Corporate Sustainability

Jan Jaap Bouma is a consultant in strategic sustainability, addressing the challenges that corporations, governments and non-governmental organizations face in this area. Until recently, he was Professor of Valuation and Governance of Natural Resources at Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Teun Wolters is Professor of Corporate Sustainability at Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands.

"This book is about deeper insights in the multi-faceted world of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, two related concepts which remain too abstract all too often. The authors participated in the corporate world, proposed new methods and metrics, helped develop them, and reflected on the progress made. The book offers all of that, an assessment of where we are now."-- Wim Hafkamp, director of the Erasmus University International Off-Campus PhD Program on Cleaner Production, Cleaner Production, Industrial Ecology and Sustainable Development, The Netherlands"In recent times, churches have developed an increasing concern for sustainability. I welcome this book as it can help stimulate the interchurch and interreligious dialogue on how sustainability can be promoted. Care for creation and love for people are basic ingredients of our faith. But, they have to be actively applied to the modern world. This book is about doing that." -- Theo van Driel MA, chairman of the Apeldoorn Consultative Board of Churches, The Netherlands

• List of tablesList of figuresList of boxesAbout the authorsPrefaceChapters: Introduction: Corporate sustainability: Requirements, realities and prospects. Jan Jaap Bouma and Teun Wolters Sustainable Value CreationTeun Wolters Sustainable strategies and accounting needsTeun Wolters and Jan Jaap Bouma Sustainability in Project Management: Making it happen A.J. Gilbert Silvius Towards smart freight leadership Sophie Punte and Floor Bollee Sustainable banking: The mysterious role of commercial banks in achieving a sustainable economyGizem Goren and Teun Wolters Islamic finance and sustainabilityMuhammad Ashfaq and Teun Wolters Faith-based organizations and corporate sustainabilityJoyce Stubblefield and Jan Jaap Bouma The greening of churches: A maturity framework based on policies and measuresAnkeneel A. Breuning