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Beyond the triple bottom line : eight steps towards a sustainable business model / Francisco Szekely and Zahir Dossa ; foreword by Jeffrey Hollender.

By: Szekely, Francisco [author.].
Contributor(s): Dossa, Zahir [author.] | IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2017]Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2017]Description: 1 PDF (xx, 224 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262339070.Other title: Sustainability journey [Pre-publication title:].Subject(s): Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects | Sustainable development | Social responsibility of business | Business enterprises -- Environmental aspects | Social responsibility of business | Sustainable development | Air pollution | Automobiles | Best practices | Biological system modeling | Buildings | Business | Carbon dioxide | Cognitive science | Companies | Drugs | Earth | Economics | Economies of scale | Ethics | Extraterrestrial measurements | Footwear | Global warming | Government | Green products | Ice | Indexes | Industries | Internet | Interviews | Lead | Libraries | Oceans | Organizations | Paints | Planets | Plastics | Pollution measurement | Presses | Raw materials | Stakeholders | Standards organizations | Supply chains | Technological innovation | WritingGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Beyond the triple bottom line.DDC classification: 658.4/083 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.
Contents:
Foreword; Preface; Executive Summary; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Stages of Sustainability; The Sustainability Journey: Toward a New Business Model; Chapter 2: Sustainability Mission; Chapter 3: Long-Term Vision; Chapter 4: Sustainability Strategy; Chapter 5: Implementing Sustainability Strategy; Chapter 6: Measuring Sustainability Performance; Chapter 7: Transparency and Accountability; Chapter 8: Can Sustainability Scale?; Chapter 9: Sustainability Innovation; Chapter 10: Making It Happen; How This Book Is Structured
2 Sustainability Mission: What Is the Purpose of Your Organization?Case 1: GM; Case 2: Philip Morris International; 3 Long-Term Vision: What Will Your Organization Look Like in Twenty-Five Years?; Case 1: Triodos Bank; Case 2: McDonald's in France; 4 Sustainability Strategy: Identify Your Stakeholders and Develop a Plan to Impact Them in a Positive Way?; Society; Suppliers; Employees; Customers; Government; Case 1: Panera Bread; Case 2: Triodos Bank; 5 Implementing Sustainability Strategy: How Can You Engage Your Stakeholders for Maximum Impact?; Case 1: Coca-Cola; Case 2: Nike
6 Measuring Sustainability Performance: How Do You Measure Nonfinancial Performance?Human Rights; Labor; Environment; Case 1: Honest by; Case 2: Lindenhoff Farm; 7 Transparency and Accountability: Can You Pass the Newspaper Test?; Case 1: Organic Valley; Case 2: Mondragon; 8 Scaling: Can Sustainability Scale?; 9 Sustainability Innovation: What Makes Sustainability Innovations Unique?; 10 Making It Happen; So, How Can You Become a Sustainability Leader and Make It Happen? Take Action; Chapter 2: Sustainability Mission; Chapter 3: Long-Term Vision; Chapter 4: Sustainability Strategy
Chapter 5: Implementing Sustainability StrategyChapter 6: Measuring Sustainability Performance; Chapter 7: Transparency and Accountability; Chapter 8: Scaling; Chapter 9: Sustainability Innovation; Notes; Index
Summary: A pragmatic new business model for sustainability that outlines eight steps that range from exploring a mission to promoting innovation; with case studies.
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Foreword; Preface; Executive Summary; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; Stages of Sustainability; The Sustainability Journey: Toward a New Business Model; Chapter 2: Sustainability Mission; Chapter 3: Long-Term Vision; Chapter 4: Sustainability Strategy; Chapter 5: Implementing Sustainability Strategy; Chapter 6: Measuring Sustainability Performance; Chapter 7: Transparency and Accountability; Chapter 8: Can Sustainability Scale?; Chapter 9: Sustainability Innovation; Chapter 10: Making It Happen; How This Book Is Structured

2 Sustainability Mission: What Is the Purpose of Your Organization?Case 1: GM; Case 2: Philip Morris International; 3 Long-Term Vision: What Will Your Organization Look Like in Twenty-Five Years?; Case 1: Triodos Bank; Case 2: McDonald's in France; 4 Sustainability Strategy: Identify Your Stakeholders and Develop a Plan to Impact Them in a Positive Way?; Society; Suppliers; Employees; Customers; Government; Case 1: Panera Bread; Case 2: Triodos Bank; 5 Implementing Sustainability Strategy: How Can You Engage Your Stakeholders for Maximum Impact?; Case 1: Coca-Cola; Case 2: Nike

6 Measuring Sustainability Performance: How Do You Measure Nonfinancial Performance?Human Rights; Labor; Environment; Case 1: Honest by; Case 2: Lindenhoff Farm; 7 Transparency and Accountability: Can You Pass the Newspaper Test?; Case 1: Organic Valley; Case 2: Mondragon; 8 Scaling: Can Sustainability Scale?; 9 Sustainability Innovation: What Makes Sustainability Innovations Unique?; 10 Making It Happen; So, How Can You Become a Sustainability Leader and Make It Happen? Take Action; Chapter 2: Sustainability Mission; Chapter 3: Long-Term Vision; Chapter 4: Sustainability Strategy

Chapter 5: Implementing Sustainability StrategyChapter 6: Measuring Sustainability Performance; Chapter 7: Transparency and Accountability; Chapter 8: Scaling; Chapter 9: Sustainability Innovation; Notes; Index

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A pragmatic new business model for sustainability that outlines eight steps that range from exploring a mission to promoting innovation; with case studies.

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