Business and the environment Books

Book SynopsisFinance is widely seen as an obstacle to a better world.Principles of Sustainable Finance explains how the financial sector can be mobilized to counter this. Using finance as a means to achieve social goals, we can divert the planet and its economy from its current path to a world that is sustainable for all.Written for undergraduate, graduate, and executive students of finance, economics, business, and sustainability, this textbook combines theory, empirical data, and policy to explain the sustainability challenges for corporate investment. It shows how finance can steer funding to certain companies and projects without sacrificing return and thus speed up the transition to a sustainable economy. It analyses the Sustainable Development Goals as a strategy for a better world and provides evidence that environmental, social, and governance factors matter, explaining in detail how to incorporate these factors in the corporate and financial sectors.Tailored for students, Principles of Sustainable Finance starts each chapter with an overview and learning objectives to support study. It includes suggestions for further reading, lists and definitions of key concepts, and extensive uses of figures, boxes, and tables to enhance educational goals and clarify concepts. Principles of Sustainable Finance is also supported by an online resource that includes teaching materials and cases.Trade ReviewSustainable finance has emerged as a major new field for practitioners, but has largely bypassed the classroom for lack of a good textbook. Principles of Sustainable Finance is an impressive textbook that fills this important gap. It lucidly explains the fundamental challenge climate change poses for financial markets. It is extremely well-informed about the latest developments and weaves together a coherent account of widely dispersed approaches, including research that is otherwise inaccessible to the layman. It is essential reading for any student seeking to understand the main ideas and trends in sustainable finance. * Patrick Bolton, Professor of Business at Columbia University *The financial system is integral to achieving a smooth transition to a low carbon economy. Based on their extensive careers in finance and academia, Schoenmaker and Schramade set out an insightful vision for a sustainable financial sector, one where social and environmental dimensions are integrated within financial decisions. At a time when the need for a sustainable financial system becomes ever more pressing, this book furthers the debate on how to get there and what role each financial market participant has to play. * Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England *The UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 are predicated on the idea that current and future generations have the resources needed to ensure access to clean water, food, shelter, health, education and energy, irrespective of the place of birth, while caring and preserving our common home: The Earth. In Principles of Sustainable Finance, Dirk Schoenmaker and Willem Schramade discuss the importance of sustainable finance and how it can help allocate resources to individual and social needs, over time, while respecting our planetâs boundaries. It is an indispensable read for students, professionals and policy-makers. * Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fun *I am sometimes asked what a biologist is doing at the Ministry of Finance. The answer is simple: there is no better place for a biologist than working with finance. With the monumental challenges we are facing, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, mainstream finance needs to become truly sustainable. This implies that a larger skillset is needed for those dealing with economics. This textbook contributes to the change needed. * Per Bolund, Minister for Financial Markets in Sweden *The investment decisions of today shape our future. We have a choice. Do we maximise short-term returns, or create long-term sustainable value? It is becoming increasingly clear that society is reaching ecological and social boundaries, and that we can only prosper if we respect these boundaries. Principles of Sustainable Finance provides investors and financiers with the tools to make the right decisions, now and in the future. * Eloy Lindeijer, Chief Investment Officer at PGGM *With this work, Schoenmaker and Schramade make an invaluable contribution to the role of finance in the transition of the global economy to a low carbon growth path. It should be required reading in the C-suite of any bank grappling with what climate change means for its lending strategy. * Stewart James, Managing Director at Public Affairs at HSBC *Principles of Sustainable Finance comes with a perfect timing: all around the planet a new, long-term and responsible capitalism is emerging. It requires to combine both a new academic perspective and attention to its concrete implementation. This is exactly what this important book achieves and makes it so valuable for both students, researchers and practitioners. * Fred Samama, Co-Head of Institutional Clients at Amundi *Table of ContentsPart I: What is Sustainability and Why Does it Matter? 1: Sustainability and the Transition Challenge Part II: Sustainability's Challenges to corporates 2: Externalities - Internalisation 3: Governance and Behaviour 4: Coalitions for Sustainable Finance 5: Strategy and Intangibles - Changing Business Models 6: Integrated Reporting - Metrics and Data Part III: Financing Sustainability 7: Investing for Long-Term Value Creation 8: Equity - Investing with an Ownership Stake 9: Bonds - Investing without voting power 10: Banking - New Forms of Lending 11: Insurance - Managing Long-Term Risk Part IV: How To Get There? 12: Transition Management and Integrated Thinking

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Book Synopsis''The direction of travel in the global energy system seems clear: a historic shift away from fossil fuels is under way. Who better to chart it than Daniel Yergin? ... a flair for dramatic detail and sprightly insights'' Pilita Clark, Financial TimesThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author and global energy expert reveals how climate change and the shale revolution in oil and gas are shaking the global order, challenging nations and industries, and accelerating a second energy revolution - the quest for renewables and for ''net zero carbon''.UPDATED WITH A NEW EPILOGUE''A tour de force'' David Von Drehle, Washington Post''A kaleidoscopic survey of seemingly every geopolitical development in history, all seen through the lens of energy . . . Admirable, well-researched, highly readable'' Keith Johnson, Foreign PolicyTrade ReviewThere are many ... stories in this wonderful book, all of them directed at the transformation of the global map of power and wealth that has happened in the 21st century. Don't waste your time on Boris or Trump, Covid or novichock, just read this to find out what is really happening. -- Bryan Appleyard * The Sunday Times *Daniel Yergin won a Pulitzer in 1992 for The Prize, an acclaimed history of petroleum and political power ... In The New Map he turns his talents to what might be called geopolitical cartography ... Fans of the author's previous books will appreciate the snappy prose and plethora of well-told anecdotes ... revealing and apposite ... The book brings the general reader admirably up to date on the many subjects it covers. -- Edward Lucas * The Times *Yergin is the most respected chronicler of energy history and politics today. Yergin has enviable talents. He writes fluently in a style that brings to life the arcane dynamics of the energy business. He is deeply knowledgeable and analytically prescient... The New Map is an excellent read because, through multiple interconnected storylines, it pulls together the transformative occurrences that have shaped the energy world in recent years into a cogent framework from which the reader can discern the future pathways of the next energy transition. -- Vikram S Mehta * Indian Express *

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Book SynopsisFinance is widely seen as an obstacle to a better world. Principles of Sustainable Finance explains how the financial sector can be mobilized to counter this. Using finance as a means to achieve social goals we can divert the planet and its economy from its current path to a world that is sustainable for all. Written for undergraduate, graduate, and executive students of finance, economics, business, and sustainability, this textbook combines theory, empirical data, and policy to explain the sustainability challenges for corporate investment. It shows how finance can steer funding to certain companies and projects without sacrificing return and thus speed up the transition to a sustainable economy. It analyses the Sustainable Development Goals as a strategy for a better world and provides evidence that environmental, social, and governance factors matter, explaining in detail how to incorporate these factors in the corporate and financial sectors.Tailored for students, Principles of Sustainable Finance starts each chapter with an overview and learning objectives to support study. It includes suggestions for further reading, lists and definitions of key concepts, and extensive uses of figures, boxes, and tables to enhance educational goals and clarify concepts.Principles of Sustainable Finance is also supported by an online resource that includes teaching materials and cases.Trade ReviewSustainable finance has emerged as a major new field for practitioners, but has largely bypassed the classroom for lack of a good textbook. Principles of Sustainable Finance is an impressive textbook that fills this important gap. It lucidly explains the fundamental challenge climate change poses for financial markets. It is extremely well-informed about the latest developments and weaves together a coherent account of widely dispersed approaches, including research that is otherwise inaccessible to the layman. It is essential reading for any student seeking to understand the main ideas and trends in sustainable finance. * Patrick Bolton, Professor of Business at Columbia University *The financial system is integral to achieving a smooth transition to a low carbon economy. Based on their extensive careers in finance and academia, Schoenmaker and Schramade set out an insightful vision for a sustainable financial sector, one where social and environmental dimensions are integrated within financial decisions. At a time when the need for a sustainable financial system becomes ever more pressing, this book furthers the debate on how to get there and what role each financial market participant has to play. * Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of Englad *The UN Sustainable Development Goals 2030 are predicated on the idea that current and future generations have the resources needed to ensure access to clean water, food, shelter, health, education and energy, irrespective of the place of birth, while caring and preserving our common home: The Earth. In Principles of Sustainable Finance, Dirk Schoenmaker and Willem Schramade discuss the importance of sustainable finance and how it can help allocate resources to individual and social needs, over time, while respecting our planetâs boundaries. It is an indispensable read for students, professionals and policy-makers. * Vitor Gaspar, Director Fiscal Affairs Department at the International Monetary Fun *I am sometimes asked what a biologist is doing at the Ministry of Finance. The answer is simple: there is no better place for a biologist than working with finance. With the monumental challenges we are facing, such as climate change and the loss of biodiversity, mainstream finance needs to become truly sustainable. This implies that a larger skillset is needed for those dealing with economics. This textbook contributes to the change needed. * Per Bolund, Minister for Financial Markets in Sweden *The investment decisions of today shape our future. We have a choice. Do we maximise short-term returns, or create long-term sustainable value? It is becoming increasingly clear that society is reaching ecological and social boundaries, and that we can only prosper if we respect these boundaries. Principles of Sustainable Finance provides investors and financiers with the tools to make the right decisions, now and in the future. * Eloy Lindeijer, Chief Investment Office at PGGM *With this work, Schoenmaker and Schramade make an invaluable contribution to the role of finance in the transition of the global economy to a low carbon growth path. It should be required reading in the C-suite of any bank grappling with what climate change means for its lending strategy. * Stewart James, Managing Director Public Affairs at HSBC *Principles of Sustainable Finance comes with a perfect timing: all around the planet a new, long-term and responsible capitalism is emerging. It requires to combine both a new academic perspective and attention to its concrete implementation. This is exactly what this important book achieves and makes it so valuable for both students, researchers and practitioners. * Fred Samama, Co-Head of Institutional Clients at Amundi *Table of ContentsPart I: What is Sustainability and Why Does it Matter? 1: Sustainability and the Transition ChallengePart II: Sustainability's Challenges to corporates 2: Externalities - Internalisation 3: Governance and Behaviour 4: Coalitions for Sustainable Finance 5: Strategy and Intangibles - Changing Business Models 6: Integrated Reporting - Metrics and DataPart III: Financing Sustainability 7: Investing for Long-Term Value Creation 8: Equity - Investing with an Ownership Stake 9: Bonds - Investing without voting power 10: Banking - New Forms of Lending 11: Insurance - Managing Long-Term RiskPart IV: How To Get There? 12: Transition Management and Integrated Thinking

