TY - BOOK AU - Jones,Geoffrey TI - Profits and sustainability: a history of green entrepreneurship SN - 9780198706977 AV - HD30.255 .J67 2017 U1 - 338.5 23 KW - Business enterprises KW - Environmental aspects KW - Entrepreneurship KW - History KW - Business ethics KW - Environmentalism KW - Businesspeople KW - Professional ethics KW - Nachhaltigkeit KW - gnd KW - Management N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 405-410) and index; Introduction. The business of sustainability -- part I. Green intentions -- Pioneering in food and energy -- Poisoned earth : green businesses, 1930s-1950s -- Earthrise and the rise of green business -- Accidental sustainability : waste and tourism as green business -- part 2. Green business -- Making money by saving the world -- Building green institutions -- Can finance change the world? -- The green team : government and business -- Corporate environmentalism and the boundaries of sustainability -- Conclusion ER -