Title: Environmental and productivity management: the business sustainability syndrome

Authors: Alan Stainer, Lorice Stainer

Addresses: Middlesex University Business School, The Burroughs, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, UK. ' University of Hertfordshire Business School, De Havilland Campus, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, UK

Abstract: Every organisation must ensure that its responsibilities are encompassed within its legal, social and economic domains. Environmental and productivity issues thus need to be entwined to form the foundation of such an effective corporate strategy. The inter-relationships of sustainability, growth and the improvement in quality of life are discussed through a stakeholder approach where |green| yardsticks are explored and related to productivity. A framework for analysis is constructed, illustrating the flow from inputs, through processes, to outputs and, ultimately, to outcomes, highlighting impacts on society. Such a perspective can be perceived as the contemporary sustainability vision through sensible resource utilisation.

Keywords: performance; productivity management; environmental management; business sustainability; decision making; corporate social responsibility; CSR; business ethics; resource utilisation; sustainable development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2009.021578

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management, 2009 Vol.10 No.1, pp.56 - 70

Published online: 30 Nov 2008 *

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