The developments in our environment and society has made it clear that the way we run our businesses and govern our nations is not sustainable in the long run. This is also why more and more companies and organizations are pursuing sustainable business through various Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities. However, many companies experience that although they facilitate a CSR strategy on corporate level, CSR is often not embedded in their business and/or integrated across their functions. If companies are to achieve the full business potential and performance impact of CSR, sustainability has to be operationalized, targeted and measured across the value chain through empowered employees and in alignment with the business strategy of the company. Though state-of-the-art CSR research, theories and models, the theoretical platform for sustainable business and CSR is presented in this book. However, CSR is carried out in practice, and not just in theory. This is why each chapter is supplemented with practical case examples explaining the way in which different companies and their managers have integrated sustainable business in their strategy and across the organizations’ different functions. As is evident both in theory and practice, the success of CSR integration is highly affected by industrial context, as the unique characteristics of the industry have an impact on the key sustainability challenges and business opportunities of the specific company and industry. In support of this evidence, the book also reveals how CSR can be implemented across private and public organizations as well as small & medium sized entities (SMEs).

Mónica Chávez-González, PhD, is a Research Professor at the School of Chemical Sciences of the Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Mexico. She is a pharmacobiological chemist. She is the General Coordinator and founder of the Bioprocessing Mx-LATAM Network, which promotes R&D in the area of bioprocessing through interaction between universities, institutes, research centers, and relevant industries in Mexico and Latin America. She has been awarded the Latin American Women in Chemistry Award in the category of "Emerging Leader," granted by the American Chemical Society and the Latin American Federation of Chemical Associations (FLAQ).

Cristóbal Noé Aguilar, PhD, is Director of Research and Postgraduate Programs at the Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila, Mexico. A prolific author and editor, he has published many books, papers in journals, and contributions in scientific meetings. He has been awarded several prizes and awards, the most important of which are the National Prize of Research (2010) from the Mexican Academy of Sciences; the Prize CCC–2008 from the Mexican Society of Biotechnology and Bioengineering; National Prize AgroBio-2005; and the Mexican Prize in Food Science and Technology.

Juan Carlos Contreras-Esquivel, PhD, is a full Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Applied Glycobiotechnology at the Food Research Department, School of Chemistry, the University of Coahuila, Mexico. He is involved in teaching undergraduate and graduate students in food science and food bioscience. His research interests are mainly on applied glycoltechnology for polysaccharide extraction by using ecofriendly technologies (enzymatic, microwave, pulsed electric field, ultrasonic) and oligosaccharide production by degradative or biosynthetic routes.

A. K. Haghi, PhD, is a retired professor and has written, co-written, edited or co-edited more than 1000 research publications, including books, book chapters, and papers in refereed journals, with over 3800 citations and h-index of 32, according to the Google Scholar database. He is currently a reseasrch associate at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Professor Haghi has received several grants, consulted for several major corporations, and is a frequent speaker to national and international audiences. He is Founder and former editor-in-chief of the Interational Journal of Chemioinformatics and Chemical Engineering and Polymers Research Journal. Professor Haghi has acted as an editorial board member of many international journals. He has served as a member of the Canadian Research and Development Center of Sciences & Cultures.