OECD tourism trends and policies 2010 [online]
Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

"The tourism sector, a vital driver of job-creation and growth, is under pressure. Facing an increasingly competitive landscape, tourism in many OECD countries has started to lag, in both growth rate and productivity. This book defines the major trends and challenges facing tourism in the next decade – from globalisation to environmental issues. To address these challenges, the book then provides specific policy guidance and recommendations for making tourism more competitive and environmentally sustainable. Tourism data from 42 countries are presented and analysed including all OECD countries, and fast-growing tourism centres such as Brazil, Chile, China and India."

Tourism development and the environment : beyond sustainability? [book]

Author: Richard Sharpley

Challenges the sustainable tourism development paradigm that has come to dominate both theoretical and practical approaches to tourism development over the last two decades. It extends the sustainable tourism debate beyond the arguably managerialist 'blueprint' and destination-focused approach that continues to characterise even the most recent 'sustainability' agenda within tourism development.

Reviewing the evolution of the sustainable tourism development concept, its contemporary manifestations in academic literature and policy developments and processes, the author compares its limitations to prevailing political-economic, socio-cultural and environmental contexts.

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Call number: 338.4791 TOU 2009

Role of HR in the new world of sustainability (journal article)
By Isabel Rimanoczy and Tony Pearson
from Industrial and Commercial Training Vol 42 Iss 1 2010, pp. 11- 17
"The purpose of the paper is to assess the strategic role that the human resource department (HRD) can play in the development and implementation of an organization's sustainability program. "

Tourism management [book]

Authors: David Weaver & Laura Lawton

"Tourism is increasingly widespread and complex, and sophisticated and adaptive management is therefore required to realise its full potential as a positive and sustainable economic, ecological, social and cultural force." - cover.

Includes coverage of the Chinese and Asian tourism systems and a chapter on sustainable tourism.

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Corporate responses to climate change : achieving emissions reductions through regulation, self-regulation and economic incentives [book]

Author: Rory Sullivan

"Analyses current business practice and performance on climate change, in the light of the dramatic changes in the regulatory and policy environment over the last five years. More specifically, it examines how climate change-related policy development and implementation have influenced corporate performance, with the objective of using this information to consider how the next stage of climate change policy - regulation, incentives, voluntary initiatives - may be designed and implemented in a manner that delivers the real and substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions that will be required." - cover.

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Green business practices for dummies [book]

Author: Lisa Swallow

Covers: How to develop a sustainability plan; How to "green" a business's daily office practices, product development and production, and physical facilities; Involving customers and stakeholders in sustainable business practices; and Measuring and reporting on the progress.

Chapters include: Sustainability : the visionary way to grow a business -- Pushing up your green sleeves : implementation -- Involving stakeholders in your sustainability efforts -- Measuring and reporting results -- The part of tens.

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The Best New Ideas in Business
by Paul Keegan
from Fortune, Vol 160, No 5 14 September 2009
"The article focuses on the company Zipcar, a car-sharing service. Zipcars are available in several U.S. cities, including Seattle, Washington, San Francisco, California, and New York City, as well as in Britain. Scott Griffith, chief executive officer for Zipcar, said that the company will turn a profit in the third quarter of 2009. "

Towards an ecologically sound Australian tax system (journal article)
by Charles Berger
from National Environmental Law Review, 2009:2, pp.24 - 32
"[Treasury Secretary Ken] Henry proposed that the three traditional principles of good tax design - equity, efficiency and simplicity - principles which have stood the test of time since Adam Smith's day, be supplemented by a fourth: environmental sustainability. The notion that environmental considerations were not just important, but should be at the very core of tax policy design, must have seemd at least provocative, if not heretical."
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The solution to the ‘investment’ vs ‘cuts’ debate in Local Government (article) by Tom Shakespeare
from eGov Monitor, Monday 6 July 2009
"Local Government should be the first major institutional investor to stimulate the emergence and growth for a large scale social and environmental investment market. There is a huge demand for increased support and growth of the social and environmental market, and given its mutual aims, local government is the best-placed industry to reconnect markets and morals. These are the conclusions of our recent Localis report entitled ‘More for your Money’."

The sustainability challenges facing the international aviation industry (journal article)
by Mathias Johnsen and Will Shelmerdine
from National Environmental Law Review No 3 2008
"While economic development in aviation is evident, the growth is coupled with increasing environmental pressures and consquently a rapid need to improve aviations's environmental performance and sustainability development."
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