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Book SynopsisAs the world faces unprecedented challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss, the resources needed far outstrip the capabilities of non-profits and even governments. Yet there are seeds of hope, and much of that hope comes from the efforts of the private sector. Impact investing is rapidly becoming an essential tool, alongside philanthropy and government funding, in tackling these major problems. Valuing Nature presents a new set of nature-based investment areas to help conservationists and investors work together. NatureVest founder William Ginn outlines the emerging private sector investing opportunities in natural assets such as green infrastructure, forests, soils, and fisheries. The first part of Valuing Nature examines the scope of nature-based impact investing while also presenting a practical overview of its limitations and the challenges facing the private sector. The second part of the book offers tools for investors and organisations to consider as they develop their own projects and tips on how non-profits can successfully navigate this new space. Case studies from around the world demonstrate how we can use private capital to achieve more sustainable uses of our natural resources without the unintended consequences plaguing so many of our current efforts. Valuing Nature provides a roadmap for conservation professionals, non-profit managers, and impact investors seeking to use market-based strategies to improve the management of natural systems.

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Book SynopsisThe world is facing dramatic geopolitical, environmental, and technological shifts. Venture Meets Mission argues that if Business, Government, and Society come together, rebuild trust, and collaborate, we have a generational opportunity to address societal challenges—climate change, cybersecurity, disease outbreaks, food insecurity, and education. The book explains, with hope and passion, how our existing entrepreneurial ecosystem, with the ideals of democracy, can be the foundation for a new mission-driven capitalism. The good news is the components of this problem-solving ecosystem already exist. The authors explain what is required to join people, purpose, and profit together for world-changing impact—starting with rebuilding trust among Business, Government, and Society. The authors draw on their leadership experience with Silicon Valley innovation, venture capital, and work at the highest levels of the federal government. The book tells engaging stories of successful entrepreneurs, with diverse perspectives and intersectional experiences, who combine mission and venture to solve critical societal problems. This book seeks to inspire a generation of students, young professionals, and entrepreneurial executives to pursue mission-driven ventures that can make the world a better place. Venture Meets Mission also explains why and how forward-thinking government officials and policymakers can harness private sector entrepreneurship and innovation to solve society's problems.Trade Review"The authors make a compelling case that the biggest challenges we face (climate change, national security, shared prosperity, etc.) will only be solved with a renewed partnership between government and entrepreneurs. Venture Meets Mission is filled with uplifting examples (e.g. NASA and SpaceX joining forces to regain U.S. leadership in space). The book inspires us to make these success stories the norm rather than the exception."—Eric Schmidt, Former CEO, Google"Brilliantly explains why we need to write new recipes to solve the problems of an increasingly complex world—and guides us on a search to find the key ingredients of empathy, innovation, public service, and entrepreneurship."—José Andrés, Chef, Humanitarian, and Founder of World Central Kitchen"Venture Meets Mission provides an aspirational roadmap for young professionals who want to make a meaningful difference in the world by building careers that balance purpose and profit"—Indra Nooyi, Former CEO, PepsiCo"As a former tech entrepreneur, and Governor, I've always believed in the power of venture-driven innovation, (coupled with the scale of government), to drive positive change. Venture Meets Mission is a compelling bipartisan call to action to address the biggest challenges of our time."—Mark Warner, United States Senator and Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee"The book's pragmatic strategies for entrepreneurial collaboration between sectors will drive positive impact and inspire changemakers in low wealth communities."—Della Clark, President of The Enterprise Center, Partner at Innovate Capital Growth Fund"Offers an important, timely road map and engaging examples to empower a generation of creative, mission-driven changemakers."—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author and Professor at Wharton Business School"As a member of a generation reared on multiple financial crises, political instability, and a pandemic, I notice in myself and my peers a strong desire to reform the status quo. The message in Venture Meets Mission inspired me to pursue a mission-oriented career in the growing ecosystem of government-facing private ventures."—Samsara Durvasula, Software Engineer, Computer Science Major, '20"Gupta, George and Fewer have written a bold, exciting, and surprisingly optimistic book. Steering clear of the usual cliches about how business can either destroy or remake society, they show clearly and realistically that firms and entrepreneurs can work effectively, profitably, and purposefully, with government. The book will rekindle for many a sense of progress, and even of hope."—Deborah Spar,Senior Associate Dean of Harvard Business School, Business in Global Society (BiGS)"Venture Meets Mission highlights one of the key superpowers of democracies: mission-driven entrepreneurship. The authors paint a compelling picture of the future, one in which ventures and government can work together for national security and economic prosperity. This book is a must-read for anyone looking to merge their patriotism and purpose with profit."—Michael McFaul, former US Ambassador to Russia; Director, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford"The world is changing fast, and we need leaders who can adapt and innovate. Venture Meets Mission is an inspiring guide for the next generation of government officials and entrepreneurs. We worked across the aisle to bring the best ideas from Silicon Valley to Congress. This book is perfect for anyone who wants to make a difference and solve the most pressing problems of our time."—US Representative Ro Khanna, United States Representative from California's 17th District"The authors of Venture Meets Mission provide an inspiring roadmap for how we can rebuild trust among society, business, and government. It's the only way to address the big critical problems like climate change, food insecurity, and education. As someone who has worked on national security issues for over two decades, inspiring people to work on this generational opportunity is more important to me now than ever."—Will Hurd, Former US Representative from Texas's 23rdDistrict"A wake-up call for early- mid- and late-career professionals to seek purpose of action. As the conflict in Ukraine showed, effective coordination between entrepreneurs and government can greatly contribute to society AND enhance our national security."—Lisa Disbrow,Former US Secretary of the Air Force"I've launched eight Silicon Valley tech companies, but I've never done work more personally rewarding than helping NSF, NIH, DoD, and other government agencies learn how to innovate rapidly. Venture Meets Mission shows you how you can make the biggest difference, and have the most fulfilling years of your career, by serving your country at the intersection of technology, innovation, venture capital, and government."—Steve Blank, Entrepreneur and Author of the Lean Startup"Meeting societal challenges requires massive inflows of capital to improve our collective future. This book details how entrepreneurial ventures funded by private capital can combine profit with purpose. Venture capitalists can collaborate with government and other actors to bring amazing solutions to market in education, climate, agriculture and other critical sectors."—Maya Chorengel, Co-Managing Partner, The Rise Fund, TPG"Venture Meets Mission brings to life two powerful ideas: how to infuse a business with an inspiring mission and how working with the government can businesses profitably achieve their mission. It is a great read for anyone thinking about working with the government to build their business while contributing to the public good."—Charles Rossotti, Co-Founder, CEO American Management Systems and Former Commissioner of IRSTable of Contents1. Idealism and Impact: Transforming with the Optimism of Entrepreneurship and the Scale of Government 2. Shared Values: Rediscovering the Common Ground Between Entrepreneurs, Government, and Society 3. A Different Compact: Innovating Public-Private Partnerships 4. Mission Venturing: How Entrepreneurs Partner with Government to Create Value and Scale Impact 5. A "Venture Meets Mission" Ecosystem: How Government Can Catalyze Innovation 6. Resolve to Act: Making a Bigger Impact with Your Career 7. The Virtuous Cycle: Aligning People, Purpose, and Profit to Create the Future We Want

