The Business of Bees provides the first integrated account of diminishing bee populations from an interdisciplinary perspective. It explores the role of corporate responsibility and governance as they relate to this issue and examines what the impact will be on consumers, companies, stock markets and global society if bee populations continue to decline.
The Business of Bees provides the first integrated account of diminishing bee populations from an interdisciplinary perspective. It explores the role of corporate responsibility and governance as they relate to this issue and examines what the impact will be on consumers, companies, stock markets and global society if bee populations continue to decline.
JILL ATKINS holds a Chair in Financial Management at Sheffield University Management School and is a visiting professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. BARRY ATKINS has a background in script-writing and editing for BBC Radio and TV.
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PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I: The historical scientific cultural philosophical and deep ecology context of bee decline1. Bee decline: An integrated approach Jill Atkins University of Sheffield UK Barry Atkins University of South Wales UK2. The historical cultural and philosophical context of bee decline Jill Atkins University of Sheffield UK Barry Atkins University of South Wales UK3. Bee bio-basics and conservation benefits: Essential pieces in the pollinator puzzle Scott Longing and Samuel Discua Texas Tech University USA4. From corporate social responsibility to accountability in the bumblebee trade: A Japanese perspective Carol Reade San José State University USA Koichi Goka National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan Robbin Thorp University of California Davis USA Masahiro Mitsuhata Arysta LifeScience Corporation Japan Marius Wasbauer University of California Davis USA5. Bombus terrestris: A personal deep ecology account Jack Christian Manchester Metropolitan University Business School UKPart II: Investors bees and the stock market6. The bee and the stock market: An overview of pollinator decline and its economic and corporate significance Rick Stathers Schroders UK7. Pollinators as a portfolio risk: Making the case for investor action Abigail Herron Aviva Investors UK8. Bees and pesticides: The Ontario controversy Margaret Clappison and Aris Solomon Athabasca University Faculty of Business Canada9. Bee colony and food supply collapse: Could investors be the cavalry? Raj Thamotheram and Olivia Stewart Preventable Surprises UKPart III: Accounting for bees and bee decline10. How to account for bees and pollinators? Joël Houdet African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Kenya Ruan Veldtman South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)11. Bee accounting and accountability in the UK Jill Atkins University of Sheffield UK Elisabetta Barone Brunel University UK Warren Maroun University of the Witwatersrand South Africa Barry Atkins University of South Wales UK12. Accounting for bees: Evidence from disclosures by US listed companies Andrea M. Romi and Scott D. Longing Texas Tech University USA13. No bees in their bonnets: On the absence of bee-reporting by South African listed companies Warren Maroun University of the Witwatersrand South Africa14. Corporate bee accountability among Swedish companies Kristina Jonäll Gothenburg University Sweden Gunnar Rimmel Jönköping University Sweden15. Bees and accountability in Germany: A multi-stakeholder perspective Christoph F. Biehl Henley Centre for Governance Accountability and Responsible Investment UK Martina N. Macpherson Sustainable Investment Partners Ltd UK16. An integrated approach to bee decline: Making a bee line for the future? Jill Atkins University of Sheffield UK Barry Atkins University of South Wales UKAbout the authors
PrefaceAcknowledgementsPart I: The historical scientific cultural philosophical and deep ecology context of bee decline1. Bee decline: An integrated approach Jill Atkins University of Sheffield UK Barry Atkins University of South Wales UK2. The historical cultural and philosophical context of bee decline Jill Atkins University of Sheffield UK Barry Atkins University of South Wales UK3. Bee bio-basics and conservation benefits: Essential pieces in the pollinator puzzle Scott Longing and Samuel Discua Texas Tech University USA4. From corporate social responsibility to accountability in the bumblebee trade: A Japanese perspective Carol Reade San José State University USA Koichi Goka National Institute for Environmental Studies Japan Robbin Thorp University of California Davis USA Masahiro Mitsuhata Arysta LifeScience Corporation Japan Marius Wasbauer University of California Davis USA5. Bombus terrestris: A personal deep ecology account Jack Christian Manchester Metropolitan University Business School UKPart II: Investors bees and the stock market6. The bee and the stock market: An overview of pollinator decline and its economic and corporate significance Rick Stathers Schroders UK7. Pollinators as a portfolio risk: Making the case for investor action Abigail Herron Aviva Investors UK8. Bees and pesticides: The Ontario controversy Margaret Clappison and Aris Solomon Athabasca University Faculty of Business Canada9. Bee colony and food supply collapse: Could investors be the cavalry? Raj Thamotheram and Olivia Stewart Preventable Surprises UKPart III: Accounting for bees and bee decline10. How to account for bees and pollinators? Joël Houdet African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS) Kenya Ruan Veldtman South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)11. Bee accounting and accountability in the UK Jill Atkins University of Sheffield UK Elisabetta Barone Brunel University UK Warren Maroun University of the Witwatersrand South Africa Barry Atkins University of South Wales UK12. Accounting for bees: Evidence from disclosures by US listed companies Andrea M. Romi and Scott D. Longing Texas Tech University USA13. No bees in their bonnets: On the absence of bee-reporting by South African listed companies Warren Maroun University of the Witwatersrand South Africa14. Corporate bee accountability among Swedish companies Kristina Jonäll Gothenburg University Sweden Gunnar Rimmel Jönköping University Sweden15. Bees and accountability in Germany: A multi-stakeholder perspective Christoph F. Biehl Henley Centre for Governance Accountability and Responsible Investment UK Martina N. Macpherson Sustainable Investment Partners Ltd UK16. An integrated approach to bee decline: Making a bee line for the future? Jill Atkins University of Sheffield UK Barry Atkins University of South Wales UKAbout the authors
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