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IBM

Sustainable Enterprises
Read articles on International Business Machines (IBM) & Sustainable Development.To access these articles, you need to be a student or staff of NTU.

The search will include the following databases:- ABI/INFORM
-Accounting & Tax
-Dissertations & Theses
-Entrepreneurship.
This search includes the following databases:- Academic Search Premier
– Business Source Premie
– EconLit with Full Text
– Sustainability Reference Center (Trial)
– Sustainability Watch (Trial)
– GreenFILE
– British Library Document Supply Centre
For more information on Energy, Environment & IBM, visit IBM’s corporate website here.

Sony

Sustainable Enterprises
Read articles on Sony & Sustainable Development.To access these articles, you need to be a student or staff of NTU.

The search will include the following databases:- ABI/INFORM
-Accounting & Tax
-Dissertations & Theses
-Entrepreneurship.
This search includes the following databases:- Academic Search Premier
– Business Source Premier
– EconLit with Full Text
– Sustainability Reference Center (Trial)
– Sustainability Watch (Trial)
– GreenFILE
– British Library Document Supply Centre Inside Serials & Conference Proceedings
More for more Sony’s Corporate Social Responisibility: Innovation for Sustainability, visit their website.

Wal-Mart

Sustainable Enterprises
Read articles on Wal-Mart & Sustainable Development.To access these articles, you need to be a student or staff of NTU.

The search will include the following databases:
– ABI/INFORM
-Accounting & Tax
-Dissertations & Theses
-Entrepreneurship.

This search includes the following databases:
– Academic Search Premier
– Business Source Premier
– EconLit with Full Text
– Sustainability Reference Center (Trial)
– Sustainability Watch (Trial)
– GreenFILE
– British Library Document Supply Centre Inside Serials & Conference Proceedings

Click here to view search results on scopus.Scopus is an abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources
For more information on Wal-mart’s commitment to sustainability, visit their corporate website here.

Corporate Sustainability and the Supply Chain

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Sustainable Enterprises|
Corporate Sustainability and the Supply Chain
Chain Store Age, Jun/Jul2010

“For retail business, sustainability is no longer just about saving operational dollars, but about brand and leadership. Recent years have seen a rising sea change in both supply chain and consumer awareness.” – excerpt

Read more here.

Online Videos on Wal-Mart and Sustainability

Sustainable Enterprises

“From the products Walmart sells to the packaging they come in to the way those products are used by our customers, Walmart’s sustainability efforts are making a positive impact on a global scale.”

From: 2010 Shareholders Meeting Sustainability Video
Tuesday, June 08, 2010

2010 Shareholders Meeting Sustainability

Fortune 500 video: Wal-Mart measures sustainability

Links: Learn more about sustainability at Walmart

Books on sustainable development

NTU Library Resources

Look for these materials in the Library catalogue or follow these links:

Sustainable living

Sustainable development

Sustainable development–Case studies
Sustainable development–Congresses
Sustainable development–Economic aspects
Sustainable development–Finance
Sustainable development–Government policy
Sustainable development–International cooperation

There are many books out there. Below are some books which you may like to recommend for purchase. Send the title to me : catherinetan@ntu.edu.sg.
Remember to use your NTU email account. Post useful weblinks under “Comments”. I will be compiling useful weblinks in another posting.

For more books on sustainable development, please visit the following:

Earth Print

Amazon

Barnes and Noble.

Articles on Sustainable Development

NTU Library Resources

Here are articles on sustainable development. To access these articles, you need to be a student or staff of NTU.

The search will include the following databases: ABI/INFORM, Accounting & Tax, Dissertations & Theses, Entrepreneurship.

GreenFILE offers information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment. Topics covered include global climate change, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling, and more.

This search using EBSCOHOST Research Databases includes Academic Search Premier, Business Source Premier, Communication & Mass Media Complete, Computer Source, EconLit with Full Text, Hospitality & Tourism Complete, PsycARTICLES, PsycCRITIQUES, PsycINFO and GreenFILE.

Other databases available to you are available at the NTU Library.

Videos on Sustainable Development

Useful Tools and Tips


Academic Earth Academic Earth is very much like YouTube, except its contents are more academic. They offers free access to video courses and academic lectures from leading colleges and universities.

Have a look at its videos on Environmental Studies

Green TVGreen TV: Find out what businesses are doing through these videos on Green TV. Green.tv is a web and broadband channel entirely devoted to environmental programming. On blog.green.tv, the team hope to bring you fun and fantastic information to raise the awareness of green issues and get you riled up enough to act.

Fora TV

Note: the videos take awhile to play… so go and grab that cup of tea first.

Fora.tv provides videos from events, lectures from universities, think tanks and conferences.