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Book Synopsis''Manual for success'' The AthleticWith an opening chapter by Sir Jim RatcliffeTo mark the 25th Anniversary of the founding of INEOS in 1998, seven leading specialist authors explore the main strands of INEOS''s business, including its core chemical business to its ventures into sport, automotive, consumer goods, sustainability, next generation and philanthropy.* Dominic O''Connell on INEOS'' core petrochemicals and energy business* Patrick Barclay on INEOS''s involvement in sport from the America''s Cup to cycling, athletics to Formula 1 and football* Quentin Willson on the building of the Grenadier from scratch in response to the demise of the Land Rover Defender* Steph McGovern on INEOS'' move into the consumer goods sector with brands such as Belstaff and INEOS Hygienics, so vital during the pandemic* Sean Keach on INEOS'' journey to Net Zero and sustainable investment* Lord Sebastian CoeTrade ReviewThe book tells us more about why Ratcliffe wants to buy Manchester United, how he would fund it and what an INEOS-run United would look like than anything produced in the past eight months of best-intentioned guesswork. * The Athletic *

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Book Synopsis***SHORTLISTED FOR FT & MCKINSEY BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020*** FT Best books of 2020: Business ''In a world on fire, status quo is not a great option. Henderson rightfully argues for the refoundation of capitalism and offers thought-provoking ideas on what needs to be done to address some of the world''s greatest challenges.'' Hubert Joly, former chairman and CEO, BestBuy ________________ What if business could help solve the greatest problems of our time? Free market capitalism is one of humanity''s greatest inventions, and the greatest source of prosperity the world has ever seen. But it''s also on the verge of destroying the planet and destabilizing society in its single-minded pursuit of maximizing shareholder value. Rebecca Henderson, McArthur University Professor at Harvard University, argues for a new framework; one that can simultaneously make a positive societal impact by confronting tTrade ReviewThis powerful and readable book is a clarion call for reimagining and remaking capitalism. The market economy, which used to generate rapid productivity growth and shared prosperity, has done much less of that over the last four decades. The shifting balance of power in favor of large companies and lobbies, the gutting of basic regulations, the increasing ability of corporations and the very rich to get their way in every domain of life, and the unwillingness of the government to step up to protect its weakest citizens are likely responsible for low productivity growth and ballooning inequality in the US economy. Rebecca Henderson argues that the market system can be reformed and this can be done without unduly harming corporations. We can have a more moral and more innovative capitalism. There is hope! * Daron Acemoglu, coauthor of Why Nations Fail *'If you are unsatisfied with today's economic arguments-which too often seem to present an unappealing choice between unbridled markets and old-school collectivism-you need to read Rebecca Henderson's Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire. Henderson offers a system that rewards initiative and respects the power of free enterprise, but that also recognizes that we have a higher purpose in life than pure profit maximization. This is a book for the realist with a heart' * Arthur C. Brooks, president emeritus, American Enterprise Institute; professor of practice, Harvard Kennedy School; senior fellow, Harvard Business School; and author of Love Your Enemies *Rebecca Henderson is masterful in both elegant articulation of one of society's great challenges and clarity of vision in laying out a roadmap for practical and essential change. Reimagining Capitalism is a great read, full of insights, and a refreshing perspective that is new, practical, and ground-breaking, offering clear steps for transitioning to a capitalism that is both profitable as well as just and sustainable * Mindy Lubber, CEO and president, CERES *Rebecca Henderson is a provocative thinker on the purpose of business in society. In her new book, she advances the dialogue about the role of business in addressing the big social and environmental challenges of our time. Hers is an important voice in an essential conversation * Doug McMillon, president and CEO, Walmart *In a world on fire, status quo is not a great option. Rebecca Henderson rightfully argues for a refoundation of business and capitalism and offers thought-provoking ideas on what needs to be done to address some of the world's greatest challenges * Hubert Joly, former chairman and CEO, Best Buy *A must-read for every person with a stake in our economic system since change or die is the inescapable reality confronting capitalism. The question is how. Rebecca Henderson provides investors and corporate executives with the thought leadership and compelling examples foundational for understanding how to deliver sustainable and inclusive economic growth * Hiro Mizuno, executive managing director and chief investment officer, GPIF *'Capitalism as we know it has gotten us this far, but to take the next steps forward as a society and species we need new ways of seeing and acting on our world. That's exactly what Rebecca Henderson's book helps us do. This is a smart, timely, and much-needed reimagining of what capitalism can be' * Yancey Strickler, cofounder and former CEO, Kickstarter, and author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World *A breakthrough book, beautifully written, combining deep humanity, sharp intellect, and a thorough knowledge of business. It rigorously dismantles old arguments about why capitalism can't be transformed and will reach people who haven't yet connected with the need for deep change * Lindsay Levin, founding partner, Leaders’ Quest and Future Stewards *With great clarity and passion, Rebecca Henderson provides a stellar guide to building a purpose-driven organization, the surest path to success in a time of rising temperatures and declining trust * Andrew McAfee, author of More from Less and coauthor of The Second Machine Age and Machine, Platform, Crowd *Rebecca Henderson weaves together research and personal experience with clarity and vision, illustrating the potential for business to benefit both itself and society by leading on the most challenging issues of our day. Read, and feel hopeful * Judith Samuelson, vice president, the Aspen Institute *Reimagining Capitalism is a breath of fresh air. Written in lively prose, easily accessible to lay readers, and chock full of interesting case studies, Henderson comprehensively surveys what we need to secure a workable future. Some readers may think she goes too far in places, others may think she doesn't go far enough, but everyone will want to think about the economy she urges us to create * Larry Kramer, president of the Hewlett Foundation *'Business it at the start of a sea-change. Rebecca Henderson brilliantly captures this moment when the tide is reversing its flow, from short-term shareholder value to forward-looking common purpose. It will be an essential guide for business strategy in riding these turbulent seas' * Paul Collier, Oxford University, Author of The Future of Capitalism *I loved every bit of Rebecca Henderson's practical, insightful, and engaging book. It's a must read for any leader who wants to be around for the longer term, showing not only how to position a company successfully in this new world but also how to grow personally through the process * Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, co-founder and chair, IMAGINE *A readable, persuasive argument that our ways of doing business will have to change if we are to prosper-or even survive * Kirkus *This accessible and richly detailed call to action offers a clear vision for policy makers and business executives who agree with Henderson that the private sector has an obligation to tackle the world's biggest problems * Publishers Weekly *This powerful and readable book is a clarion call for reimagining and remaking capitalism. The market economy, which used to generate rapid productivity growth and shared prosperity, has done much less of that over the last four decades. The shifting balance of power in favor of large companies and lobbies, the gutting of basic regulations, the increasing ability of corporations and the very rich to get their way in every domain of life, and the unwillingness of the government to step up to protect its weakest citizens are likely responsible for low productivity growth and ballooning inequality in the US economy. Rebecca Henderson argues that the market system can be reformed and this can be done without unduly harming corporations. We can have a more moral and more innovative capitalism. There is hope! * Daron Acemoglu, coauthor of Why Nations Fail *'If you are unsatisfied with today's economic arguments-which too often seem to present an unappealing choice between unbridled markets and old-school collectivism-you need to read Rebecca Henderson's Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire. Henderson offers a system that rewards initiative and respects the power of free enterprise, but that also recognizes that we have a higher purpose in life than pure profit maximization. This is a book for the realist with a heart' * Arthur C. Brooks, president emeritus, American Enterprise Institute; professor of practice, Harvard Kennedy School; senior fellow, Harvard Business School; and author of Love Your Enemies *Rebecca Henderson is masterful in both elegant articulation of one of society's great challenges and clarity of vision in laying out a roadmap for practical and essential change. Reimagining Capitalism is a great read, full of insights, and a refreshing perspective that is new, practical, and ground-breaking, offering clear steps for transitioning to a capitalism that is both profitable as well as just and sustainable * Mindy Lubber, CEO and president, CERES *Rebecca Henderson is a provocative thinker on the purpose of business in society. In her new book, she advances the dialogue about the role of business in addressing the big social and environmental challenges of our time. Hers is an important voice in an essential conversation * Doug McMillon, president and chief executive officer, Walmart *In a world on fire, status quo is not a great option. Rebecca Henderson rightfully argues for a refoundation of business and capitalism and offers thought-provoking ideas on what needs to be done to address some of the world's greatest challenges * Hubert Joly, former chairman and CEO, Best Buy *A must-read for every person with a stake in our economic system since change or die is the inescapable reality confronting capitalism. The question is how. Rebecca Henderson provides investors and corporate executives with the thought leadership and compelling examples foundational for understanding how to deliver sustainable and inclusive economic growth * Hiro Mizuno, executive managing director and chief investment officer, GPIF *'Capitalism as we know it has gotten us this far, but to take the next steps forward as a society and species we need new ways of seeing and acting on our world. That's exactly what Rebecca Henderson's book helps us do. This is a smart, timely, and much-needed reimagining of what capitalism can be' * Yancey Strickler, cofounder and former CEO, Kickstarter, and author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World *A breakthrough book, beautifully written, combining deep humanity, sharp intellect, and a thorough knowledge of business. It rigorously dismantles old arguments about why capitalism can't be transformed and will reach people who haven't yet connected with the need for deep change * Lindsay Levin, founding partner, Leaders’ Quest and Future Stewards *With great clarity and passion, Rebecca Henderson provides a stellar guide to building a purpose-driven organization, the surest path to success in a time of rising temperatures and declining trust * Andrew McAfee, author of More from Less and coauthor of The Second Machine Age and Machine, Platform, Crowd *Rebecca Henderson weaves together research and personal experience with clarity and vision, illustrating the potential for business to benefit both itself and society by leading on the most challenging issues of our day. Read, and feel hopeful * Judith Samuelson, vice president, the Aspen Institute *Reimagining Capitalism is a breath of fresh air. Written in lively prose, easily accessible to lay readers, and chock full of interesting case studies, Henderson comprehensively surveys what we need to secure a workable future. Some readers may think she goes too far in places, others may think she doesn't go far enough, but everyone will want to think about the economy she urges us to create * Larry Kramer, president of the Hewlett Foundation *'Business it at the start of a sea-change. Rebecca Henderson brilliantly captures this moment when the tide is reversing its flow, from short-term shareholder value to forward-looking common purpose. It will be an essential guide for business strategy in riding these turbulent seas' * Paul Collier, Oxford University, Author of The Future of Capitalism *I loved every bit of Rebecca Henderson's practical, insightful, and engaging book. It's a must read for any leader who wants to be around for the longer term, showing not only how to position a company successfully in this new world but also how to grow personally through the process * Paul Polman, former CEO of Unilever, co-founder and chair, IMAGINE *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"William D. Nordhaus, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics""One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books""A Project Syndicate Commentators' Best Reads of the Year""Winner of the Silver Medal in Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability, Axiom Business Book Awards""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Nordhaus’s green compendium is rational and balanced. . . . The author of The Spirit of Green clearly cares intensely about the climate, believes economics offers answers, and sees some welcome positive trends."---Richard Beales, Reuters Breakingviews"A compelling read, and a highly recommended up-to-date guide to the economics of the environment and climate change."---Bejoy K. Thomas, Current Science"In this superb analysis, Nordhaus (Yale Univ.), Nobel laureate in economics, contends that addressing environmental problems should not inhibit economic growth. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *

