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Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A circular economy is an economic system designed to save money, eliminate waste, and achieve deep sustainability. No-brainer, right? Circular Economy For Dummies explains why the old way of doing things (the take-make-waste model of a linear economy) is fast going the way of the dinosaurs, and it gets you ready to think circular. From business processes and material lifecycles to circular design in just about every industry, this book is a fascinating...
Publisher
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tom Szaky sets out to do the impossible - eliminate all waste. This book paints a future of a "circular economy" that relies on responsible reuse and recycling to propel the world towards eradicating overconsumption and waste"--
24) Chief sustainability officers at work: how CSO's build successful sustainability and ESG strategies
Author
Publisher
Apress
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Read over 20 exclusive, in-depth interviews with chief sustainability officers (CSOs) of Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, Coca-Cola, and Procter & Gamble and globally recognized brands such as IKEA and Netflix. These CSOs reveal how they deliver positive environmental and social impact through their companies' core products and services and generate revenue growth while tackling unique leadership, change management, regulatory and stakeholder...
Author
Publisher
Routledge Taylor and Francis Group
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In her book, Dr Ulpiana Kocollari presents a unique contribution to the debate on Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability by clearly expressing how the configuration of a firms social dimension can help identify inclusive corporate governance models, define innovative management processes and reshape performance measurement systems for the evaluation and assessment of sustainable economic, social and environmental results. Moving a step...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
Wendell Berry proposes, and earnestly hopes, that people will learn once more to care for their local communities, and so begin a restoration that might spread over our entire nation and beyond. The renewed development of local economies would help preserve rural diversity despite the burgeoning global economy that threatens to homogenize and compromise communities all over the world. From modern health care to the practice of forestry, from local...
Author
Publisher
MIT Sloan Management Review
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Using recycled or repurposed materials to make a new product can be a good sustainability strategy, but how can marketers increase the appeal of such goods to consumers? An experiment by two marketing scholars reveals that this appeal can be stimulated by explicitly telling just a little of the product's history - and letting consumers spin the rest of the story.
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments are set to hit $53 billion by 2025 and will likely account for one-third of all global assets under management by that time. Investors must move in this ESG direction-and ensure the companies they invest in do to- to support their portfolios' growth. In addition, leaders who are unaware of sustainability and environmental policies risk fines, reputational damage, and loss of customers and investors....
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Publisher
Packt Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
At a critical point in human history, this book presents proven ways to gain the skills needed to develop sustainable IT practices and set yourself apart as a progressive technology leader Key Features Execute a sustainable IT strategy with proven methods and real-world use cases Progress as a sustainable IT advocate and set yourself apart from other senior IT leaders Increase your chances of receiving executive buy-in on your sustainable IT strategy...
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"How can leaders faced with tremendous global upheaval create more resilient and trustworthy systems? In The Great Remobilization, Olaf Groth, Mark Esposito, and Terence Tse (along with research partner Dan Zehr) diagnose tectonic shifts in the global economy with an eye toward designing a smarter “operating system” for the world. Through their FLP-IT (forces, logic, phenomena, impact, and triage) framework for strategic leadership, the authors...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Sandra Goldmark was a new mother, short on sleep and closet space, when her vacuum broke. And her toaster. And the strap on her backpack. Objects that were supposed to make her life easier instead piled up inside her family's small apartment, broken and collecting dust. Goldmark didn't want a new vacuum or toaster--she wanted the ones she had to work. But the reality is that the systems through which we obtain our stuff are vast and entrenched, with...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Economic globalization has led to a massive expansion in the scale and power of big business and banking. It has also worsened nearly every problem we face: fundamentalism and ethnic conflict; climate chaos and species extinction; financial instability and unemployment. There are personal costs too. For the majority of people on the planet, life is becoming increasingly stressful. We have less time for friends and family and we face mounting pressures...
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