Library Guides: Sustainable Business: Sustainable Business

Sustainable Business

"Corporate sustainability is imperative for business today – essential to long-term corporate success and for ensuring that markets deliver value across society. To be sustainable, companies ... must operate responsibly in alignment with universal principles and take actions that support the society around them. Then, to push sustainability deep into the corporate DNA, companies must commit at the highest level, report annually on their efforts, and engage locally where they have a presence." - United Nations Global Compact

As a concept, sustainable business considers the effects of businesses on the environment and on society and opportunities to create positive impacts. Sustainable business topics include ethics, environmental sustainability, 'green' and ethical investing strategies, corporate social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, social justice, and more.

This page lists journals, books, and organizations that cover a broad range of concepts and discourse in sustainable business and corporate sustainability.

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Business & Society
A peer-reviewed journal publishing articles focused on important societal issues and their relation to business.
Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility
A peer-reviewed quarterly journal covering ethical, sustainability, and responsibility issues faced by business organizations worldwide.
Business Ethics Quarterly
A peer-reviewed scholarly journal which publishes research relevant to the ethics of business, corporate social responsibility, and corporate sustainability.
Corporate Governance: An International Review
Publishes international business research on the phenomena of comparative corporate governance throughout the global economy.
Journal of Business Ethics
Original articles and reviews concerning ethical issues related to business, including analyses of systems of social and economic accounting and organizational behavior.
Stanford Social Innovation Review - Library Subscription
Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) covers research, theory, and practice on a wide range of topics, including human rights, impact investing, and nonprofit business models.