Overview
- Provides a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the UN Sustainable Development Goals' impact on businesses
- Includes diverse case studies from Africa, Europe and Asia
- Examines a broad range of industries including energy, manufacturing and tourism
Part of the book series: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance (CSEG)
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About this book
This book provides a business-oriented analysis of the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). In order to assess their impact on businesses and corporations, the book addresses all 17 goals and a broad range of industries. Gathering contributions from Africa, Europe and Asia, it presents both critical reviews and case studies.
In turn, the book seeks to predict likely developments during the next decade. To do so, it examines evidence from today’s business world and how companies and corporations have been adopting the SDGs since their release. In this regard, it discusses the changes that will be required and how the agenda will affect the continent’s development path. An underlying theme throughout the book is the role of monetary value and investment for sustainable development: whether through financing, enhanced turnaround resulting from a more educated population, or more socially innovative entrepreneurs.
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Keywords
- African business perspectives on SDG
- European business perspectives on SDG
- Asian business perspectives on SDG
- Sustainable development goals
- National competitiveness
- Sustainable investment law
- Social innovation and entrepreneurship
- Sustainability reporting
- Corporatism
- Global compact
- Millennium development goals
- corporate social responsibility
- sustainability
Table of contents (19 chapters)
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African Business Perspectives of Agenda 2020
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European Business Perspectives of Agenda 2030
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Liangrong Zu is a specialist in corporate social responsibility, corporate social entrepreneurship, business ethics and sustainability. He has been working for the United Nations and central government for about 20 years. Currently he is a senior program officer for enterprise development, teaching and doing research at International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization (ILO). Dr. Zu holds a PhD in business and management from Nottingham University Business School, specializing in corporate social responsibility, sustainable enterprise development and social entrepreneurship.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Future of the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Book Subtitle: Business Perspectives for Global Development in 2030
Editors: Samuel O. Idowu, René Schmidpeter, Liangrong Zu
Series Title: CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21154-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21153-0Published: 27 June 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21156-1Published: 14 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21154-7Published: 15 June 2019
Series ISSN: 2196-7075
Series E-ISSN: 2196-7083
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVIII, 404
Topics: Sustainable Development, Corporate Environmental Management, Development Economics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Sustainability Management, Development and Sustainability