363
Views
10
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Hybrid Bottom Line: another perspective on the sustainability of organizations

, &
Pages 456-464 | Received 08 Aug 2014, Accepted 23 Aug 2014, Published online: 07 Oct 2014

References

  • Alcott B. 2008. The sufficiency strategy: would rich-world frugality lower environmental impact? Ecol Econ. 64:770–786.
  • Alexander S. 2013. Voluntary simplicity and the social reconstruction of law: degrowth from the grassroots up. Environ Values. 22:287–308.
  • Archel P, Fernández M, Larrinaga C. 2008. The organizational and operational boundaries of triple bottom line reporting: a survey. Environ Manage. 41:106–117.
  • Azapagic A, Perdan S. 2000. Indicators of sustainable development for industry: a general framework. Process Saf Environ Prot. 78:243–261.
  • Braungart M, McDonough W, Bollinger A. 2007. Cradle-to-cradle design: creating healthy emissions – a strategy for eco-effective product and system design. J Clean Prod. 15:1337–1348.
  • Callens I, Tyteca D. 1999. Towards indicators of sustainable development for firms: a productive efficiency perspective. Ecol Econ. 28:41–53.
  • Coleman JS. 1988. Social capital in the creation of human capital. Am J Soc. 94:S95–S120.
  • Coradini LO. 2010. The divergences between Bourdieu’s and Coleman’s notions of social capital and their epistemological limits. Soc Sci Inf. 49:563–583.
  • Daly H. 1996. Beyond growth. Boston (MA): Beacon Press.
  • Demaria F, Schneider F, Sekulova F, Martinez-Alier J. 2013. What is degrowth? From an activist slogan to a social movement. Environ Values. 22:191–215.
  • Du S, Bhattacharya CB, Sen S. 2007. Reaping relational rewards from corporate social responsibility: the role of competitive positioning. Int J Res Marketing. 24:224–241.
  • Eggenberge M, Partidário MR. 2000. Development of a framework to assist the integration of environmental, social and economic issues in spatial planning. Impact Assess Project Appraisal. 18:201–207.
  • Elkington J. 1999. Triple bottom line revolution: reporting for the third millennium. Australian CPA. 69:75
  • European Commission (EU). 2011. A renewed EU strategy 2011–2014 for corporate social responsibility [Internet]. p. 3–15. [cited 2014 Mar 12]. Available from: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2011:0681:FIN:PT:PDF
  • Figge F, Hahn T. 2004. Sustainable value added – measuring corporate contributions to sustainability beyond eco-efficiency. Ecol Econ. 48:173–187.
  • Figge F, Young W, Barkemeyer R. 2014. Sufficiency or efficiency to achieve lower resource consumption and emissions? The role of the rebound effect. J Clean Prod. 69:216–224.
  • Filho WL. 2000. Dealing with misconceptions on the concept of sustainability. Int J Sustain Higher Edu. 1:9–19.
  • Frondel M, Vance C. 2013. Energy efficiency: don’t belittle the rebound effect. Nature. 494:430.
  • Gharajedaghi J. 2005. Systems thinking: managing chaos and complexity. A platform for designing business architecture. In: Chester P, Roumeliotis R, editors. 3rd ed. Burlington (MA): Elsevier, p. 374.
  • Gibson RB. 2006. Sustainability-based assessment criteria and associated frameworks for evaluations and decisions: theory, practice and implications for the Mackenzie gas project review: Mackenzie joint review panel.
  • Gibson RB, Hassan S, Holtz S, Tansey J, Whitelaw G. 2005. Sustainability assessment: criteria and processes. London: Earthscan; p. 180–188.
  • Glasson J. 1999. Environmental impact assessment: impact on decisions. In: Petts J, editor. Handbook of environmental impact assessment. Vol. 1. Oxford: Blackwell Science; p. 121–144.
  • Gowdy J, O’Hara S. 1997. Weak sustainability and viable technologies. Ecol Econ. 22:239–247.
