -- General Electric -- Goldman Sachs -- Google -- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters -- Herman Miller, Inc. -- Hewlett-Packard -- Honda -- HSBC -- IBM -- IKEA -- Intel -- Interface -- Levi Strauss & Co. -- McDonald's -- Mohawk Fine Papers -- National Grid -- Nike -- Novo Nordisk -- Patagonia -- PG&E -- Rio Tinto -- SC Johnson & Son -- Seventh Generation -- Staples -- Starbucks -- StatoilHydro -- Stonyfield Farm -- SunEdison -- Sun Microsystems -- Tesla Motors -- Timberland -- Toshiba -- Toyota -- Vodafone -- Xanterra Parks & Resorts |
Companies embarking on the various green strategies:
Alternative energy
Baxter International -- BP -- Clif Bar & Company -- FPL Group -- Google -- HSBC -- IBM -- Staples -- StatoilHydro -- SunEdison
Alternative transportation
Bank of America -- Honda -- Rio Tinto -- SC Johnson & Son -- Tesla Motors -- Toyota
Biodiversity and land conservation
Alcoa -- BP -- Bristol-Myers Squibb -- Goldman Sachs --PG&E
Certification: Organic, sustainablt forestry, sustainable fishing, fair trade
Ben & Jerry's -- The Body Shop -- Clif Bar & Company -- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters -- IKEA -- McDonald's -- Mohawk Fine Papers -- Patagonia -- Staples -- Starbucks --Stonyfield Farm -- Timberland
Climate change
Alcoa -- Aspen Skiing Company -- Bank of America -- Citi -- Google -- HSBC -- PG&E -- Rio Tinto -- Stonyfield Farm
Consumer messaging, labeling
Ben & Jerry's -- Clif Bar & Company -- General Electric -- Levi Strauss & Co. -- National Grid -- PG&E -- Stonyfield Farm -- Timberland
Emissions measurement, reduction, and trading
Alcoa -- AMD -- Bank of America -- Baxter International -- Bristol-Myers Squibb -- Citi -- Hewlett-Packard -- Honda -- HSBC -- IBM -- Mohawk Fine Papers -- Novo Nordisk -- SC Johnson & Son -- Sun Microsystems
Employee engagement
Bank of America -- BT -- Google -- Herman Miller, Inc. -- Hewlett-Packard -- Interface
Energy efficiency
AMD -- Baxter International -- Hewlett-Packard -- Intel -- McDonald's -- National Grid -- PG&E -- Seventh Generation -- Sun Microsystems -- Vodafone
Green building
Aspen Skiing Company -- Bank of America -- Citi -- Goldman Sachs -- Herman Miller, Inc. -- Honda -- HSBC -- McDonald's -- Starbucks -- Xanterra Parks & Resorts
Green manufacturing
Alcoa -- Coca-Cola -- Herman Miller, Inc. -- Honda -- Interface -- Patagonia -- SC Johnson & Son -- Toyota
Green product design
AMD -- The Body Shop -- General Electric -- Herman Miller, Inc. -- Interface -- Levi Strauss & Co. -- Patagonia -- Seventh Generation -- Tesla Motors -- Toshiba
Product stewardship
Hewlett-Packard -- Interface -- Nike -- Novo Nordisk -- StatoilHydro -- Toshiba
Public policy leadership
Alcoa -- Aspen Skiing Company -- Baxter International -- General Electric -- PG&E -- Sun Microsystems
Recycling and resource conservation
AMD -- Ben & Jerry's -- Coca-Cola -- Herman Miller, Inc. -- Hewlett-Packard -- Intel -- Interface -- Mohawk Fine Papers -- Nike -- Patagonia -- Starbucks -- Toshiba -- Toyota -- Vodafone -- Xanterra Parks & Resorts
Safer alternatives to toxics
Baxter International -- Intel -- Mohawk Fine Papers -- Nike -- SC Johnson & Son
Supply chain accountability / ethical sourcing
Aveda -- The Body Shop -- BT -- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters -- Hewlett-Packard -- IKEA -- Levi Strauss & Co. -- McDonald's -- Mohawk Fine Papers -- Nike -- Seventh Generation -- Stonyfield Farm
Sustainability reporting
Aspen Skiing Company -- Aveda -- Bank of America -- Baxter International -- BP -- Bristol-Myers Squibb -- BT -- Citi -- Coca-Cola -- Goldman Sachs -- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters -- Herman Miller, Inc. -- HSBC -- Intel -- Nike -- Novo Nordisk -- Seventh Generation -- Starbucks -- Sun Microsystems -- Timberland
Sustainable / green investing
Bank of America -- Citi -- Goldman Sachs -- HSBC
Sustainable packaging and shipping / logistics
Aveda -- The Body Shop -- Bristol-Myers Squibb -- Coca-Cola -- Green Mountain Coffee Roasters -- IBM -- IKEA -- Patagonia
Waste management
Baxter International -- Ben & Jerry's -- Honda -- Interface
Water management
Baxter International -- Bristol-Myers Squibb -- Coca-Cola -- Intel -- Levi Strauss & Co. -- McDonald's
Workplace transformation
Ben & Jerry's -- Google -- Seventh Generation -- Sun Microsystems
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10. Book |
| Title: | Harvard business review on green business strategy. |
| Publisher: | Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Pub., c2007. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 HAR |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Table of Contents: Building the Green Way / Charles Lockwood -- What Every Executive Needs to Know About Global Warming / Kimberly O'Neill Packard, Forest L. Reinhardt -- Bringing the Environment Down to Earth / Forest L. Reinhardt -- A Road Map for Natural Capitalism / Amory B. Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins, Paul Hawken -- Beyond Greening: Strategies for a Sustainable World / Stuart L. Hart -- Competitive Advantage on a Warming Planet / Jonathan Lash, Fred Wellington -- What Asbestos Taught Me About Managing Risk / Bill Sells -- The Case of the Environmental Impasse / Alissa J. Stern |
11. Book |
| Title: | Green business : a five-part model for creating an environmentally responsible company / Amy K. Townsend. |
