Sustainable businesses create economic and social value while simultaneously protecting the natural environment for future generations. This examination of environmental sustainability through the lens of the family business identifies factors that help family and non-family organizations...

Contents: PART I -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 Pioneering business families committed to sustainable development / Pramodita Sharma and Sanjay Sharma -- PART II DESIGNED FOR SUSTAINABILITY -- 2 Sustainability comes naturally: Rocky Mountain Soap Company, a purpose-driven family business / Pramodita...

Firms seeking to embed sustainability into their core business strategy face inherent tensions of managing conflicting goals of performing on economic, social, and environmental dimensions, in the short- and long-term. Hahn et al., (2014) argue that managers that view these tensions as a paradox...