New Zealand and Australia are broadly considered to be countries in which sustainability and responsibility discourses are being pursued by governments and business alike, and in which incentives and initiatives are helping confront and overcome sustainability-related challenges. This book takes a closer look behind and beyond the marketing mantras of both Australia's and New Zealand's clean and green campaigns and, on the basis of representative examples and cases, critically evaluates the status quo.

The book assesses the effectiveness of sustainability and responsibility models with a focus on the South Pacific and argues that the ways in which issues have been dealt with in this more closely defined geographical region are most likely a good indicator of how similar issues are (or soon will be) dealt with around the globe. As such, the book offers a rich source of cases on sustainability and responsibility in the business arena, a critical review, and an inspirational affirmation of responsible business practice.

Provides a rich source of cases on sustainability and responsibility in the business arena Presents ideas and initiatives companies are using in pursuit of human sustainability Includes snapshots on specific industries and how they are addressing sustainability

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Gabriel Eweje is an Associate Professor in Business and Sustainability within the School of Management (Albany campus), Massey Business School, Massey University. He is also Director of the CSR and Sustainability Research Group - a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the Massey Business School. His background is mostly in teaching, research and consultancy in international business, developing economies, corporate social responsibility, business/nonprofit relationship, social enterprise and sustainability related disciplines. Previously, he worked as a Research Fellow at the United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS), Tokyo, Japan, and taught for several years at Royal Holloway University of London, England. His PhD from University of London focused on Corporate Social Responsibility and Activities of Multinational Oil and Mining companies in Developing Countries. He also worked as a Research Fellow with International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London on a project on how mining and minerals can contribute to sustainable development (MMSD). His research interest lies around the issues of business ethics, corporate social responsibility and sustainability related disciplines. He has also published his work in international academic journals and presented his research findings at international conferences. He has experience working with business and international management consulting firms on corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues.
Dr Ralph Bathurst is a Senior Lecturer at Massey Business School, Auckland. He is a leadership scholar focusing on the arts of leadership and the aesthetics of organisations. He has published in Leadership, Journal of Management Inquiry, International Journal of Arts Management, ephemera: theory & politics in organization and Philosophy of Management. He maintains an interest in arts organisations and their sustainability, focusing on how the arts can influence business practice. Dr Bathurst is on the Editorial Board of Leadership, Corporate Governance and Sustainability International Group and Public Administration Review, and is an editor of Organizational Aesthetics. He co-leads the Asia Dialogues team, a group which runs monthly seminars which explore the multicultural dimensions of Auckland City and Aotearoa New Zealand, and co-chairs Qualitative Research Inquiry Group both at Albany campus. He recently completed six years serving on the Massey University Human Ethics Committee (Northern). For three years he was Chair of this committee and his experiences in this role inform his ongoing interest and helping scholars conduct ethical research.

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Introduction: Clean, Green and Responsible? Soundings from Down UnderAn Overview.- Decent Work and Economic Growth: Is NZ Business Progressing Well?.- Reframing the Relationship Between Profit and Sustainability in Corporate Australia: A Look at the Current Approach and Emerging Solutions.- Educating for Sustainability-as-Flourishing.- Stakeholder Perceptions of the Importance and Effects of Sustainability Education.- Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility into Business Practice: Lessons Learned from New Zealand.- Social Marketing and Residential Electricity Consumption: Every Kilowatt Matters.- Climate Change Initiatives for Improving Sustainability and Responsibility in New Zealand.- Becoming a Sustaining Organisation: The Case of Greening the Wharf at Sydney Theatre Company and Its Impacts.- Learning from a Climate Improvement Initiative: A Co-constructed Autoethnographic Exploration of Tensions in a Cross-Sector Collaboration.- Greening the Supply Chain: A Framework for BestPractices.- The Impact of Sustainability Reporting Determined from the Response of Mining Corporations to Environmental Risk.- Attitudes of Incumbent Regimes to a Renewable Energy Transition: A Case Study of Queensland, Australia.