Practical Sustainability Strategies

Informationen zum Autor George P. Nassos has over 50 years of experience in sustainability and environmental management. He has held senior roles at International Minerals & Chemical, Chemical Waste Management, and in academia, where he directed MS programs in Sustainability Management at Illinois Institute of Technology and DePaul University. Currently, he is the co-founder and Dean of Environmental Sustainability at the Ariston Institute of Chicago and Vice President of Hydronergy. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MS and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Northwestern University. Nikos Avlonas is the founder and President of the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE), a leading global advisory and training firm specializing in ESG. Recognized as a Top 100 Environmental Leader by the Environment+Energy Leader magazine, he has also received awards from Silicon Valley Community Foundation and PR News. An adjunct Professor at Athens University of Economics and Business and former Professor in UIC and DePaul University, Nikos is a renowned international speaker and educator on ESG and CSR, with extensive experience with FT 500 firms across North America, Europe, and the Middle East. Klappentext "Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is a combination of economic, environmental, and social elements, in that it not only focuses on alleviating pollution and resource conservation, but also addresses poverty, and world trade. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the business practice of joining environmental and social policies with a business' economic goals and operations. It is based on the idea that businesses can reduce their adverse social and environmental impact on the world. The most recent evolution in the journey of corporate sustainability is ESG: a set of Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria to measure and evaluate a company"--...

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George P. Nassos has over 50 years of experience in sustainability and environmental management. He has held senior roles at International Minerals & Chemical, Chemical Waste Management, and in academia, where he directed MS programs in Sustainability Management at Illinois Institute of Technology and DePaul University. Currently, he is the co-founder and Dean of Environmental Sustainability at the Ariston Institute of Chicago and Vice President of Hydronergy. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MS and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA from Northwestern University. Nikos Avlonas is the founder and President of the Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (CSE), a leading global advisory and training firm specializing in ESG. Recognized as a Top 100 Environmental Leader by the Environment+Energy Leader magazine, he has also received awards from Silicon Valley Community Foundation and PR News. An adjunct Professor at Athens University of Economics and Business and former Professor in UIC and DePaul University, Nikos is a renowned international speaker and educator on ESG and CSR, with extensive experience with FT 500 firms across North America, Europe, and the Middle East.

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"Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It is a combination of economic, environmental, and social elements, in that it not only focuses on alleviating pollution and resource conservation, but also addresses poverty, and world trade. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is the business practice of joining environmental and social policies with a business' economic goals and operations. It is based on the idea that businesses can reduce their adverse social and environmental impact on the world. The most recent evolution in the journey of corporate sustainability is ESG: a set of Environmental, Social, and Governance criteria to measure and evaluate a company"--