  • Halpern BS, Klein CJ, Brown CJ, Beger M, Grantham HS, Mangubhai S, Ruckelshaus M, Tulloch VJ, Watts M, White C, Possingham HP. 2013. Achieving the triple bottom line in the face of inherent trade-offs among social equity, economic return, and conservation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 110:6229–6234.
  • Harte MJ. 1995. Ecology, sustainability, and environment as capital. Ecol Econ. 15:157–164.
  • Holbrook MB. 2006. ROSEPEKICECIVECI versus CCV. In: Lusch RF, Vargo SL, editors. The service-dominant logic of marketing: dialog, debate, and directions. Armonk (NY): M.E. Sharpe; p. 208–221.
  • International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 1997. An approach to assessing progress towards sustainability. Cambridge: IUCN, IDRC, SDC, NID.
  • Kolk A. 2010. Trajectories of sustainability reporting by MNCs. J World Bus. 45:367–374.
  • Loorbach DA, Huffenreuter LR. 2013. Exploring the economic crisis from a transition management perspective. Environ Innov Soc Transit. 6:35–46.
  • Loorbach DA, Wijsman K. 2012. Business transition management: exploring a new role for business in sustainability transitions. J Clean Prod. 45:20–28.
  • Mahoney M, Potter JL. 2004. Integrating health impact assessment into the triple bottom line concept. Environ Impact Assess Rev. 24:151–160.
  • Martinez-Alier J, 2005. The environmentalism of the poor: a study of ecological conflicts and valuation. New Delhi: Oxford University Press.
  • Martinez Alier J, Munda G, O’Neill J. 1998. Weak comparability of values as a foundation for ecological economics. Ecol Econ. 26:277–286.
  • Neumayer E. 1999. Global warming: discounting is not the issue, but substitutability is. Energy Policy. 27:33–43.
  • Neumayer E. 2010. Weak versus strong sustainability: exploring the limits of two opposing paradigms. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar.
  • Peloza J. 2009. The challenge of measuring financial impacts from investments in corporate social performance. J Manage. 35:1518–1541.
  • Petrosillo I, Costanza R, Aretano R, Zaccarelli N, Zurlini G. 2013. The use of subjective indicators to assess how natural and social capital support residents’ quality of life in a small volcanic island. Ecol Indic. 24:609–620.
  • Rapley M. 2003. Quality of life research: a critical introduction. London: Sage.
  • Rapoport A. 1986. General system theory: essential concepts & applications. cybernetics and systems series. Tunbridge Wells (Kent): Abacus Press.
  • Rodrigo L. 2008. Envisioning sustainability three-dimensionally. J Clean Prod. 16:1838–1846.
  • Rubenstein-Montano B, Liebowitz J, Buchwalter J, McCaw D, Newman B, Rebeck K. 2001. A systems thinking framework for knowledge management. Decis Support Syst. 31:5–16.
  • Sachs I. 1984. The strategies of ecodevelopment. FAO Ceres. 17:17–21.
  • Schaltegger S, Burritt RL. 2006. Corporate sustainability accounting. In: Schaltegger S, Bennett M, Burritt R, editors. Sustainability accounting and reporting. Dordrecht: Springer; p. 37–59.
  • Schiuma G, Carlucci D, Sole F. 2012. Applying a systems thinking framework to assess knowledge assets dynamics for business performance improvement. Expert Syst Appl. 39:8044–8050.
  • Sheate WR, Dagg S, Richardson J, Aschemann R, Palerm J, Steen U. 2003. Integrating the environment into strategic decision-making: conceptualizing policy SEA. Eur Environ. 13:1–18.
  • Stiglitz JE. 2012. The price of inequality: how today’s divided society endangers our future. New York (NY): W. W. Norton & Company; p. 449.
  • United Nations (UN). 2012. The future we want. Rio de Janeiro. [Internet]. [cited 2014 Jan 10]. Available from: http://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/futurewewant.html
  • Veleva V, Ellenbecker M. 2001. Indicators of sustainable production: framework and methodology. J Clean Prod. 9:519–549.
  • Weaver PM, Rotmans J. 2006. Integrated sustainability assessment: what is it, why do it and how? Int J Innovation Sustainable Dev. 1:284–303.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.