Wastenomics: Turning Waste Liabilities Into Assets

ISBN-13: 9781904750284 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 230 str.

Tang, Kenny

Opis

WASTEnomics - turning waste liabilities into assets illustrates what every responsible corporation needs to know in order to manage the waste, resource and sustainability challenges facing our planet today. WASTEnomics provides strategic insights into product and process innovation to minimize waste and turn the liabilities of waste into assets. The contributors are key players who are driving important changes in the business models of their sectors and re-writing the rules of competition.

Our era is one of necessary change in how individuals, businesses, financiers and governments view waste and our use of the planet's resources now and in the future. The principles outlined in WASTEnomics will revolutionize the way individuals view ownership of their waste and responsibility towards sustainable production and consumption. They will drive governments, including city and local authorities to adopt tougher air and water standards for their citizens. They will unlock our financing mechanisms towards more responsible and sustainable businesses and will influence how businesses design and produce goods in the future.

WASTEnomics is essential reading for business, finance and investment executives at every level. It provides a strategic framework for the individual, business, investor and government to deal innovatively with the issue of waste and the use of our planet's resources.