Introduction to Sustainable Business Practices (Collection), An
Published on 7. July 2014
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978-0-13-348059-7 (ISBN)
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A brand new collection introducing today's highest-value sustainable business processes... 3 authoritative books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!
3 authoritative Books help you drive real competitive advantage from sustainability -- from planning and strategy through execution and metrics
Sustainability strategies offer powerful opportunities to increase profitability, accelerate growth, improve brand value, and reduce business risk. In this unique 3 eBook package, three world-class experts introduce business sustainability and show how to achieve these benefits throughout your own organization. In Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profitability and Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy, Kevin Wilhelm introduces new best practices for capitalizing on the many business opportunities presented by climate change. Through real-world case studies of firms ranging from Yakima to Lockheed Martin, Wilhelm shows how enterprises have significantly improved business performance by improving their climate performance. Wilhelm also identifies key climate-related business risks that will require businesses to act whether they want to or not. Wilhelm helps you make the business case for seriously addressing climate change -- and, once you've made that case, he offers you practical strategies and techniques for successful execution. Next, in Better Green Business: Handbook for Environmentally Responsible and Profitable Business Practices, Dr. Eric G. Olson brings together practical insights and start-to-finish strategies for driving "win-win-win" gains in revenue, efficiency, and environmental performance. He introduces powerful methodologies and technologies for increasing operational efficiency and reducing waste, including IBM's impactful Green Sigma (TM) approach. You'll find new ways to drive value by "instrumenting the planet," and discover the technologies that now make this possible. Olson concludes by identifying long-term trends that make "green business" approaches increasingly indispensable. Finally, in Financial Times Briefings: Sustainable Business, Brian Clegg delivers concise, practical, and actionable advice for integrating sustainability in ways that improve both the environment and your bottom line. Organized to deliver fast and realistic answers to today's most common business sustainability challenges, this FT Briefing presents targeted strategies, detailed tactics, real business cases, crucial consensus-building techniques, effective metrics, proven executive interventions, and much more. Whether you're new to business sustainability or you want to strengthen your current initiatives, this collection brings together the best practices and expert advice you need right now.
From world-renowned business sustainability experts Kevin Wilhelm, Eric Olson, and Brian Clegg
3 authoritative Books help you drive real competitive advantage from sustainability -- from planning and strategy through execution and metrics
Sustainability strategies offer powerful opportunities to increase profitability, accelerate growth, improve brand value, and reduce business risk. In this unique 3 eBook package, three world-class experts introduce business sustainability and show how to achieve these benefits throughout your own organization. In Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profitability and Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy, Kevin Wilhelm introduces new best practices for capitalizing on the many business opportunities presented by climate change. Through real-world case studies of firms ranging from Yakima to Lockheed Martin, Wilhelm shows how enterprises have significantly improved business performance by improving their climate performance. Wilhelm also identifies key climate-related business risks that will require businesses to act whether they want to or not. Wilhelm helps you make the business case for seriously addressing climate change -- and, once you've made that case, he offers you practical strategies and techniques for successful execution. Next, in Better Green Business: Handbook for Environmentally Responsible and Profitable Business Practices, Dr. Eric G. Olson brings together practical insights and start-to-finish strategies for driving "win-win-win" gains in revenue, efficiency, and environmental performance. He introduces powerful methodologies and technologies for increasing operational efficiency and reducing waste, including IBM's impactful Green Sigma (TM) approach. You'll find new ways to drive value by "instrumenting the planet," and discover the technologies that now make this possible. Olson concludes by identifying long-term trends that make "green business" approaches increasingly indispensable. Finally, in Financial Times Briefings: Sustainable Business, Brian Clegg delivers concise, practical, and actionable advice for integrating sustainability in ways that improve both the environment and your bottom line. Organized to deliver fast and realistic answers to today's most common business sustainability challenges, this FT Briefing presents targeted strategies, detailed tactics, real business cases, crucial consensus-building techniques, effective metrics, proven executive interventions, and much more. Whether you're new to business sustainability or you want to strengthen your current initiatives, this collection brings together the best practices and expert advice you need right now.
From world-renowned business sustainability experts Kevin Wilhelm, Eric Olson, and Brian Clegg
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
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Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
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1 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-348059-7 (9780133480597)
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Kevin Wilhelm is CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting, a Seattle-based consultancy focused on demonstrating the bottom-line business benefits of sustainability and then leading companies through successful implementation. He brings nearly two decades of experience working with businesses ranging from Fortune (R) 500 multinationals to medium-sized businesses. His clients include Nordstrom, REI, The North Face, Alaska Airlines, Redbox, Expeditors, Drugstore.com, Puget Sound Energy, and more than 75 others. As professor at Bainbridge Graduate Institute, he teaches courses on sustainable business. Eric Olson has 20+ years of experience in management consulting and industry, working with organizations of all sizes in multiple industries. His experience spans business, operations and technology strategy development, e-commerce and e-business, innovation management, process improvement, supply-chain optimization, strategic sourcing, corporate mergers and joint ventures, and environmental stewardship. He holds BS and PhD degrees from Cornell, an MBA from MIT-Sloan, and an MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, he is a licensed Professional Engineer. Brian Clegg consults for corporations on business creativity, the human/computer interface, and flexible software development. He spent 17 years with British Airways in roles ranging from business support and operational research to personal computing. Clegg holds MAs from Cambridge (Natural Sciences) and Lancaster (Operational Research); has authored more than a dozen business books, and is regular columnist for PC Week and Personal Computer World magazines.