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Book Synopsis'Everyone knows we’re doomed by runaway overpopulation, pollution, or resource depletion, whichever comes first. Not only is this view paralysing and fatalistic, but, as Andrew McAfee shows in this exhilarating book, it’s wrong... More from Less is fascinating, enjoyable to read, and tremendously empowering' – Steven PinkerBestselling author and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy Andrew McAfee says there’s a new reason for optimism: we’re past the point of 'peak stuff' – from here on out, it’ll take fewer resources to make things, and cost less to lead a comfortable life. This turn of events invalidates the predictions of overpopulation alarmists and those who argue we need to drastically reduce our conception of how much is enough. What has made this turnabout possible? One thing primarily: the collaboration between technTrade Review'Everyone knows we’re doomed by runaway overpopulation, pollution, or resource depletion, whichever comes first. Not only is this view paralysing and fatalistic, but, as Andrew McAfee shows in this exhilarating book, it’s wrong. One of the great underappreciated developments of recent decades is that technology, prosperity good governance, and environmental consciousness are allowing people to have more of the good things in life with less despoliation of the planet. More from Less is fascinating, enjoyable to read and tremendously empowering.' -- Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now'For many years now, Andrew McAfee has been arguing that the fourth industrial revolution would transform our economies and the quality of our lives. In his new book More from Less he applies his positive approach to the case of our planet, arguing that we have reached a critical tipping point where technology is allowing us to actually reduce our ecological footprint - a truly counterintuitive finding! Is McAfee downplaying the sheer scale of the economic transformation required to meet climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement? No, and he acknowledges the monumental efforts required, but argues that the tools, the scale, the governance and the policies are available to turn the course of development for the better instead of for worse. His optimism is a breath of fresh air substantiated by real research and empirical findings. [This book is] well worth reading even if your first impression, like mine, is: it can’t be true!' -- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the IMF'In More from Less Andrew McAfee lays out a compelling blueprint showing how we can support human life using fewer natural resources, improve the state of the world, and replenish the planet for centuries to come.' -- Marc Benioff, Chairman and joint CEO of Salesforce, author of Trailblazer'I've always believed that technological progress and entrepreneurship make our lives better. Here, Andrew McAfee shows how these powerful forces are helping us make our planet better too, instead of degrading it. For anyone who wants to help create a future that is both sustainable and abundant, this book is essential reading.' -- Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn'This book is the best kind of surprise. It tells us something about our relationship with our planet that is both unexpected and hopeful. The evidence Andy presents is convincing: we have at last learned how to tread more lightly on the Earth. More from Less shows how we accomplished this, and tells us how to keep it going.' -- Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google'Andrew McAfee’s new book addresses an urgent need in our world today: defining a framework for addressing big global challenges. His proposals are based on a thorough analysis of the state of the world, combined with a refreshing can-do attitude.' -- Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum'In More from Less Andrew McAfee conclusively demonstrates how environmentalism requires more technology and capitalism, not less. Our modern technologies actually dematerialise our consumption, giving us higher human welfare with lower material inputs. This is an urgently needed and clear-eyed view of how to have our technological cake and eat it too.' -- Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Netscape'In More from Less, Andrew McAfee tells the riveting story of how humanity is turning the corner with respect to what had been massive, steady increases in consumption of raw materials. By subverting our common perceptions of capitalism and technology as enemies of progress and environmental preservation, McAfee offers all of us a clear-eyed source of optimism and hope. Critically, he also makes the case for what comes next - offering up vital lessons that have the potential to make the world both more prosperous and more just.' -- Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation'Yet another magnificent contribution from Andrew McAfee. Along with his prior works, More from Less will help us navigate society’s future in profound ways.' -- Clayton M. Christensen, Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School'The shortest path to improving the world is to notice objectively what is already working, and do more of it. As for the things that are still going wrong, figure out the minimalist way to turn them around, and do that. McAfee’s More from Less is packed with practical news and advice that will disconcert ideologues of every stripe.' -- Stewart Brand, Author of The Whole Earth Catalog * Author of The Whole Earth Catalog *'McAfee synthesises a vast literature on economics and the environment into a lucid, robust defence of technological progress, including nuclear power and GMOs. This stimulating challenge to anti-capitalist alarmists is full of fascinating information and provocative insights.' * Publishers Weekly *

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Book SynopsisManaging the climate transition will be one of the biggest challenges ever faced by business and government. Managing the social impacts of the climate transition will be one of the biggest challenges ever faced by business and government.

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewGates' book is compulsively readable. His ambition was to 'cut through the noise' and give consumers better tools for understanding what works, an ambition he meets admirably. It more than that, however. Gates can get an audience with anyone, can marshal almost limitless resources, and is dogged in the detail. The result - particularly in the wake of the Trump presidency - is thrilling -- Emma Brockes * The Guardian *Of the many books I have come across recently making the case that climate change will be a catastrophe, but we can do something about it, this is the best ... The relentless practicality of the book combined with Gates's firm faith in innovation do not promote despair. He exudes optimism; things will get better, not least because, as John Lennon once sang, they can't get no worse -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times *It is mostly concerned with solutions rather than problems. This already marks it out as something of an outlier within environmental literature... if you're after an approachable book about what needs to happen next, this is a great place to start -- Ed Conway * The Times *Bold but well argued ... a compelling explanation of how the world can stop global warming by reducing greenhouse gas emissions effectively to zero... [Gates] is a serious and genuine force for good on climate change -- Bob Ward * Observer *How to Avoid a Climate Disaster is clear, concise on a colossal subject, and intelligently holistic in its approach to the problem. -- Adam Vaughan * New Scientist *It all makes for a meaty manifesto which Gates hopes can offer sufficient variety to appeal across political divides and "shift the conversation" away from the polarisation and misinformation that has clouded discussion about climate change up until now. -- Martin Bentham * Evening Standard *Books about the environment can induce a paralysing despair. The billionaire Bill Gates is a can-do, problem-solving chap, and his book is full of detailed, practical plans * The Times *Gates's carefully packaged nuggets of information are not only easy to understand, but they aim to provide the reader with practical tools to engage with the density of climate change information ... What Gates has achieved with his book is something rare in the swelling arena of popular climate literature. The Microsoft co-founder turned philanthropist has compiled a solutions-based strategy that is as informed on the commercial realities of scaling new technologies as it is on the environmental consequences of not doing so. -- Daniel Murray * The Business Post *The most refreshing aspect of this book is its bracing mix of cold-eyed realism and number-crunched optimism ... Ultimately [Gates's] book is a primer on how to reorganise the global economy so that innovation focuses on the world's gravest problems. It is a powerful reminder that if mankind is to get serious about tackling them, it must do more to harness the one natural resource available in infinite quantity-human ingenuity. * Economist *Gates plots out, in patient, simple prose, a pathway that would allow us to reduce carbon emissions from the current 51 billion tonnes a year to zero by 2050. -- Thomas Jones * London Review of Books *"System change not climate change!" cry the protesters, demanding that we choose between capitalism and a healthy planet. "Oh!" the less ascetically minded among us might pout. "Can't we have both?" Thankfully, according to Bill Gates, we can. In How to Avoid a Climate Disaster he outlines the new technologies we need to fight climate change, and how businesses can help to invent and deploy them. Capitalism is not only capable of stopping climate change, he says, it's also the only way to provide a decent standard of living to the world's poorest. -- Ben Cooke * The Times Books of the Year *This is an optimistic account of how climate change might be solved without destroying the world's economies in the process. * The Times *

