The fourth edition of this trailblazing book on corporate sustainability provides new insights into how organizations can transition towards a more responsible way of conducting their business. It charts new thinking on value creation, business models and organizational purpose, as the basis of a broader-based transition to a sustainable society.

Part I: Towards third wave corporations

1 Setting the agenda for corporate sustainability

2 The drivers of change

Part II: Managing the persistent past: dealing with first wave corporations

3 Compliance and beyond . . . management tools and approaches

Part III: The dominant current reality: understanding and reconstructing second wave corporations

4 Achieving sustainable operational efficiencies

5 Sustainability: the strategic advantage

6 The sustaining corporation

Part IV: Pathways to sustainability: towards third wave corporations

7 Pathways to sustainability

8 Leading towards sustainability

Appendix: The corporate sustainability checklist

Suzanne Benn is Professor of Sustainable Enterprise in the Management Discipline Group at UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Melissa Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in the Management Discipline Group at UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

Tim Williams is a Lecturer in the Management Discipline Group at UTS Business School, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia