Letters ‘f’ or ‘t’ after page numbers indicate figure and table, respectively.
balanced score card (BSC), 26, 57
importance of, 26–27
processes in, 27–28
Brundtland Commission, 19
business model, 3
business, 3, 15, 67
eco-capability, 4
and enviropreneurship, 5
model, 3
sustainability and leader behaviour, 41–42
sustainability goals, 13
sustainability in SMEs, challenges in, 37
sustainability, factors influencing, 36–38
Central Bank of Egypt, 34, 39
corporate social responsibility, 4, 26
processes in, 4–5
corporate sustainability, 1, 3,
24, 26
economic prosperity, 2–3
ECOSOC, 6
Egypt, 8, 9, 13, 15, 25, 32,
35, 52, 73
and culture of collectivism, 44
and culture of pragmatism, 45
and power distance, 42
SME definition, 33, 34t
and SME leaders, 13, 14, 41, 44
and sustainability leader attributes, 51–52
sustainable development challenges, 8, 10, 11, 12, 16, 39, 70
unifying SME definition, 34–35
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency, 8
entrepreneurial persistence, 65
environment
and corporate management, 4
and organizational performance, 24
environment management systems (EMS), 29
environmental integrity, 2, 4
environmental sustainability, 1, 15, 70
and People, Planet and Profit, 15
enviropreneurship, 5
Ethiopia, 8
European Commission, 4
European Union Environmental Management and Auditing Scheme (EMAS), 29
global goals. See sustainable development goals
Inter-Agency and Expert Group on SDG Indicators (IAEG-SDGs), 6
ISO 14000, 12
ISO 14001, 24, 29
leader gender, 63
leadership style, 42, 46t, 49, 51t, 74
authoritarian, 64
charismatic, 66
supportive, 62
leadership, 10, 17, 28, 41, 62
attributes, 13, 16, 17
and cultural dimension, 43
and People, Planet and Profit, 15
theories, 45t–46t, 47, 62–63, 70, 74
life cycle assessment (LCA), 12, 28–30
management, 4, 7, 13, 14, 20, 26, 27, 37, 58, 64, 70
Novo Nordisk Way of Management, 25–26
balanced score card, 26–28, 57
life cycle assessment tool, 28–30
pillars in, 26
Small and Medium Enterprises, the (SMEs), 5, 12, 14, 16, 67
business sustainability, challenges to, 37
business sustainability, factors influencing, 36–38, 39, 55
criteria for defining, 32–33
definition, 31–32, 33, 34t
importance of a common definition, 32
and sustainable development, 5, 35–36
SME leaders, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 39, 41, 56, 64. See also leadership; sustainability leader
and business sustainability challenges, 37, 37f, 39
and cultural dimensions, 43
and leadership theories, 45t–46t, 47
new model and attributes, 56f, 57, 73
social capital, 28
social equity, 2, 4
and corporate social responsibility, 4–5
social responsibility, 11, 19
State Information Service, 8
sustainability leader, 10, 11, 16, 17, 20, 39, 55, 62. See also leadership; SME leaders
attributes and Egyptian culture, 51–52
attributes, 48–49, 49t–51t
attributes, new model, 56f, 57, 74
authoritative, 64–65
charisma, 66–67
democratic, 70–71
expertise and knowledge, 67–69
individual consideration, 62–63
persistence, 65–66
personality, 71
strategic thinking, 58–61
business sustainability and SME, challenges to, 37, 37f, 39
definition, 11
sustainability performance
definition, 24
measurement of, 24
new model for measuring, 56f, 57, 74
Novo Nordisk Way of Management, 25f
sustainability performance measurement (SPM), 24
sustainability, 1, 10, 12, 26. See also sustainability performance
activities, 28, 29t
definition, 5
goals and business, 13
methods to adopt, 24
and organizational approach, 19, 20
sustainable development goals (SDF), 6–8
global indicator framework, 6
sustainable development, 3, 8
advancement factors, 4
and balanced score card, 26–28
definition, 1–2, 19
importance of, 3
and People, Planet and Profit, 15
principles, 2, 11
and small businesses, 5
sustainable future, 6, 14
sustainable system, 15
economic system, definition, 15
triple bottom line, 24, 26
U.S. Energy Information Administration, 9
UN Environment Management group, 6
UN Statistical Commission, 6
United Nations, 6, 8
sustainable development goals, 6–8
value creation, 5
World Commission on Economic Development (WCED), 1, 2