It is widely recognized that consideration of economic criteria alone is not adequate to build sustainable industrial enterprises, but environmental and social criteria must also be incorporated in business decisions. It is understood that such a comprehensive perspective is essential to develop sustainable businesses that are lean, resilient, cost effective and add value to the stake holders. ...

No one would run a business without accounting for its capital outlays. Yet most companies overlook one major capital component--the value of the earth's ecosystem services. It is a staggering omission; recent calculations place the value of the earth's total ecosystem services--water storage, atmosphere regulation, climate control, and so on--at $33 trillion a year. Not accounting for those co...

Abstract Purpose of Review Natural capital is a term for the stocks natural assets (e.g. resources and ecosystems) that yield flows ecosystem services benefit economy human well-being. Forestry one industries with greatest dependencies on capital, as well having potential substantial positive or negative impacts capital. These create direct risks to forestry enterprise’s ongoing financial viabi...

In many agricultural countries, development of rural livelihood through increasing capital is a major regional policy to adapt to climate change. However, the role of livelihood capital in reducing climatic vulnerability is uncertain. This study assesses vulnerability and identifies the effects of common capital indicators on it, using Australian wheat as an example. We calculate exposure (a cl...

This article describes the configuration of the scientific field in Brazil, characterizing the scientific communities in every major area of knowledge in terms of installed capacity, ability to train new researchers, and capacity for academic production. Empirical data from several sources of information are used to characterize the different communities. Articulating the theoretical contributi...