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Book SynopsisIn a globalized world, business ethics continues to gain importance as a field of study. Using a novel approach that centres on economic theory and analysis, this book provides students with a comprehensive overview of the essential concepts of business ethics related to both the economy as a whole and corporate ethics of the individual company.Trade ReviewNotably, this book aims to prepare readers for work in such emerging fields as corporate digital responsibility. * C. Wankel, St. John's University, New York, Choice Connect *an original contribution to business ethics and advances the status of the discipline. As a result of its relatively complex expositions, the book would be suitable for students in their third or final year of under-graduate studies and for any post-graduate orientation at Honours and Masters level. Businesspeople and practitioners will gain valuable insights from the many useful case studies, reflections on global issues, and specifically the section on corporate ethics. Oxford University Press and the authors are to be thanked for their efforts to produce a book of high quality. * Petrus Naudé, South African Journal of Business Management *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Business Ethics in the Age of Globalization 2: Basic Concepts 3: Historical-Economic Background: Pre-Modernity and Modernity 4: Foundations and Tools of Business Ethics 5: Problem Areas of Business Ethics 6: Corporate Ethics Conclusion Glossary

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Book SynopsisPeople often face complex, novel, fateful, and wildly unbounded problems throughout their lives. In their work, disciplinary scientists hone their wisdom on the complexities of necessarily bounded problems. Bounded Disciplines and Unbounded Problems offers a vision for schools of management science to bring these worlds together, by doing more of what they do best, co-creating solutions in ways that serve the world and the disciplines. Disciplinary wisdom is illustrated with studies eliciting beliefs and preferences. Collaboration is illustrated with a wide variety of applications, including climate, energy, health, security, technology, and natural disasters. The proposed strategy, for bonding bounded disciplines, offers a realistic path forward, at a time when the value of academia is sometimes questioned by the public, students, and even some of its members.

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Book SynopsisA hopeful look at the next business boom: partnerships between Asian corporations, the government, and civil society to create new technologies that will help save the most crowded places on Earth.Trade ReviewIn this well-researched and ultimately optimistic account, Mark L. Clifford makes the case that environmental policies 'can and must be fixed' and gives us examples of companies that have worked to find private-sector solutions. In doing so, he sheds much-needed light on the workings and future of the region's efforts on the environment and on the need for governments to set clear rules so that business can do its part to solve the region's environmental crisis. -- Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in EconomicsPicking up a copy of Mark Clifford's new book is a good way to start the New Year. [it] is a terrific reminder that innovation and a core commitment to sustainability can push change in transformative ways. That gives us all something to celebrate in 2015. -- Elizabeth C. Economy * Asia Unbound *With wisdom and insights sprinkled throughout, The Greening of Asia demonstrates that innovation and a core commitment to sustainability are beginning to build a greener prosperity in the world's fastest growing region.... A well-researched, hopeful book. -- Doug Ogden * Asian Review of Books *it is refreshing to see a clear-headed argument... that markets and greenery can go together. Asian companies, he says, are ready to clean up. * The Economist *The Greening of Asia is an easy read and is filled with anecdotes that make the stories come alive. They range from the humorous and light-hearted to the sobering to the downright horrifying, and serve as a reminder that the region is complex, multi-faceted and needs solutions that are as diverse. -- Jean Chua * EcoBusiness *Clifford is an astute analyst of the financial dilemmas at Asian companies that are either in "green" businesses or have visionary owners, as at Esquel and CLP, who want to adopt environmentally sustainable policies -- Victor Mallet * Financial Times *Thought-provoking. -- Preeti Dawra * Mint Asia *Essential reading for policy makers and business leaders considering the effects of climate change on Asia and the rest of the world, including the world's political landscape.... [The Greening of Asia] should be on the shelf of every library. * Choice *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction: Green Shoots Under Soot-Stained SkiesPart I. Energy: Sun, Wind, and the End of Coal1. The Sun Kings2. Blowin' in the WindPart II. Our Human World: Cities, Buildings, Wheels3. Cities in a Garden4. Buildings for a Greener Asia5. Asia on the Move: Cars and TrainsPart III. Nature: Forests, Farms, and Water6. "Water Is More Important Than Oil"7. The Tropical Challenge: Saving Asia's Lungs8. "Adhere and Prosper": From Black Coal to Green PowerConclusion. From Black to Green: Asia's ChallengeAppendix: Companies to WatchBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe Power of And offers a new narrative about the nature of business, revealing the focus on responsibility and ethics that unites today’s most influential ideas and companies. R. Edward Freeman, Kirsten E. Martin, and Bidhan L. Parmar detail an emerging business model built on five key concepts.Trade ReviewSelected by the Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership as a Favorite Book of 2020. * Notre Dame Deloitte Center for Ethical Leadership *For over forty years Ed Freeman has been the intellectual leader championing stakeholder philosophy for both the academic and the business communities. The Power of And shows us that the old narrative, which tells us the only purpose of business is to maximize short-term profits for investors, is steadily being replaced with a new narrative that is more inclusive and comprehensive. The new business narrative is about finding win-win-win solutions to challenges and problems, which minimizes or eliminates trade-offs and which make our collective world a better place. -- John P. Mackey, cofounder and CEO of Whole Foods Market and coauthor of Conscious CapitalismIn the twenty-first century, the old story that businesses only care for profits and shareholders and pursue these above else is incomplete. The Power of And shows the way forward, illustrating how businesses can embed powerful purpose in their business strategy, intertwining ethics and responsibility with value creation. Freeman, Martin, and Parmar weave a compelling narrative, acknowledging the complexities of organizations and people and their effect on societies. The book is a must-read for practitioners and students. -- Martina Hund-Mejean, former CFO of Mastercard, chair of the Mastercard Impact FundI've long believed that changing the world of business is the straight line between where we are today and a better world. It’s time for real system change and an update to what we consider business as usual. These expert authors put a human lens on the path forward from a shareholder-supremacy model to a stakeholder-oriented model, and offer clear examples of the changes needed and the companies leading the way. Highly recommend! -- Kip Tindell, cofounder of the Container StoreAt a time when the role and even future of corporations in our society is being questioned, The Power Of And offers a timely and compelling argument that companies can and must take a broad and inclusive view of their responsibilities to all of their stakeholders if they are to maintain their social license to operate in the future. -- Wick Moorman, retired chairman and CEO, Norfolk Southern CorporationThis book clearly explains, in a managerial accessible language, that there is a growing recognition that the business of business is responsible action, not simply profit seeking. The authors use extensive compelling examples of leading business practice, demonstrating that being responsible is the new normal, not a fringe business practice. They highlight how responsible business practice is an asset, rather than a cost. Debunking outdated thinking in a practical way, by getting managers to reconsider what they do and why, they identify how by adopting this approach managers and their businesses are part of the solution to complex social and environmental problems. -- Michael Jay Polonsky, Alfred Deakin Professor and Chair, Deakin Business SchoolTable of ContentsAcknowledgments1. The New Story of Business2. What’s Wrong with the Traditional Story of Business3. Purpose and Profits4. Stakeholders and Shareholders5. Society and Markets6. Humanity and Economics7. Business and Ethics8. Realizing the New StoryNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how one of the world’s leading environmental campaigns took off and shares lessons from its success. Interweaving interviews from participants, activists, and experts, Plastic Free tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people have created change in their homes, communities, workplaces, schools, businesses, and beyond.Trade ReviewPlastic Free shows how one person’s actions can ripple out and cause good around the globe. Never has there been a more important time to share hope and action and combine them for our Mother Earth. -- Melissa Joan Hart, actressPlastic Free July inspires me to step up my commitment to reducing single-use plastic in my daily life and on tour. -- Jack Johnson, musician and Plastic Free Foundation ambassadorPlastic Free shows us how to organize around our innate desire for a beautiful, clean environment and eventually change, in a fundamental way, the system that unnecessarily creates the ugly mess. -- Captain Charles Moore, veteran seafarer and author of Plastic OceanSome people feel overwhelmed by the environmental state of affairs and wait for politicians or manufacturers to change; others, like Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, take matters into their own hands, starting with their own lives. This is the success story of a global movement. It proves that change is in consumers’ hands, that individual action has more power than ever. Use this book to be inspired, or, better, use it as a template to change the world in your own way! -- Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your WasteThe more time I spend at sea, the more I realize that the solutions start on land. This book will guide you on that journey to making global change for the ocean from your doorstep. -- Emily Penn, ocean advocate, skipper, and cofounder of eXXpeditionNot just an inspiring story and a practical resource, this is evidence that grassroots actions by ordinary individuals and communities can make a material difference to the most wicked of environmental and social problems. Hats off. -- Tim Winton, authorFew people have spent as much time as Rebecca Prince-Ruiz trying to work out how to minimize the plastic in our lives. -- Craig Reucassel, comedian and presenter of War on WastePassionate call to action. ['Plastic Free' is] a comprehensive guidebook to anti-plastic activism. Sage advice for reducing plastic consumption, a necessity for our survival. Our verdict: Get it. * Kirkus *Motivating. 'Plastic Free July' founder [Rebecca] Prince-Ruiz tells the story of how she started an environmental movement and offers solutions for decreasing waste in this accessible account. Readers eager to reduce their plastic consumption would do well to pick up this excellent primer. * Publishers Weekly *Plastic Free is the remarkable story of how a social media post from an isolated corner of Western Australia grew into a global network of 250m activists. The 'accidental campaign' has since grown into an influential environmental movement. * Foreword Reviews *This is an inspiring and easy read for anyone questioning their plastic use. It provides comprehensive background information for educators and would make a welcome addition to a high school library. * Green Teacher *Table of ContentsWelcome1. The Day the Penny Dropped2. The Challenge Begins3. The Story of Throwaway Living4. Tackling the Top 45. Plastic Sea6. Try to Do Better7. It’s All About the Sharing8. Momentum Builds and the Movement Grows9. We’re All in This Together10. Life Beyond PlasticPostscriptResourcesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how one of the world’s leading environmental campaigns took off and shares lessons from its success. Interweaving interviews from participants, activists, and experts, Plastic Free tells the inspiring story of how ordinary people have created change in their homes, communities, workplaces, schools, businesses, and beyond.Trade ReviewPlastic Free shows how one person’s actions can ripple out and cause good around the globe. Never has there been a more important time to share hope and action and combine them for our Mother Earth. -- Melissa Joan Hart, actressPlastic Free July inspires me to step up my commitment to reducing single-use plastic in my daily life and on tour. -- Jack Johnson, musician and Plastic Free Foundation ambassadorPlastic Free shows us how to organize around our innate desire for a beautiful, clean environment and eventually change, in a fundamental way, the system that unnecessarily creates the ugly mess. -- Captain Charles Moore, veteran seafarer and author of Plastic OceanSome people feel overwhelmed by the environmental state of affairs and wait for politicians or manufacturers to change; others, like Rebecca Prince-Ruiz, take matters into their own hands, starting with their own lives. This is the success story of a global movement. It proves that change is in consumers’ hands, that individual action has more power than ever. Use this book to be inspired, or, better, use it as a template to change the world in your own way! -- Bea Johnson, author of Zero Waste Home: The Ultimate Guide to Simplifying Your Life by Reducing Your WasteThe more time I spend at sea, the more I realize that the solutions start on land. This book will guide you on that journey to making global change for the ocean from your doorstep. -- Emily Penn, ocean advocate, skipper, and cofounder of eXXpeditionNot just an inspiring story and a practical resource, this is evidence that grassroots actions by ordinary individuals and communities can make a material difference to the most wicked of environmental and social problems. Hats off. -- Tim Winton, authorFew people have spent as much time as Rebecca Prince-Ruiz trying to work out how to minimize the plastic in our lives. -- Craig Reucassel, comedian and presenter of War on WastePassionate call to action. ['Plastic Free' is] a comprehensive guidebook to anti-plastic activism. Sage advice for reducing plastic consumption, a necessity for our survival. Our verdict: Get it. * Kirkus *Motivating. 'Plastic Free July' founder [Rebecca] Prince-Ruiz tells the story of how she started an environmental movement and offers solutions for decreasing waste in this accessible account. Readers eager to reduce their plastic consumption would do well to pick up this excellent primer. * Publishers Weekly *Plastic Free is the remarkable story of how a social media post from an isolated corner of Western Australia grew into a global network of 250m activists. The 'accidental campaign' has since grown into an influential environmental movement. * Foreword Reviews *This is an inspiring and easy read for anyone questioning their plastic use. It provides comprehensive background information for educators and would make a welcome addition to a high school library. * Green Teacher *Table of ContentsWelcome1. The Day the Penny Dropped2. The Challenge Begins3. The Story of Throwaway Living4. Tackling the Top 45. Plastic Sea6. Try to Do Better7. It’s All About the Sharing8. Momentum Builds and the Movement Grows9. We’re All in This Together10. Life Beyond PlasticPostscriptResourcesAcknowledgmentsIndex

