Organisations, environmental management and innovation

# Acknowledgements

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Reading 1 McDermott, B. and Sexton, G. (2004) Leading Innovation: Creating Workplaces where People Excel so Organisations Thrive, Herentals, Belgium, Nova Vista Publishing.

Reading 2 McSmith, A. (2006) ‘A bright idea: How changing light bulbs helps beat global warming (and cut bills)’, The Independent, 3 July [Online]. Available at http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/a-bright-idea-how-changing-light-bulbs-helps-beat-global-warming-and-cut-bills-406494.html (Accessed 12 June 2014)

Reading 3 EIO (2011) Introducing Eco-innovation: From Incremental Changes to Systemic Transformations, Eco-Innovation Observatory, European Commission [Online]. Available at http://www.eco-innovation.eu/index.php/reports/eco-innovation-briefs?download=1:eio-brief-01 (Accessed 12 June 2014).

Reading 4 OECD (2012) The Future of Eco-innovation: The Role of Business Models in Green Transformation, Copenhagen, Denmark, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/European Commission/Nordic Innovation Joint Workshop [Online]. Available at http://www.oecd.org/sti/inno/49537036.pdf (Accessed 12 June 2014).

Reading 5 EIO (2013) Europe in Transition: Paving the Way to a Green Economy through Eco-innovation, Eco-Innovation Observatory, European Commission [Online]. Available at http://www.eco-innovation.eu/images/stories/Reports/EIO_Annual_Report_2012.pdf (Accessed 12 June 2014).

Reading 6 Kiernan, M. (2012) ‘Why investors don’t care about corporations’ environmental performance’, GreenBiz.com, 12 November [Online]. Available at http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2012/11/12/investors-corporations-environmental-performance (Accessed 30 June 2014).

Reading 7 TEEB (2013) Natural Capital at Risk: The Top 100 Externalities of Business, TEEB for Business Coalition and Trucost [Online]. Available at http://naturalcapitalcoalition.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Trucost-Nat-Cap-at-Risk-Final-Report-web.pdf (Accessed 30 June 2014).

Reading 8 Baker, J., Sheate, W. R., Phillips, P. and Eales, R. (2013) ‘Ecosystem services in environmental assessment – Help or hindrance?’, Environmental Impact Assessment Review, vol. 40, pp. 3–13.

Reading 9 EMF (2014) Towards the Circular Economy: Accelerating the scale-up across global supply chains, Ellen MacArthur Foundation [Online]. Available at https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/assets/downloads/publications/Towards-the-circular-economy-volume-3.pdf (Accessed 17 July 2014).

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