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_aJones, Geoffrey, _d1952- _eauthor. |
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_aProfits and sustainability : _ba history of green entrepreneurship / _cGeoffrey Jones. |
| 250 | _aPaperback edition. | ||
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_aOxford, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c2019. |
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_axiii, 442 pages ; _c24 cm |
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_aunmediated _2rdamedia |
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_avolume _2rdacarrier |
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| 500 | _aFirst published 2017. | ||
| 500 | _aWith a new preface by the author. | ||
| 504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 405-410) and index. | ||
| 505 | _aThis book brings unique perspectives to this key debate by exploring the history of green entrepreneurship since the nineteenth century, and its spread globally in industries including renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, ecotourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The book uses the lens of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who defied convention and imagined that business could help save the planet, rather than consume it. The social and religious beliefs that drove many of these individuals are explored as the book looks at how they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies. The green entrepreneurs seen here are shown to have created new markets and industries, and driven innovations in sustainable practices, even at times when most consumers and governments marginalized the entire subject. The struggles of early pioneers appear to have been rewarded by the growth of environmental awareness among consumers, business leaders, and others in recent years, but the Earth's environmental health continues to deteriorate. If profits and sustainability have proved challenging to reconcile, this book argues that one reason was how they were both defined. | ||
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_aBusiness ethics _xHistory. |
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