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

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