Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Theorising contemporary sustainability -- Sustainability today : from fringe to mainstream -- Ecological modernisation : promises and prospects -- Corporate social responsibility : business stepping up? -- Practising contemporary sustainability --...

This book covers the multi-faceted incentives, trade-offs, and challenges associated with the economics and politics of resource efficiency investments. By contributing a wide range of empirical evidence, practitioners' insights, and policy perspectives, this book carefully examines the role of...