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Book SynopsisEarly in the COVID-19 pandemic, a global volunteer collaboration called Pivot Projects was formed to rethink how the world works. In The Pivot, the journalist Steve Hamm, who embedded in the group from the start, tells the remarkable story of a collaborative experiment seeking to make societies more sustainable and resilient.Trade ReviewHamm, one of the most talented business journalists, has reached across fields, culture, and continents to bring to life an optimistic vision of social change. Against a backdrop of tragedy, the Pivot Projects have tapped brilliant creative minds to provide realistic solutions to vexing problems through imagination and action. -- Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld, senior associate dean for leadership studies and Lester Crown Professor in the Practice of Management, Yale School of ManagementThe Pivot is an engaging nonstop ride through the development of a vision to address the world’s major problems by systems scientists and community activists who came together to assess key challenges that face us. -- Michael Batty, Bartlett Professor of Planning and Chair of the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College LondonThe Pivot is a readable and engaging narrative account of an audacious attempt to stimulate change at a global level. -- Professor Ruth Crick, Director, Jearni Sciences CICThe book effortlessly guides us through the ideation and inception stages of the project, onto the pivots undertaken and lessons learned through trial and error, finally revealing how this framework of local action began to emerge, before handing it over to us, the inspired reader, to take what we've learned and contribute to the mission of tackling climate change. * SmartThinkingBooks *Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, "The Pivot: Addressing Global Problems Through Local Action" is an inherently informed and informative study and one that should be a part of every community, college, and university library Sustainable/Green Business Development collection and supplemental curriculum studies list. * Midwest Book Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The MissionPoem: An Imagined Letter from COVID-19 to Humans2. The Core TeamProfile: Shulamit Morris-Evans, British Extinction Rebellion activist3. The ScrumProfile: Waël Alafandi, Syrian refugee studying in France4. StrugglesProfile: Anh Nguyen, Vietnamese fish exporter studying in Sweden5. Remapping the WorldProfile: Tom Rossiter, American architect and photographer6. The Theory of EverythingProfile: Anna Panagiotou, Greek archaeologist7. Rethinking ResilienceProfile: Sharmin Sarah Mim, Bangladeshi teacher-trainer8. Talking to RobotsProfile: Shay Hershkovitz, Israeli political scientist and start-up executive9. Points of LightProfile: Gamelilhe Sibanda, Zimbabwean technical adviser to the United Nations10. PlacesProfile: Paola Bay, Italian artist and designer11. Bright IdeasProfile: Ian Mabbett, Welsh university professor and inventor12. ConnectingNotes

