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by Peter Dauvergne (Author)
About the Author
Peter Dauvergne is a professor of international relations at the University of British Columbia
About this book
Walmart. Coca-Cola. BP. Toyota. The world economy runs on the profits of transnational corporations. Politicians need their backing. Non-profit organizations rely on their philanthropy. People look to their brands for meaning. And their power continues to rise.
Can these companies, as so many are now hoping, provide the solutions to end the mounting global environmental crisis? Absolutely, the CEOs of big business are telling us: the commitment to corporate social responsibility will ensure it happens voluntarily.
Peter Dauvergne challenges this claim, arguing instead that corporations are still doing far more to destroy than protect our planet. Trusting big business to lead sustainability is, he cautions, unwise — perhaps even catastrophic. Planetary sustainability will require reining in the power of big business, starting now.
Table of contents
1 Total Destruction?
Pledging sustainability
Big-business sustainability
Better than nothing?
Big business
The chapters ahead
Notes
2 The Rising Power of Big Business
The emergence of TNCs
The post World War II explosion
Re-engineering consumer cultures
The concentration of wealth and power
Notes
3 The Business of CSR
CSR as a public relations strategy
CSR as a business strategy
Walmart: “Save Money. Live Better”
Taking over responsibility
Notes
4 The Dark Side of Big Business
Evading taxes
Breaking the law
Obfuscation and obstruction
In the shadows
Notes
5 The Consumption Problem
Manufacturing overconsumption
The shadows of consumption
The plastic crisis
Defining our age
Notes
6 Less Destruction
The power of environmentalism
The failures of environmentalism
Doing less damage
Notes
Further Reading
End User License Agreement
Length: 160 pages
Publisher: Polity; 1 edition (May 29, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1509524010
ISBN-13: 978-1509524013
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