Manager's Instant Guide to Sustainability
1st Edition
Published on 15. April 2014
46 pages
978-0-87326-564-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Manager's Instant Guide to Sustainability is designed for your convenience as a reference guide that covers the basics about sustainability. Offered for easy access as an ebook, you and your staff can have this up-to-date reference at your fingertips. Key topics range from best practices and case studies, measurement, creating a plan, staffing and the specific benefits that sustainability offers local government. A glossary and listing of key resources for learning more is also included. Sustainability is fast becoming a standard yardstick for managers to measure progress on a wide range of challenges. This guide pulls together everything you need to get started -or renew -your own sustainability plan.
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Content
- Intro
- How to Use This Guide
- What Is Sustainability?
- The Three Circles of Sustainability
- Five Ways Sustainability Can Benefit Your Local Government
- Sustainable Vocabulary
- Developing a Sustainability Plan
- How to Measure Your Community's Sustainability
- What Are Sustainable Policies?
- What Are Sustainable Projects?
- Sustainability Positions
- Best Practices for Sustainability
- Factors in the Evolution of Sustainability
- Key Resources