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a positive vision of an environmentally sustainable future and lays out the steps ahead as we make the transition. Steven Cohen explores the causes of environmental degradation and examines what sustainability looks like in practice.Trade ReviewAs a preeminent scholar of environmental science and policy, Steven Cohen is uniquely qualified to assess the major question of this extraordinary book: ‘How do we realistically get from the current economic paradigm to one that permits economic growth while protecting the planet’s ecosystems?’ With rigor and nuance, he analyzes the challenges, assesses the competing ideological positions, and proposes pragmatic responses that can help us achieve a growing economy within the limits of environmental sustainability. His levelheaded and well-founded evaluations provide workable responses to the competing economic and environmental forces that face society. I salute his optimistic outlook and urge that stakeholders at all levels heed his carefully balanced recommendations. -- Michael M. Crow, president and professor of science and technology policy, Arizona State UniversityEnvironmentally Sustainable Growth offers a comprehensive yet digestible approach to building a sustainable future. Cohen’s deep expertise working in the field of environmental sustainability shines through in this book. He synthesizes several decades of knowledge while incorporating timely lessons and examples that illustrate his pragmatic approach. These lessons include strategic investments in infrastructure, technology, industrial processes, political processes, and organizational capacity, which are all necessary for overcoming the barriers we face in achieving a sustainable future. Anyone interested in understanding how to minimize the impacts of human consumption and production on environmental health without sacrificing the vibrancy of our economy should read Environmentally Sustainable Growth. -- Tanya Heikkila, codirector of the Center for Policy and Democracy, University of Colorado DenverEnvironmentally Sustainable Growth offers an ambitious framework and road map for how societies can transform themselves to become more sustainable. An original and significant contribution to the literature on sustainable development. -- Sheldon Kamieniecki, dean emeritus, Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa CruzCohen does a marvelous job of illustrating case examples, drawing on years of research on environmental sustainability, stressing especially those issues most relevant to younger generations. Libraries with collections on environmental studies, the sciences, and natural resource policy and management should have a copy of this text. Highly recommended. * Choice Reviews *Highly recommended. * American Library Association (ALA) *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Defining and Understanding Environmental Sustainability2. The Current State of Environmental Degradation3. The Fundamental Causes of Environmental Degradation4. A Strategy for Reducing Pollution and Growing a Renewable Resource-Based Economy5. Building Public Sector Infrastructure to Support Environmental Sustainability6. Changing the Politics and Communication of Environmental SustainabilityConclusion: The Long Transition to Environmental Sustainability Is Already UnderwayIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a positive vision of an environmentally sustainable future and lays out the steps ahead as we make the transition. Steven Cohen explores the causes of environmental degradation and examines what sustainability looks like in practice.Trade ReviewAs a preeminent scholar of environmental science and policy, Steven Cohen is uniquely qualified to assess the major question of this extraordinary book: ‘How do we realistically get from the current economic paradigm to one that permits economic growth while protecting the planet’s ecosystems?’ With rigor and nuance, he analyzes the challenges, assesses the competing ideological positions, and proposes pragmatic responses that can help us achieve a growing economy within the limits of environmental sustainability. His levelheaded and well-founded evaluations provide workable responses to the competing economic and environmental forces that face society. I salute his optimistic outlook and urge that stakeholders at all levels heed his carefully balanced recommendations. -- Michael M. Crow, president and professor of science and technology policy, Arizona State UniversityEnvironmentally Sustainable Growth offers a comprehensive yet digestible approach to building a sustainable future. Cohen’s deep expertise working in the field of environmental sustainability shines through in this book. He synthesizes several decades of knowledge while incorporating timely lessons and examples that illustrate his pragmatic approach. These lessons include strategic investments in infrastructure, technology, industrial processes, political processes, and organizational capacity, which are all necessary for overcoming the barriers we face in achieving a sustainable future. Anyone interested in understanding how to minimize the impacts of human consumption and production on environmental health without sacrificing the vibrancy of our economy should read Environmentally Sustainable Growth. -- Tanya Heikkila, codirector of the Center for Policy and Democracy, University of Colorado DenverEnvironmentally Sustainable Growth offers an ambitious framework and road map for how societies can transform themselves to become more sustainable. An original and significant contribution to the literature on sustainable development. -- Sheldon Kamieniecki, dean emeritus, Division of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa CruzCohen does a marvelous job of illustrating case examples, drawing on years of research on environmental sustainability, stressing especially those issues most relevant to younger generations. Libraries with collections on environmental studies, the sciences, and natural resource policy and management should have a copy of this text. Highly recommended. * Choice Reviews *Highly recommended. * American Library Association (ALA) *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. Defining and Understanding Environmental Sustainability2. The Current State of Environmental Degradation3. The Fundamental Causes of Environmental Degradation4. A Strategy for Reducing Pollution and Growing a Renewable Resource-Based Economy5. Building Public Sector Infrastructure to Support Environmental Sustainability6. Changing the Politics and Communication of Environmental SustainabilityConclusion: The Long Transition to Environmental Sustainability Is Already UnderwayIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA clear guide into how economic reasoning can filter through noise and identify solutions for problems, big and small. * Financial Times *Angner shows that economics is a deeply moral endeavour that should give us hope that many of our most pressing problems can be solved. * Niall Kishtainy, author of A Little History of Economics *[T]his book is a success, bucking the trend by prescribing practical solutions to humanity's biggest challenges and explaining the economic rationale behind them with refreshing - and highly readable - clarity -- James Wilson * Tortoise *A brilliantly clear explanation of how, in the right hands, the insights of Economics can be used to make the world a better place -- Rohini Pande * Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics, Director, Economic Growth Center, Yale *Provides an optimistic outline for improving society and our lives. With pristine clarity, good humor, and solid authority, Angner sketches solutions to the most stubborn problems, both small and large, from poor retirement planning to poverty itself. The same simple yet bracing themes run through all of the success stories: Rely on data, use the economist's methodological toolkit, and have a more experimental attitude toward fixing our most difficult problems. His prescriptions even contain norm-changing hints of how to get ordinary folks to implement his recommendations. Whether or not we show the good sense to comply with its lessons, How Economics Can Save the World exposes the decision-making structures that cause persistent threats to our happiness and well-being, and provides readers with the tools, knowledge, and hopeful impulse to disable these threats' -- J.D. Trout * John and Mae Calamos Professor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology *This wonderful book demystifies economics and explains the practical tools it provides for thinking about challenges we all face in everyday life - from getting small children to go to sleep to doing what we can to tackle climate change. -- Diane Coyle * Professor of Public Policy, Cambridge University *A fun and engaging read, designed to help us make better choices, lead better lives, and make a better world. Angner teaches us how to understand the life-defining realities of our world as economics, from sleep-training a baby, choosing between jobs, or building a community. He then teaches us how to manages those realities-including how to save and invest-- by applying the tools and insights learned from economic theory and behavioral research -- L. A. Paul * Millstone Family Professor, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Yale *Angner blends economic history, theory and practice wonderfully to draw out how powerful economics can be. Written in an accessible and engaging way, this book is full of lessons to show how economics can practically make your life, and the world around you, a better place -- Jack Meaning and Rupal Patel * Bank of England economists and authors of Can’t We Just Print More Money? *A book brimming with beautiful explanations of important ideas and surprising discoveries * Tore Ellingsen, Stockholm School of Economics, former Chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel *A fascinating, playful approach to a subject that can so often seem complicated and unrelated to the challenges of everyday life. With an engaging, entertaining style, Angner blends the practical and theoretical to leave the reader informed and inspired to put this way of thinking into practice -- Eloise Skinner * author of But Are You Alive? *Did you know that economics has a lot to say about building communities, figuring out how to avoid fooling ourselves, and may even possess the key to being happy in life? Angner makes a case for all these points and more. He is the perfect tour guide to economics -- Jay Bhattacharya * Stanford University *How Economics Can Save The World makes the convincing case that economics is about so much more than money ... whether that means helping people make better decisions about how to spend our limited time, or developing a more effective way to encourage organ donations, or figuring out how to sift through contrary parenting advice and find the approach that works. All these things, Angner painstakingly explains, are economics in action. And what's more, we can use these principles in our own lives to make the world a better place. -- Kirsty Sedgman * Lecturer at the University of Bristol and author of On Being Unreasonable *An excellent book for people who want to know what economists do. * Robbie Mochrie, Senior Lecturer, Heriot-Watt University *A fun and highly informative read * The Irish Times *A really nicely done introduction to economics and what it can do. It’s a great book for a young adult/teenager considering studying economics, or perhaps an adult who has always wanted to know what economics is but never quite dared to find out * Five Books *

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Book SynopsisEconomics has the power to make the world a better, happier and safer place: this book shows you howOur world is in a mess. The challenges of climate change, inequality, hunger and a global pandemic mean our way of life seems more imperilled and society more divided than ever; but economics can help! From parenting to organ donation, housing to anti-social behaviour, economics provides the tools we need to fix the biggest issues of today. Far from being a means to predict the stock market or enrich the elite, economics provides a lens through which we can better understand how things work, design clever solutions and create the conditions in which we can all flourish. With a healthy dose of optimism, and packed with stories of economics in everyday situations, Erik Angner demonstrates the methods he and his fellow economists use to help improve our lives and the society in which we live. He shows us that economics can be a powerful force for good, awakTrade ReviewA clear guide into how economic reasoning can filter through noise and identify solutions for problems, big and small. * Financial Times *Angner shows that economics is a deeply moral endeavour that should give us hope that many of our most pressing problems can be solved. * Niall Kishtainy, author of A Little History of Economics *[T]his book is a success, bucking the trend by prescribing practical solutions to humanity's biggest challenges and explaining the economic rationale behind them with refreshing - and highly readable - clarity -- James Wilson * Tortoise *A brilliantly clear explanation of how, in the right hands, the insights of Economics can be used to make the world a better place -- Rohini Pande * Henry J. Heinz II Professor of Economics, Director, Economic Growth Center, Yale *Provides an optimistic outline for improving society and our lives. With pristine clarity, good humor, and solid authority, Angner sketches solutions to the most stubborn problems, both small and large, from poor retirement planning to poverty itself. The same simple yet bracing themes run through all of the success stories: Rely on data, use the economist's methodological toolkit, and have a more experimental attitude toward fixing our most difficult problems. His prescriptions even contain norm-changing hints of how to get ordinary folks to implement his recommendations. Whether or not we show the good sense to comply with its lessons, How Economics Can Save the World exposes the decision-making structures that cause persistent threats to our happiness and well-being, and provides readers with the tools, knowledge, and hopeful impulse to disable these threats' -- J.D. Trout * John and Mae Calamos Professor of Philosophy, Illinois Institute of Technology *This wonderful book demystifies economics and explains the practical tools it provides for thinking about challenges we all face in everyday life - from getting small children to go to sleep to doing what we can to tackle climate change. -- Diane Coyle * Professor of Public Policy, Cambridge University *A fun and engaging read, designed to help us make better choices, lead better lives, and make a better world. Angner teaches us how to understand the life-defining realities of our world as economics, from sleep-training a baby, choosing between jobs, or building a community. He then teaches us how to manages those realities-including how to save and invest-- by applying the tools and insights learned from economic theory and behavioral research -- L. A. Paul * Millstone Family Professor, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, Yale *Angner blends economic history, theory and practice wonderfully to draw out how powerful economics can be. Written in an accessible and engaging way, this book is full of lessons to show how economics can practically make your life, and the world around you, a better place -- Jack Meaning and Rupal Patel * Bank of England economists and authors of Can’t We Just Print More Money? *A book brimming with beautiful explanations of important ideas and surprising discoveries * Tore Ellingsen, Stockholm School of Economics, former Chair of the Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel *A fascinating, playful approach to a subject that can so often seem complicated and unrelated to the challenges of everyday life. With an engaging, entertaining style, Angner blends the practical and theoretical to leave the reader informed and inspired to put this way of thinking into practice -- Eloise Skinner * author of But Are You Alive? *Did you know that economics has a lot to say about building communities, figuring out how to avoid fooling ourselves, and may even possess the key to being happy in life? Angner makes a case for all these points and more. He is the perfect tour guide to economics -- Jay Bhattacharya * Stanford University *How Economics Can Save The World makes the convincing case that economics is about so much more than money ... whether that means helping people make better decisions about how to spend our limited time, or developing a more effective way to encourage organ donations, or figuring out how to sift through contrary parenting advice and find the approach that works. All these things, Angner painstakingly explains, are economics in action. And what's more, we can use these principles in our own lives to make the world a better place. -- Kirsty Sedgman * Lecturer at the University of Bristol and author of On Being Unreasonable *An excellent book for people who want to know what economists do. * Robbie Mochrie, Senior Lecturer, Heriot-Watt University *A fun and highly informative read * The Irish Times *A really nicely done introduction to economics and what it can do. It’s a great book for a young adult/teenager considering studying economics, or perhaps an adult who has always wanted to know what economics is but never quite dared to find out * Five Books *

