Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (1963) presented a theory of earnings that, when applied to investing, explains why socially responsible investors would be averse to "blood money" out of self-interest, not merely as a reflection of values-based investing. We motivate this theory about the origination of...

1. Systems for disclosure -- 2. Corporate ratings and rankings -- 3. Organizational certifications -- 4. Philosophies of sustainability : the values and worldview behind a standard -- 5. Indicators and measurement systems -- 6. Greenhouse gas assessment and energy accounting -- 7. Water -- 8....

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Systems for Disclosure -- The Concept of Materiality -- The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) -- Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) -- Comparing GRI-G4 and SASB in Two Industries: Media...

Feasibility Analysis for Sustainable Technologies will lead you into a professional feasibility analysis for a renewable energy or energy efficiency project. The analysis begins with an understanding of the basic engineering description of technology in terms of capacity, efficiency,...

The need to share or pool risk is an important economic determinant of cooperation among firms, but the economic theory of risk pooling has been clouded by an error made in a seminal paper in the 1960s. Even into this decade, writers on risk and insurance have asserted that the market mechanism...

A referral channel is a special type of information channel, one that is missing in standard discussions of the promotional mix. In a referral channel, one firm is in a position to give information about another firm′s products to potential customers of the latter. Qualitatively different...