Business challenges in the transition to sustainability

Abstract

The first chapter of this book presents a brief history of Sustainable Development (SD) and takes a closer look at business and industry and their attitudes and actions towards sustainability regarding technological development, environmental issues and challenges for organizations. The goal of the chapter is to advocate for the growing need for competence building in sustainability amongst business leaders as well as societal stakeholders. It prepares the reader to understand how this can be done via the tools and strategies that are discussed in the following chapters of this book.