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Profits and sustainability : a history of green entrepreneurship
Title
Profits and sustainability : a history of green entrepreneurship / Geoffrey Jones.
ISBN
9780198706977
0198706979
Publication
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Copyright Notice Date
©2017.
Physical Description
xi, 442 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 13, 2017
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-410) and index.
Contents
Introduction. The business of sustainability
part I. Green intentions
Pioneering in food and energy
Poisoned earth : green businesses, 1930s-1950s
Earthrise and the rise of green business
Accidental sustainability : waste and tourism as green business
part 2. Green business
Making money by saving the world
Building green institutions
Can finance change the world?
The green team : government and business
Corporate environmentalism and the boundaries of sustainability
Conclusion.
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