Sustainable development and corporate social responsibility drive countries, regions, and businesses to take environmental and social concerns into account when realizing economic objectives.  A growing awareness of the connectedness between industrial, societal, and environmental systems might shift the way businesses will be operated.  This book aims to help students and business practitioners use quantitative modeling in their pursuit to make business processes sustainable.  Two approaches are introduced: linear optimization and system dynamics.  Moreover, the quantification of the three different sustainability objectives is also addressed.  Next to introducing the theoretical background, many real-life examples are discussed to demonstrate how the modelling techniques can be applied.

Chapter 1: General Introduction

Chapter 2: Single Objective Optimization
Chapter 3: Multiple Objective Optimization
Chapter 4: Quantifying The Economic Impact
Chapter 5: Quantification Of The Environmental Impact
Chapter 6: Quantifying The Social Impact
Chapter 7: Systems Thinking And Introduction To System Dynamics Modeling
Chapter 8: Causal Loop Diagrams
Chapter 9: Structure And Fundamental Modes Of Behavior Of Dynamic Systems
Chapter 10: Stocks And Flows And The Dynamics Of Simple Structures
Chapter 11: Delays
Chapter 12: Nonlinear Behavior.