Ants, Galileo, and Gandhi (eBook, PDF)

Designing the Future of Business through Nature, Genius, and Compassion
Redaktion: Waage, Sissel; Anderson, Ray

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Although sustainability efforts in business are still a work in progress, it is clear that key elements of a new generation of enterprises will be radically different from those of our contemporary economy. This book offers ideas for generating a new perspective on the dynamics of business systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. September 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351281119
• Artikelnr.: 49266836

Autorenporträt

Sissel Waage, Ray Anderson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface1. Introduction: envisioning the prototypical company of the 21st centuryRay Anderson
Interface Inc.
Atlanta
GA
USAPart 1: The transition to sustainability-oriented enterprises2. Understanding nature's services to societiesGretchen Daily
Stanford University
California
USA
and Katherine Ellison
Investigative Journalist
California
USA3. Reconsidering business from a systems perspective: the paradigm shift to sustainability-oriented enterprises and financial servicesSissel Waage
The Natural Step
California
USA4. Integrating sustainability into business strategy and operations: applying The Natural Step approach and framework and backcasting from principles of sustainabilityKarl-Henrik Robèrt
Blekinge Technical University and The Natural Step
SwedenPart 2: Case studies of evolving business initiatives5. Sustainability and dematerialisation at Hewlett PackardDavid Hudson
Consultant to Hewlett Packard
USA
and Lynelle Preston
Sustainability Manager
Hewlett Packard
USA6. Engaging in change management: transformation through sustainability strategy at Norm Thompson OutfittersDerek Smith
Norm Thompson Outfitters
Oregon
USA7. Recreating natural-resource-based businesses: sustaining the land and communities in the US New NorthwestCecilia Danks
University of Vermont
USA
and Martin Goebel and Karen Steer
Sustainable Northwest
Oregon
USA8. Growing a sustainable business: establishing and financing new ecologically and socially restorative venturesMatthew A. Klein
Verdant Power
Washington
DC
USAPart 3: Case studies from the financial services sector9. Screening for sustainability: a case study of the Dow Jones Sustainability IndexAlois Flatz
SAM Sustainable Asset Management
Switzerland10. Banking on sustainability: A case study of Shorebank Enterprise PacificJennifer Sokolove
University of California at Berkeley
USAPart 4: Reporting and accountability11. Improving sustainability disclosure: the Global Reporting Initiative GuidelinesAllen L. White
Special Advisor to the Global Reporting Initiative
USAPart 5: Pathways forward to organisational and societal change12. Organisational change for sustainability within enterprises and financial servicesSissel Waage
The Natural Step
California
USA
and Juli Torok
Independent Consultant
Berkeley
California
USA13. Catalysing action and organisational change: the role of personal and group (re)vitalisation in sustainability initiativesHilary Bradbury
Case Western Reserve University
Ohio
USA14. Conclusion: a shift toward sustainability within companies and the financial services sectorSissel Waage
The Natural Step
California
USA