Corporations as custodians of the public good? : exploring the intersection of corporate water stewardship and global water governance /: exploring the intersection of corporate water stewardship and global water governance. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Thérèse Rudebeck.
• Authors: Rudebeck, Thérèse
• Contents: Intro; Dedication; Foreword; Reference; Preface; Contents; Abbreviations; List of Boxes; List of Figures; List of Tables; Chapter 1: Introducing Corporate Water Stewardship in the Context of Global Water Governance; 1.1 Corporate Water Stewardship; 1.2 Global Water Governance; 1.3 Approach; 1.4 Structure of the Book; 1.4.1 Incorporation (Part I); 1.4.2 Involvement (Part II); 1.4.3 Influence (Part III); References; Part I: Incorporation; Chapter 2: Understanding the Enabling Environment; 2.1 Waves of Water Management Practices; 2.1.1 Command-and-Control Management 2.1.2 Integrated Water Resources Management2.1.3 Ecosystem-Based Management; 2.2 Rising Tides of Criticism; 2.2.1 Gap 1: The Governance Deficit; 2.2.2 Gap 2: The Implementation Deficit; 2.2.3 Gap 3: The Participation Deficit; 2.3 Renegotiating the Business-Society Relationship; 2.3.1 Questioning the Conventional Business-Society Relationship; 2.3.2 Strategies for Renegotiating the Business-Society Relationship; 2.3.2.1 Corporate Social Responsibility; 2.3.2.2 Social Entrepreneurship; 2.3.2.3 Corporate Citizenship; 2.3.2.4 Creating Shared Value 2.3.3 Strategies for Renegotiating the Business-Nature Relationship2.3.4 Strategies for Renegotiating the Business-Water Relationship; 2.4 Shaping Governance; 2.4.1 Enacting Influence; 2.4.2 Producing Knowledge; References; Chapter 3: The Rise of Corporate Water Stewardship; 3.1 Drivers of Business Engagement; 3.1.1 Water as a Business Risk; 3.1.2 Water as a Business Opportunity; 3.1.3 Expanding the Scope of Water Engagement; 3.1.4 External Pressures; 3.2 Drivers of NGO Engagement; 3.2.1 Water as an Environmental and Social Risk; 3.2.2 Insufficient Finance; 3.2.3 Insufficient Power 3.3 The Evolution of CWS: The Role of NGOs3.3.1 The Water Footprint; 3.3.2 Shared Risk; 3.3.3 Shared Value at Risk; 3.4 Discourse Institutionalisation of CWS; References; Part II: Involvement; Chapter 4: Companies and Water Resources Management; 4.1 Guiding Stewardship Activities; 4.2 The Food and Beverage Sector; 4.2.1 Water Use; 4.2.2 Water Risk; 4.2.3 Stewardship Actions; 4.3 The Textile and Apparel Sector; 4.3.1 Water Use; 4.3.2 Water Risk; 4.3.3 Stewardship Actions; 4.4 The Metals and Mining Sector; 4.4.1 Water Use; 4.4.2 Water Risk; 4.4.3 Stewardship Actions; 4.5 Explaining Divergence 4.5.1 Differences Across Sectors4.5.2 Differences Within Sectors; References; Chapter 5: Companies and Water Sanitation and Hygiene; 5.1 The Emergence of 'Development Agents'; 5.1.1 Linking 'Insufficient Development' to 'Insufficient Economic Growth'; 5.1.2 Reconceptualising Companies as 'Development Agents'; 5.1.3 Transforming 'Development' into 'Business Opportunities'; 5.2 Making the 'Business Case' for WASH; 5.3 WASH in the Workplace; 5.4 Community Engagement 1: Access to Water; 5.4.1 Mitigating the Public-Sector Capacity Gap; 5.4.2 Mitigating 'Stunted' Consumer Spending
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 198 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.6/1; Water-supply -- Management; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783030132255; 3030132250
• Related ISBNs: 9783030132248; 3030132242
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed March 29, 2019).
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