Sustainability for Smes

ISBN-13: 9781910174005 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 235 str.

Elaine Cohen; Alexandra McKay; Philip Wolfe

Opis

Sustainability for SMEs offers a comprehensive introduction to the key business cases and techniques for putting sustainability at the heart of your business strategy.

Small businesses make a significant collective impact on the environment and society - but only a tiny percentage of SMEs complete a sustainability report. Sustainability Reporting for SMEs will enable any SME to get up to speed on sustainability reporting and plot a course of action for their business. Elaine Cohen distils the latest and best thinking on sustainability reporting for SMEs, and offers a process for reporting that will deliver significant business advantage, both in terms of more effective internal processes and in terms of reputation, customer loyalty and business-building.

In many SMEs sustainability is one person's passion and responsibility. A large part of their job becomes selling sustainability to other people in the business. Strategic Sustainability offers arguments, information and tactics that will help that person get the buy-in they need to move sustainability forward in their business. Sustainability is of strategic importance to a business. This book makes an airtight case for why action is essential and how sustainability can help a business not only survive but thrive in competitive marketplaces.

The major environmental impact of most businesses derives from energy usage. There are many ways to make your organization's energy usage more sustainable. In Sustainable Energy Options for Business, Philip Wolfe outlines the best available options for (1) reducing energy use and (2) improving the sustainability of energy supply. After an introduction to regulatory drivers and management issues, Wolfe looks at energy opportunities in five key areas.

Spis treści

Sustainability Reporting for SMEs; 1: The SME Approach to CSR; 2: The State of Sustainability Reporting; 3: The Business Advantage of Transparency for SMEs; 4: The Roadmap to Transparency for SMEs; 5: Guidance for Developing a Sustainability Report; 6: A Few More Words About Transparency; Strategic Sustainability; 1: Why Sustainability Matters to Your Business; 2: Identifying Your Material Issues; 3: Identify Resources; 4: Issues You May Look At – and How to Link Them to Your Business; 5: How to Make it Happen; 6: Common Arguments; Sustainable Energy Options for Business; 1: Energy Trends and Policy Drivers; 2: Managing your Energy Options; 3: Using Energy Smarter; 4: Using Greener Energy; 5: Generating Sustainable Electricity; 6: Producing Sustainable Heat; 7: Indirect Measures

O autorze

Elaine Cohen, Alexandra McKay, Philip Wolfe