| Author: | Townsend, A. K |
| Publisher: | Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub., c2006. |
| Call No.: | RBUS English 658.4083 TOW |
| Availability: | Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Business - Level 8 |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Table of Contents: The five reasons why companies are greening -- The need to standardize what companies green -- Greening your mission -- Greening your employees -- Greening your operations -- Accounting -- Daycare / childcare -- Employee commuting & business travel -- Food services -- Fleet -- Hiring -- Investing -- Lobbying -- Marketing -- Printing and graphics -- Procurement -- Public relations -- Recycling -- Greening your facilities & sites -- Greening your products and services -- The future of green business. Numerous case studies are illustrated throughout the book; examples: Herman Miller's Celle chair is made of 33 percent recycled content and is 99 percent recyclable, Guayaki's Yerba Mate. an organic beverage made of ingredients harvested by hand in a Paraguay rainforest, Durapalm coconut palm flooring, manufactured from reclaimed coconut palms. |
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(B) eResources |
12. Web Resource |
| Source: | http://www.nl.sg/ |
| Title: | EBSCOHost business source complete |
| Link: | http://www.nl.sg/ --> Click on E-Resources --> Click "By A-Z" --> Click 'E' to find 'EBSCOHost business source complete' |
| Description: | Available at all libraries. |
| Last Accessed Date: | 14 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Type "social responsibility of business" as "Subject terms" --> Type 'green' as keyword --> Check against 'Full Text'. Examples of results: (1) Sustainable packaging: How green it grows, (2) Toshiba Brings More Green Into the Picture, (3) Green trend expected to become multitrillion-dollar industry. You can use alternative subject terms such as "green movement", "business enterprises environmental aspects", "green products". |
13. Web Resource |
| Source: | http://www.nl.sg/ |
| Title: | Emerald management xtra |
| Link: | http://www.nl.sg/ --> Click on E-Resources --> Click "By A-Z" --> Click 'E' to find 'Emerald management xtra' |
| Description: | Available in all libraries. |
| Last Accessed Date: | 14 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Click on [Advanced search] on left-hand-side menu --> Click [Journals] --> Type 'social responsibility of business' & click 'Phrase' --> Type 'green issues' & click 'Phrase' --> click on [Search]. Examples of results: (1) The greening of organizational culture: Management views on the depth, degree and diffusion of change, (2) Environmentalism in Progressive Businesses, (3) Ethical and social responsibility issues in grocery shopping: a preliminary typology. |
14. Web Resource |
| Source: | http://www.nl.sg/ |
| Title: | JSTOR : the scholarly journal archive |
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| Description: | Available at all libraries and from home. |
| Last Accessed Date: | 14 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Click on [Advanced Search] --> Type 'green business' & select [Abstract]. Examples of results: (1) Corporate Strategies and Environmental Regulations: An Organizing Framework, (2) Eco-Enterprise Strategy: Standing for Sustainability. JSTOR offers authoritative and dated articles which are useful for empirical research, which goes way back to 1950s. |
15. Web Resource |
| Source: | http://www.nl.sg/ |
| Title: | ProQuest central |
| Link: | http://www.nl.sg/ --> Click on E-Resources --> Click "By A-Z" --> Click 'P' to find 'ProQuest central' |
| Description: | Available at all libraries and from home. Click ProQuest Central to launch and search all ProQuest databases. |
| Last Accessed Date: | 14 Nov 2009 |
| Librarian's Note: | Type 'Corporate responsibility' & select [Subject] --> Type 'Environmental protection ' & select [Subject] --> Check against [Full-tex] --> Click to filter by [Scholarly Journals]. Examples of results: (1) The Challenge of Sustainable Hospital Building, (2) Hoteliers and corporate travel buyers to promote "green" hotels together |
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(C) Other Reads |
16. Others |
| Title: | Reference Point Enquiries Bank - [Eco Fashion / Eco Labels / Organic Textiles] |
| Description: | Reference Point Enquiries Bank offers ready lists of trusted resources compiled from past enquiries. |
| Availability: | http://rpe.nl.sg/Business/25af1527-2fb1-4130-b9a4-1ca92b49951b.aspx |
| Last Accessed Date: | 14 Nov 2009 |
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| Source: | http://rpe.nl.sg/Business/1728be90-cc64-419a-9224-cc855a76d0ae.aspx |
| Title: | Reference Point Enquiries Bank - [China's Economic Development & Effects on its Natural Environment] |
| Link: | http://rpe.nl.sg/Business/1728be90-cc64-419a-9224-cc855a76d0ae.aspx |
| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |
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| Source: | http://rpe.nl.sg/Business/c2baaa06-c75b-45e5-960c-67ccae06aa3c.aspx |
| Title: | Reference Point Enquiries Bank - [Carbon Credits and Trading] |
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| Last Accessed Date: | 17 Nov 2009 |