{"product_id":"introduction-to-sustainability-analytics-9781498777056","title":"Introduction to Sustainability Analytics","description":"\u003cp\u003eSociety must consider the impacts of climate change and the subsequent move toward public and corporate environmental sustainability. This book will merge corporate and public sector perspectives on sustainable development with regard to business and engineering approaches. Sustainability metrics and indices will be addressed using practical examples. It will also introduce and expand on economic issues, environmental concerns, social concerns, and ethics. It will address decision analysis and sustainability analytics in the context of the business value of corporate social responsibility, public policy, life-cycle assessment, climate change and energy, and a circular economy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Ram Ramanan, a Fulbright Fellow, has over 40 years of academic, consulting and corporate experience in corporate social\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eresponsibility (CSR), sustainability, compliance, environmental risk mitigation, and ethics in over a dozen nations. He has a PhD in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnvironmental Science (Engineering) from the University of Texas at Dallas and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ealso holds MS and BS degrees in chemical engineering from Bombay University and the Indian Institute of Technology, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erespectively. He received a US Department of State Fulbright Fellowship in 2006 to provide environmental and sustainability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethought leadership in India where he spoke at over twenty major academic and professional forums. Ram has provided executive\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebriefings, presented \u0026amp; published papers, and chaired sessions, panels and conferences worldwide over four decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRam is now Affiliate Research Professor at Desert Research Institute. He currently serves on the Board of World Institute for\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScientific Exploration 'Wise', and the Editorial Review Boards of the 'Vedic Journal' and the International Journal of Risk \u0026amp;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContingency Management and has served on the International Board of Air \u0026amp;Waste Management Association from 2011-2013. As\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChair of the Education Council at AWMA, Ram led a group of over fifty academics, including several tenured professors, all\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edevoted to promoting environmental sustainability education globally. An educator at heart, in the 1990s, as industry board advisor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto the Environmental Solutions Program at The University of Texas at Austin, Ram promoted the concept of risk based decision\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaking that led to the establishment of the \"Risk Management Center\". He recently retired from the Illinois Institute of Technology's\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStuart School of Business, where he was industry associate professor and interim director of the Center for Sustainable Enterprise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"CRC Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690699063570,"sku":"9781498777056","price":178.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3d0e2c10-3873-45a8-b977-e2b3ab87d232.jpg?v=1761744247","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/introduction-to-sustainability-analytics-9781498777056","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}