Content
Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profitability and Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy
Acknowledgments v
Foreword vii
Introduction xi
Section 1: Addressing Climate Change: The Business Benefit 1
Chapter 1: The Climate Imperative 3
Chapter 2: Carbon Footprinting 11
Chapter 3: Business Benefit 25
Chapter 4: Return on Sustainability (ROS) 41
Section 2: Policy, Regulation, & Carbon 59
Chapter 5: Public Policy 61
Chapter 6: Carbon Taxes & Cap and Trade 75
Section 3: The Market: Demanding Action 91
Chapter 7: Energy 93
Chapter 8: Finance 105
Chapter 9: Insurance 125
Chapter 10: Supply Chain Management 133
Chapter 11: Marketing to Green Consumers 147
Chapter 12: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting 157
Final Thoughts 167
About My Firm: Sustainable Business Consulting 169
Glossary 177
Appendix A: Equator Principles Financial Institutions 183
Appendix B: United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment 187
Appendix C: Comparison of Businesses Across Various Sustainability Rankings 2007 191
Appendix D: CSR Standards & Certifications 197
Appendix E: Interview & Text Box References 203
Endnotes 207
Better Green Business: Handbook for Environmentally Responsible and Profitable Business Practices
Preface xv
Part I: Establish a Strategy and Transformation Plan
Chapter 1: Driving Forces and Challenges That Organizations Face 3
Chapter 2: Formulate Green Strategy to Complement Traditional Strategy 23
Chapter 3: Green Strategy Supports Operational Improvements 43
Chapter 4: Make Green Strategy Actionable with a Proven Approach 59
Part II: Apply Proven Transformation Methods
Chapter 5: Transformation Methods and Green Sigma 85
Chapter 6: Applying Green Sigma to Optimize Carbon Emissions 107
Part III: Technology Innovations and Solutions
Chapter 7: Instrumenting the Planet for an Intelligent, Sustainable World 123
Chapter 8: Technology That Supports Instrumenting the Planet 141
Chapter 9: Business Considerations for Technology Solutions 157
Part IV: Conclusions
Chapter 10: Critical Trends Shaping the Future 175
Endnote References 185
Index 219
Financial Times Briefings: Sustainable Business
PART ONE In brief 1
Chapter 1: Executive summary 3
Chapter 2: What is sustainable business? 5
Chapter 3: Why do it? 9
Chapter 4: Who is doing it? Who has done it? 17
PART TWO In practice 31
Chapter 5: How to do it: strategy guide 33
Chapter 6: How to do it: detailed considerations 47
Chapter 7: How to justify it: developing a business case 71
Chapter 8: How to manage it 85
Chapter 9: How to measure it 93
Chapter 10: How to talk about it 105
PART THREE Intervention 119
Chapter 11: Executive intervention 121
PART FOUR In depth 129
Chapter 12: Additional resources 131
Index 141
Acknowledgments v
Foreword vii
Introduction xi
Section 1: Addressing Climate Change: The Business Benefit 1
Chapter 1: The Climate Imperative 3
Chapter 2: Carbon Footprinting 11
Chapter 3: Business Benefit 25
Chapter 4: Return on Sustainability (ROS) 41
Section 2: Policy, Regulation, & Carbon 59
Chapter 5: Public Policy 61
Chapter 6: Carbon Taxes & Cap and Trade 75
Section 3: The Market: Demanding Action 91
Chapter 7: Energy 93
Chapter 8: Finance 105
Chapter 9: Insurance 125
Chapter 10: Supply Chain Management 133
Chapter 11: Marketing to Green Consumers 147
Chapter 12: Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting 157
Final Thoughts 167
About My Firm: Sustainable Business Consulting 169
Glossary 177
Appendix A: Equator Principles Financial Institutions 183
Appendix B: United Nations Principles for Responsible Investment 187
Appendix C: Comparison of Businesses Across Various Sustainability Rankings 2007 191
Appendix D: CSR Standards & Certifications 197
Appendix E: Interview & Text Box References 203
Endnotes 207
Better Green Business: Handbook for Environmentally Responsible and Profitable Business Practices
Preface xv
Part I: Establish a Strategy and Transformation Plan
Chapter 1: Driving Forces and Challenges That Organizations Face 3
Chapter 2: Formulate Green Strategy to Complement Traditional Strategy 23
Chapter 3: Green Strategy Supports Operational Improvements 43
Chapter 4: Make Green Strategy Actionable with a Proven Approach 59
Part II: Apply Proven Transformation Methods
Chapter 5: Transformation Methods and Green Sigma 85
Chapter 6: Applying Green Sigma to Optimize Carbon Emissions 107
Part III: Technology Innovations and Solutions
Chapter 7: Instrumenting the Planet for an Intelligent, Sustainable World 123
Chapter 8: Technology That Supports Instrumenting the Planet 141
Chapter 9: Business Considerations for Technology Solutions 157
Part IV: Conclusions
Chapter 10: Critical Trends Shaping the Future 175
Endnote References 185
Index 219
Financial Times Briefings: Sustainable Business
PART ONE In brief 1
Chapter 1: Executive summary 3
Chapter 2: What is sustainable business? 5
Chapter 3: Why do it? 9
Chapter 4: Who is doing it? Who has done it? 17
PART TWO In practice 31
Chapter 5: How to do it: strategy guide 33
Chapter 6: How to do it: detailed considerations 47
Chapter 7: How to justify it: developing a business case 71
Chapter 8: How to manage it 85
Chapter 9: How to measure it 93
Chapter 10: How to talk about it 105
PART THREE Intervention 119
Chapter 11: Executive intervention 121
PART FOUR In depth 129
Chapter 12: Additional resources 131
Index 141