Title:
Managing climate change business risks and consequences: leadership for global sustainability
Publication Information:
New York,NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Physical Description:
xiv,237p.: ill.; 22cm.
ISBN:
9780230115835
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Summary
Summary
Although the title of this volume and its major focus will be on one major aspect of global sustainability - climate change - this volume continues with the overall framing of the series: global sustainability is a multi-faceted, global, multi-generational, economic, social, environmental, and cultural phenomenon and challenge to our species.
Author Notes
James A.F. Stoner is professor of Management Systems and chair holder of Fordham University's James A.F. Stoner Chair for Global Sustainability.
Charles Wankel is associate professor of Management at Peter J. Tobin College of Business at St. John's University.
Table of Contents
| Notes on the Contributors | p. vii |
| List of Figures | p. xv |
| List of Tablespxvi | |
| Part I Climate Change and Risk Management | p. 1 |
| 1 Framing the Inquiry into Risk Management and Climate Change | p. 3 |
| 2 Asking the Right Questions: Basic Concepts of Risk Management for Developing Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies | p. 17 |
| Part II Key Players Managing the Risks of Climate Change | p. 49 |
| 3 The Primary Insurance Industry's Role in Managing Climate Change Risks and Opportunities | p. 51 |
| 4 Competitive Advantages and Risk Management: Capitalizing on the Economic Benefits of Sustainability | p. 81 |
| 5 Climate Change Impact on Procurement: Risks and Opportunities | p. 101 |
| 6 Business and Climate Change Adaptation: Contributions to Climate Change Governance | p. 121 |
| 7 Sustainability Reporting's Role in Managing Climate Change Risks and Opportunities | p. 143 |
| 8 Climate Change Risk and Informal Recycling: An NGO and Private Sector Partnership in Bogotá | p. 159 |
| Part III Going ForwardùEmerging Questions and Desirable Evolution in Global Sustainability Risk Management | p. 181 |
| 9 Managing the Risks of Carbon Sequestration: Liability Concerns and Alternatives | p. 183 |
| 10 Taking Actions to Deal with Climate Change Risks and Opportunities: Harnessing Superordinate Identities to Promote Knowledge Transfer and Creation | p. 207 |
| 11 Final Thoughts | p. 227 |
| Index | p. 229 |
