Schweitzer Fachinformationen
Wenn es um professionelles Wissen geht, ist Schweitzer Fachinformationen wegweisend. Kunden aus Recht und Beratung sowie Unternehmen, öffentliche Verwaltungen und Bibliotheken erhalten komplette Lösungen zum Beschaffen, Verwalten und Nutzen von digitalen und gedruckten Medien.
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Part I Business Sustainability 1
Chapter 1 CEO Study on Sustainability 3
Refocus of Business Leaders-Top Priorities 4
Link between Sustainability and Business Value 4
United Nations Global Compact: The Ten Principles-Understanding Their Scope of Sustainability 4
Seven Steps to Sustainability 5
CEOs on Sustainability 6
Quantify Business Value for Sustainability 11
Factors Driving CEOs on Sustainability 12
Notes 12
Chapter 2 Sustainability in Developing Countries-Innovation 13
DevXchange 13
Children of the Dump Project 14
Helping People Help People 14
Moringa Tree Known as "Miracle Tree" for Sustainability 16
Notes 17
Chapter 3 Sustainability in the Banking Community 19
International Finance Corporation-IFC Financing in Emerging Markets 19
Sustainable Finance Awards 21
HSBC Global Connections 21
Suncor's Challenge-"What Yes Can Do"-Our Voice 22
Notes 25
Chapter 4 International Institute for Sustainable Development 27
Drivers Pushing Business to Corporate Responsibility 27
Global Reporting Initiative 28
Corporate Responsibility Reporting 29
Lessons from the Leaders 29
Notes 32
Chapter 5 Defining Business Sustainability 33
Definitions of Sustainability 34
Taking the Next Step to Business Success 36
Ready for the Coming Age of Abundance 38
Business Challenges: Management of Business Knowledge 41
Notes 43
Part II Principles for Driving Business Success 45
Chapter 6 Principles for Quality Management Systems 49
Customer Focus 50
Leadership 56
Involvement of People 61
Process Approach 65
System Approach to Management 70
Continual Improvement 73
Factual Approach to Decision Making 78
Mutually Beneficial Supplier Relationship 81
Notes 85
Chapter 7 Principles for Environmental Management Systems 87
Industry Leaders Improving Our World 88
Environmental Management 90
Leadership 90
Continual Improvement-Prevention of Pollution 101
System Approach to Management 106
Compliance with Legal and Other Requirements 110
Performance Evaluation 114
Management of Resources 118
Operational Control 125
Emergency Preparedness 131
Notes 135
Chapter 8 Principles for Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems 137
Leadership 143
Continual Improvement 150
System Approach to Management 155
Compliance with Legal and Other Requirements 159
Performance Evaluation 164
Management of Resources 169
Operational Control 173
Emergency Preparedness and Response 178
Notes 185
Chapter 9 Integrated Principles for a Sustainable Business Management System 187
Part III Integrated Management System Implementation: Three Steps 193
Chapter 10 International Management Systems 197
North America Lags Behind 198
Business Benefits: Business Structure for Success 200
Assess, Reflect, Act: Driving Sustainability to Business Success 203
Notes 203
Chapter 11 Management Systems 205
Business Plans vs. Management Systems Meeting ISO Standards 205
Where Is the Weak Link in Your Management System? 206
Why Use Management Systems Meeting International Standards? 207
Management System Framework-Generic 210
Management System Standardization-Annex SL 211
Integrated Management Systems 212
Integrated Management System Standard-Pas 99:2006 214
Chapter 12 Step One: Identify 215
Understanding the Organization 215
Management System Planning 219
Leadership and Commitment 223
Good to Great 242
Notes 244
Chapter 13 Step Two: Insure 245
Implementation of Plans 245
Support-Resources 247
Operation 278
Notes 302
Chapter 14 Step Three: Improve 303
Performance Evaluation 304
Monitor, Measure, Analyze, and Evaluate 305
Control of Nonconforming Product or Service 310
Analysis of Information 310
Internal Audit 313
Management Review 315
Improvement 317
Chapter 15 Conclusion 321
Competitive Landscape 321
As a Leader 322
Pilot Project-Management System Makeover(TM) 323
About the Author-M. Jayne Pilot 325
Index 329
An excellent report called "The UN Global Compact-Accenture CEO Study on Sustainability 2013, Architects of a Better World" is one of the world's largest CEO studies on sustainability to date. It had more than 1,000 top executives from 27 industries across 103 countries discuss a new global architecture for businesses contributing to global priorities.
