Sustainable Branding

A sustainable brand should integrate environmental, social, economic and issues into its business operations. Sustainable Branding considers how broader perspectives on sustainability and corporate social responsibility can be applied to the practicalities of brand management.
By addressing a range of perspectives and their application to branding, the authors go beyond sustainable branding to question the role brands play in a wider sustainable society. Structured around three core parts - People, Planet and Prosperity - contributions from experts in the field consider the human dimensions of environmental change, identity and reputation, technology and innovation, waste management, public and brand engagement, environmental ecosystems and the circular economy. Combining theoretical insight and empirical research with practical application, each chapter includes real-life international cases and reflective questions to allow discussion, best-practice examples and actionable suggestions on how to implement sustainable branding activities.
This book is perfect for academics, postgraduate and final-year undergraduate students in sustainable branding, sustainable business, corporate social responsibility, brand management and communications. It provides a comprehensive treatment of the nature of relationships between environmental, economic, social, companies, brands, and stakeholders in different areas and regions of the world.

Pantea Foroudi is Business Manager and Solution Architect at Foroudi Consultancy as well as member of the Marketing, Branding, and Tourism, Middlesex University, London. Maria Palazzo is a research fellow at the Department of Political and Communication Studies, University of Salerno (Italy), an adjunct professor at Universitas Mercatorum (Italy) and a member of the Sustainability Communication Centre (SCC).

Introduction to contemporary issues in sustainable branding: ethical, social, and environmental perspectives Pantea Foroudi and Maria Palazzo PART I People 1 Place heritage and CSR: synergies between cultural tourism and corporate branding Angela Bargenda 2 Let's go green -planet, people, product, packaging, pricing, and promotion (6Ps) Awele Achi, Ogechi Adeola, and Vanessa Burgal 3 Branding for social marketing: keys for success Luis Doña Toledo, Lucia Porcu, Juan Miguel Rey Pino, and Maria Palazzo 4 Sustainable brand management: goodwill as a tool to quantify brand value from the perspective of stakeholders Ivana Podhorska, Wlodzimierz Sroka, and Jana Majerova 5 Place, branding, and smart growth Oluwayemisi Olomo, Kehinde Mokwenyei, Olutayo Otubanjo, and Ogechi Adeola 6 Corporate social responsibility and employee volunteerism: a broad overview of CSR through volunteerism Sudeepta Pradhan, Makhmoor Bashir, Sanjit Roy, and Bang Nguyen PART II Planet 7 Climate change, environmental auditing, and corporate/brand strategy Maria Teresa Cuomo, Rosa Maria Caprino, Cinzia Genovino, and Debora Tortora 8 Analyzing the scientific evolution of sustainable technology research in Business and Management Science Morteza Akbari, Rahime Zaman Fashami, and Maryam Khodayari 9 Waste to Wealth (W2W): the need for a social enterprise approach to turn waste into wealth David Luigi Fuschi, Alireza Nazarian, and Pantea Foroudi 10 Life cycle thinking and the circular economy Octavio Ibarra, Maria Carolina Ovalle, and Maria Palazzo 11 Transition to a low carbon economy: opportunities and challenges S. Asieh H. Tabaghdehi 12 Global political ecology Francisco J. Montoro Ríos PART III Prosperity 13 Multicultural identity: developing a comprehensive understanding of multicultural identity, its aspects and influence on business adaptability and sustainable brands Maria Jerez-Jerez 14 The unexpected players in branding and advertising: advertising shakeout, traditional folk media, and influencer marketing Nastaran Norouzi Richards-Carpenter and Kelly Tafoya 15 Exploring value co-creation concept: a bibliometric analysis of 20 years of research and theory Yousef Alqayed, Pantea Foroudi, Kaouther Kooli, Mohammad Foroudi, and Maria Antonella Ferri 16 Sustainability and social innovation: in the case of Covid-19 pandemic Sadaf Sartipi, Pantea Foroudi, Maria Palazzo, and Mahmoud Ahmadpour Daryani 17 Sustainable branding in healthcare within Generation Z in a developing economy Durga Vellore-Nagarajan, Constantinos-Vasilios Priporas, and Mark McPherson 18 The market reaction to unexpected earnings via discretionary accruals and sustainability reporting Javad Izadi Z.D., Maria Palazzo, and Alfonso Siano Index