PurposeThe aim of this paper is to review and reflect on the sustainability agendas and achievements reported by Europe’s leading food and drinks wholesalers. Design/Methodology/ApproachThe paper begins with a short introduction to corporate sustainability, sustainability reporting and food and drinks wholesaling within Europe and the empirical material for the paper is drawn from reports and i...

The Balanced Scorecard is a management tool that supports the successful implementation of corporate strategies on the basis of performance indicators linked with causal chains. It has been discussed and considered widely both in practice and research. By linking operational and nonfinancial corporate activities through causal chains to the firm’s long-term strategy the Balanced Scorecard allow...

Urban sustainability is one of the most pressing and challenging tasks facing humanity today because cities are the primary sources of major environmental problems, the centers of economic and social developments, and home to more than half of the world population. While the ecological, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability are equally important in principle, the ecology of cities i...

Business sustainability in all dimensions of economic, governance, social, ethical, and environmental (EGSEE) performance is gaining acceptance as many global stock exchanges either encourage or require their listed companies to issue sustainability reports and investors worldwide demand sustainability performance information. More than 8, 000 companies worldwide are disclosing various EGSEE di...

BACKGROUND Social marketing is an important tool in the delivery of healthcare services. For any healthcare programme or project to be successful, community/consumer participation is required. The four principles of social marketing can guide policymakers and healthcare providers to successfully plan and implement health programmes. AIM To review the existing literature in order to project th...

External Posting Date: September 6, 2011 [Fulltext]. Approved for External Publication  Cloud Sustainability Dashboard, Dynamically Assessing Sustainability of Data Centers and Clouds Cullen Bash, Tahir Cader, Yuan Chen, Daniel Gmach, Richard Kaufman, Dejan Milojicic, Amip Shah, Puneet Sharma HP Laboratories HPL-2011-148 Sustainability; Clouds; monitoring; and modeling. Quantifying and underst...

Article history: Received 17 April 2016 Received in revised form 3 August 2016 Accepted 5 August 2016 Available online 15 August 2016 Water desalination continues to evolve exponentially in magnitude and importance to a currently mature stage that, like all large human endeavors, must be planned, designed and operated according to the quantitative holistic sustainability paradigm and criteria t...

BACKGROUND The tourism industry which is one of the most dynamic economic activities in today's world plays a significant role in the sustainable development. Therefore, in addition to paying attention to tourism, sustainable tourism must be taken into huge account; otherwise, the environment and its health will be damaged irreparably. METHODS To determine the level of sustainability in this ...

This article sets out to examine the perceptions regarding the sustainability of organizations within the Nelson Mandela Bay region in South Africa. The integration of economic, social and environmental performance seems to be an obstacle to many organizations. Not many organizations pursue a sustainability agenda full-on and lack a vision of sustainability, thus needing appropriate change stra...