1. A collection to support the most
important emerging area in
education, research and practice
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2. Sustainability and Responsibility
How we manage our businesses and governments
will affect our lives, and the lives of future
generations
How we manage our universities, shape and support
research, and adapt teaching and learning, will
shape the future for students and graduates
No area is more current – or more important
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3. The big issues facing us now
are shaping our future
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4. No longer just “nice to do”…
Every reputable university has sustainability in or
implied in its mission & strategy
Every major business school is addressing
sustainability and responsible business in its
teaching & research
Every major corporation includes sustainability in its
mission & strategy
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5. … now “MUST do”
Every major university includes sustainability and
environmental management in its courses & options
Specialist research centres opening worldwide
Sustainability has ever-strengthening ties to
university marketing & positioning…
…and is increasingly important for graduate
recruitment & retention
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6. Sustainability initiatives in HE
UN Principles for Responsible Management
Education (PRME): 520 Members.
Academy of Business in Society (ABIS):
130 university & corporate members.
Globally responsible Leadership Initiative
(GRLI) 80 university & corporate members.
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7. And more…
Association for the Advancement of
Sustainability in HE (AASHE):
1,000 members.
Environmental Association for Universities
and Colleges (eauc): 300+ members
People & Planet Green League, student
campaign network…
…and many more.
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8. SOL: The Sustainable Organization
Library
More than 8,000 items: case studies, research
papers, book chapters & journal articles
Sourced from nearly 600 books, special issues and
journal issues
Each item individually tagged & discoverable
through search & browse
Each with its own DOI
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9. SOL Coverage Includes
Sustainability; Ethics; Responsible Leadership;
Social Responsibility & Business in Society;
Environmental Management; Corporate Governance;
Innovation, Enterprise & Social Enterprise;
Government & Policy; Reporting & Standards;
Sustainability in HE; Poverty; Gender & Diversity;
Responsible Investment & Finance (including
Microfinance)
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10. Industry Sectors Covered Include
Oil & Gas
Fashion & Textiles
Banking & Finance
Transport
Engineering
Construction
Mining
Farming & Agriculture
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11. Designed to be easy to use
MARC records (free of charge)
No Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions
Simple licence (Eduserv standard)
No restrictions on users, downloads etc
Able to be included in course packs etc
Works on tablets, smartphone, iPad etc
Content delivered in searchable PDF format
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12. Flexible purchase options
Subscription (annual or ‘sponsored trial’)
or
Outright purchase – no hosting or maintenance fees
Updates and top-ups available to new releases of SOL
Updates and top-ups available to new books and
journals published by Greenleaf
New releases annually
Contact sales@gseresearch.com for more
information
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13. Partners include
Oxfam
European Foundation for Management
Development, EFMD
The American Management Association,
AMACOM
Peter Lang Publishing
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
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14. Partners include
Practical Action Publishing
Greenleaf Publishing
UN PRME and Global Compact
ABIS, the Academy of Business in Society
GRLI, the Globally Responsible Leadership
Initiative
50+20
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15. Some of our customers
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16. Tech spec
Hosted by IngentaConnect (very robust technology,
25,000 libraries worldwide and more than 12,000
publications)
Compatibility with discovery tools including
Summon, Ebsco Discovery, Ex Libris Primo
Counter 3 compliant usage stats
W3C accessibility rating of AA
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17. Tech spec continued
Compliant with key standards including OpenURL
1.0 and RSS 1.0
MARC records for book content
Fully searchable database at header or full text level
Browse by title
Searchable PDFs
Works on tablets (eg iPad) and smartphones
IP range or username/password access
No DRM
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18. GSE and Greenleaf
Independent and human-scale
Always personal service
Friendly – we care about our customers and
partners, we listen and take notice
Leading our field – the leading online collection in
sustainability
Aiming to make a difference and trying to make the
world a bit better
We want to work with you
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19. GSE and Greenleaf
“Glasgow School for Business and Society greatly welcomed the launch of
GSE Research, not simply because it provides an invaluable resource and
reference point for research and best practice in the areas of governance,
sustainability and environmental management, but also because of the
principles for which it stands. The School is proud to be a SOL Partner.”
Professor John Wilson, Dean of the Glasgow School for Business and Society,
Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
“I felt that purchasing the Sustainable Organization Library should be a
high priority given the strong and growing trend toward sustainability
research in many disciplines at our institution. The SOL seems particularly
strong in Business areas but it also has resources that would be of use to
subjects such as urban studies, public policy, economics, and environmental
studies, to name just a few. ”
Mark Bodnar, Subject Librarian (Business) Simon Fraser University
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20. Contacts
Sales: Richard Illingworth richard.illingworth@gseresearch.com
Sales: Cathie Manis cathie.manis@gseresearch.com
Publishing: Becky Macklin rebecca.macklin@gseresearch.com
Publishing: Claire Jackson claire.jackson@gseresearch.com
General: John Peters john.peters@gseresearch.com
Leeds UK, Sheffield UK, Boston USA, Philadelphia USA, Delhi India, Chennai India
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21. GSE homepage:
www.gseresearch.com
SOL Landing page:
www.gseresearch.com/sol
Greenleaf homepage:
www.greenleaf-publishing.com
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