Sustainability

Suzanne Benn is Professor in the Management Department, UTS Business School. She has a long history as a researcher and educator in corporate sustainability and corporate social responsibility. Her publications include four books and numerous research articles on these topics.Melissa Edwards is Director of the Executive MBA and Senior Lecturer in the UTS Business School. She teaches sustainability in the undergraduate and postgraduate business programs and has widely published on corporate sustainability, social impact and sustainability in management education.Tim Williams is Lecturer in the Management Department, UTS Business School. He teaches sustainability, strategy and innovation at undergraduate and postgraduate level and has a background as a leading sustainability practitioner.

"This comprehensive, wise book brings an important, holistic systems lens to sustainability and businesses. Its powerful message of reconnecting humans and businesses into and of nature should be read by leaders, scholars, and teachers everywhere." Sandra Waddock, Galligan Chair of Strategy and Professor of Management, Boston College, USA"Managing sustainability has never been more necessary than now. But there are no simple solutions. This book provides excellent insight into the complexity of managing sustainability. It makes the reader aware of the need to embrace complexity to come up with effective solutions." Jonatan Pinkse, Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Manchester, UK"Benn, Edwards and Williams offer a compelling account of the unintended consequences of modernity, examining risks and opportunities for business and management. In so doing, they highlight insights from sustainability sciences and the humanities, which challenge accepted understandings of trade-offs between environmental, social and economic outcomes. This book provides researchers, teachers and managers with arguments for developing a systemic approach in grappling with sustainability." Susse Georg, Professor of Sustainable Innovation, University of Aalborg, Denmark

• 1. Introduction to Sustainability 2. Current Trends Shaping the Sustainability Imperative 3. The Sustainability Imperative in Business: Drawing on and across Disciplines 4. Managing the Sustainability Imperative: Tools and Technologies 5. The Sustainability Imperative in Practice: Social Context 6. Future Sustainability Trends: Shaping the Imperative