The Business Guide to Sustainability : Practical Strategies and Tools for Organizations

ISBN-13: 9781844073207 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 272 str.

Darcy Hitchcock

Opis

Sustainability promises reduced environmental impacts and real cash savings for organisations. This volume aims to demystify 'sustainability' and untangle sustainability frameworks and practices. It also shows how sustainability can be incorporated into daily work through the application of useful tools and self-assessments.

Spis treści

PART I FOUNDATION CONCEPTS * Sustainability as a Strategic Issue * Change Agent/Sustainability Coordinator: How to Keep a Sustainability Effort on Track * PART II SUSTAINABILITY BY INDUSTRY SECTOR *Sustainability in Services and General Office Practices * Sustainability in Manufacturing and Product Design * Sustainability in Government Agencies * PART III SUSTAINABILITY BY ORGANIZATIONAL FUNCTION * Senior Management: How to Lead the Sustainability Effort * Facilities: How to Save Energy and Water, Improve Productivity and Reduce Waste * Human Resources: How to Support the Change Process and Bolster Employee Commitment * Purchasing: How to Determine What to Buy and How to Work with Suppliers * Environmental Affairs: How to Support the Move Beyond Compliance and Eco-efficiencies to Sustainability * Marketing/Public Relations: Whether and How to Promote Your Sustainability Efforts * Accounting and Finance: How to Account for Environmental and Social Impacts *

O autorze

Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard are experts in implementing sustainable business practices with a gift for making this abstract and technical topic easy to understand. They have written several other popular business books on related topics as well as countless articles. Their firm, AXIS Performance Advisors, is based in Portland, Oregon, a hotbed of sustainability-related activity. They designed and ran an 8-course Implementing Sustainability certificate programme with Portland State University and publish the Sustainability Series a set of practical how-to booklets. They also act as senior associates for the Zero Waste Alliance, leading their sustainability assessment programme. They are both on the faculty for Bainbridge Graduate Institute's MBA in Sustainable Business and the executive management team for the International Society of Sustainability Professionals.For more information, please go to www.axisperformance.com