Peter Lacy, CEO Study Lead and Managing Director of Accenture Strategy & Sustainability Asia Pacific, outlined in the introduction that sustainability has become established on the leadership agenda of almost every leading business.
He wrote that "This year is a unique opportunity to take stock as we stand at a crossroads in the global economy. Business leaders are committed to leading the way, but will require greater ambition and wider support as they work to align sustainability impact with value creation, and markets with sustainable development outcomes, such that business leaders can truly become the architects of a better world."1
Business leaders are refocusing, and the report shows that two thirds of responding CEOs outlined the following top three priorities for the future success of their business:
CEOs were asked as part of the study, what barriers they had to further progress in embedding sustainability into their organization. CEOs saw one factor arising more than any other over the past decade: the lack of a link between sustainability and business value. CEOs are clear that action must be justified against traditional measures of success.1
The report lists two areas for the agenda for action:
Throughout the report, the term sustainability encompasses environmental, social, and corporate governance. The ten principles the United Nations Global Compact asks companies to embrace, support, and enact within their sphere of influence are as follows:
Human Rights
Labour
Environment
Anti-Corruption
From the research and analysis done, the report outlined, as follows, that leaders are approaching sustainability differently. CEOs see seven key themes that guide their thinking and actions, which transform strategies, business models, value chains, and industries in order to achieve leadership in sustainability and high performance.
Will the pace of change address the global challenges to be able to support a population of nine billion by 2050? Time will tell.
The report shows that business leaders are successful in making the case for sustainability within their organizations.
The importance of sustainability can vary from industry to industry; see Table 1.1
TABLE 1.1 CEOs' Perception of the Importance of Sustainability Varies by Industry
* Based on 1,000 completed responses.
Source: UNGC-Accenture CEO Study 2013.
Siemens is one company outlined in the report. It has achieved strong growth throughout the downturn through a focus on innovative technologies in clean energy (offshore wind turbines), enabling customers to cut CO2 emissions worldwide and develop intelligent infrastructure.
CEO Learnings2
You will not be judged anymore only by the top line or bottom line results in your company. You will increasingly be judged by the contributions that you will make to society.
Paul Polman, Unilever
The world is more complex, and risks are more interconnected; but a complex world is an opportunity, if you can deal with its complexity.
Martin Senn, Zurich Insurance Group
We measure our success not by the profit we make, but by the difference we make.
Bob Collymore, Safaricom Ltd.
The role of every company is to be a positive force in society: you have to focus on creating value, creating success, and if you look from the perspective of the long term then in going about your business you should engage with society positively.
Carlos Brito, Anheuser-Busch InBev
There is a natural evolution in the investment community towards sustainability, corporate governance and transparency: these will soon become normal parts of the investor discussion.
Federico Ghizzoni, UniCredit
To accelerate progress on sustainability, we need governments to recognize the role of business as a solution in providing growth and innovation.
Sir Andrew Witty, GlaxoSmithKline
Dateiformat: ePUBKopierschutz: Adobe-DRM (Digital Rights Management)
Systemvoraussetzungen:
Das Dateiformat ePUB ist sehr gut für Romane und Sachbücher geeignet – also für „fließenden” Text ohne komplexes Layout. Bei E-Readern oder Smartphones passt sich der Zeilen- und Seitenumbruch automatisch den kleinen Displays an. Mit Adobe-DRM wird hier ein „harter” Kopierschutz verwendet. Wenn die notwendigen Voraussetzungen nicht vorliegen, können Sie das E-Book leider nicht öffnen. Daher müssen Sie bereits vor dem Download Ihre Lese-Hardware vorbereiten.Bitte beachten Sie: Wir empfehlen Ihnen unbedingt nach Installation der Lese-Software diese mit Ihrer persönlichen Adobe-ID zu autorisieren!
Weitere Informationen finden Sie in unserer E-Book Hilfe.