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Book SynopsisWhen it comes to the climate, we don''t need more marketing or anxiety. We need established facts and a plan for collective action.The climate is the fundamental issue of our time, yet it seems we can barely agree on what is really going on, let alone what needs to be done. We urgently need facts, not opinions. Insights, not statistics.The Carbon Almanac is a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between hundreds of writers, researchers, thinkers, and leaders that focuses on what we know, what has come before, and what might happen next. With thousands of data points, articles and charts explaining carbon''s impact on everything in our society, from our the economy to extreme weather events, it is the definitive source for facts and the basis for a global movement to fight climate change. This book isn''t what the oil companies, marketers, activists, or politicians want you to believe. This is what''s really happening, right now. Our planet is in trTrade ReviewA valuable tool in fighting the (mis)information wars that are part of a strategy to dilute, confuse and diminish the climate change narrative. A valuable, timely and important book. Buy it and give it to your children and relevant policy makers too. -- Simon Cocking * Irish Tech News *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Case’s perceptive reading of the sources has produced a book that illuminates connections to many of the ideas, events, and concerns at the heart of postwar American environmentalism. . . . The Organic Profit should be on the shelf of anyone looking to understand the history, potential, and limitations of green consumerism." * Environmental History *"[M]ore than just a biography of Jerome and Robert, for it examines the history of the Rodale brand." * The Organic Grower *"Despite the growth of environmental history, first-rate studies of environmental capitalism remain relatively few. Andrew N. Case provides a significant addition to this literature... Case’s refusal to neither lionize nor demonize marketplace environmentalism is refreshing and provides a model for future scholars to emulate in exploring the complex intersections between environmentalism and capitalism." * Journal of American History *"...Case’s book is an exercise in wider social history. It analyses the way in which ‘marketplace environmentalism’ reflected changes in American cultural life and shopping habits." * Agricultural History Review *"The Organic Profit aptly shows the complexities and the historicity of such concepts as "organic," "natural lifestyles," and "marketplace environmentalism." It is a must-read for those who want a deeper understanding of the history and tensions underlying green consumerism." * H-Net Reviews *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Should be on the shelf of anyone looking to understand the history, potential, and limitations of green consumerism." * Environmental History *

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Book SynopsisAn original, engaging guide to creating a sustainable economy that will combat global warming while also improving our quality of life.Pick an environmental issue. Maybe air pollution, toxic waste, or deforestation. These all seem like solid choices, but none of these is actually an environmental problem--at least, not at its heart. Deep down, they are economic problems. Nearly all the issues we classify as environmental stem from defects in the DNA of America's current market system. This is emphatically true of our greatest environmental threat: global warming.With a focus on climate change, journalist and author Robert S. Devine reveals the fundamental flaws in the economy that enable environmental degradation. The Sustainable Economy is a book about economics, but it skips the equations and eases through the jargon, opting instead for compelling stories and surprising humor. Readers will encounter high-tech narwhals, struggling coal workers, orbiting g

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Book SynopsisEntrepreneurship and innovation play a vital role in fostering sustainable development. Advances in technology and communications have both transformed the process of business as well as strengthened the role of entrepreneurship in developed and developing countries. This important book is the first to provide the fundamental concepts and applications for faculty and students in this field, and also serves as a professional reference for practicing entrepreneurs and policymakers.Each chapter provides a clear guide to the conceptual and practical elements that characterize entrepreneurship and the process of new venture formation, including functional strategies in key areas such as marketing, information technology, human resources management, and accounting and finance. Questions and exercises are presented throughout in order to encourage discussion and problem-solving. A quick summary of the important concepts and definitions are also provided. Keeping practicality as the bookâs core aim, all chapters include a long case study to set the scene and then draw upon shorter cases from both developing and developed countries to reinforce key learning objectives and the real-world application of the bookâs core concepts.Trade Review"It is a literary work that approaches entrepreneurship and innovation with consistency, timeliness, density, and robust foundation. It will be essential for teachers, students and practical executives." José Edson Lara, University Professor in Master's and Doctoral Programs and CEO, Fundação Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil"This well-structured book places entrepreneurship in a global context, by emphasizing the environment where modern organizations operate, and training the reader to seek opportunities and building a business to solve emerging needs." Henrik Totterman, Hult International Business School, USA "A timely and comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted interplay between innovation, entrepreneurship, and globalization in the context of both developed and developing economies."Tatiana S. Manolova, Professor of Management, Bentley University, Waltham MA, USA"This is a well-structured book that clarifies the concepts of Entrepreneurship. It is a must read to students and interested people in the Global Entrepreneurship scene, informative, and comprehensive that is applicable to both developed and emerging countries."Tarek Hatem, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Founding director of the Entrepreneurship unit American University in Cairo, Egypt "Entrepreneurship is about action. This book is not only a course text. Through relevant content and examples, it helps the entrepreneurs in their quest for value in innovative business models. The book not only integrates entrepreneurship and innovation, but relates with the sustainability challenged. It is well organized, and written to the readers."Fernando Serra, DSc, Professor of Strategic Management, Graduate Program of Business Administration - Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVE"A timely and comprehensive exploration of the multifaceted interplay between innovation, entrepreneurship, and globalization in the context of both developed and developing economies."Tatiana S. Manolova, Professor of Management, Bentley University, Waltham MA, USA"This is a well-structured book that clarifies the concepts of Entrepreneurship. It is a must read to students and interested people in the Global Entrepreneurship scene, informative, and comprehensive that is applicable to both developed and emerging countries."Tarek Hatem, Professor of Entrepreneurship, Founding director of the Entrepreneurship unit American University in Cairo, Egypt "Entrepreneurship is about action. This book is not only a course text. Through relevant content and examples, it helps the entrepreneurs in their quest for value in innovative business models. The book not only integrates entrepreneurship and innovation, but relates with the sustainability challenged. It is well organized, and written to the readers."Fernando Serra, DSc, Professor of Strategic Management, Graduate Program of Business Administration - Universidade Nove de Julho - UNINOVEIt is a literary work that approaches entrepreneurship and innovation with consistency, timeliness, density, and robust foundation. It will be essential for teachers, students and practical executives"Jos é Edson Lara, University Professor in Master’s and Doctoral Programs and CEO, Funda ç ã o Pedro Leopoldo, Brazil"This well- structured book places entrepreneurship in a global context, by emphasizing the environment where modern organizations operate, and training the reader to seek opportunities and building a business to solve emerging needs."Henrik Totterman, Hult International Business SchoolTable of ContentsIntroductionIntroductory chapter: entrepreneurial discovery, creationary, and business model development PART I: The environment and entrepreneurship 1 Entrepreneurship and development in the era of globalization2 Cultural context, entrepreneurship, and development 3 Technology, communications, and entrepreneurship PART II: Individual characteristics and training 4 Personality, experience, and training 5 Creativity, innovation, and development PART III: The organization6 Institutions, governance, and strategy7 Ethics and corporate social responsibility PART IV: Process8 Marketing, technology, and entrepreneurship 9 Financing opportunities and challenges 10 Essentials of bookkeeping Index

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Book SynopsisSustainable Operations Management applies the issues of sustainability to all strategic decisions of operations: capacity management, supply network, process technology, and development and organisation. This book extends the existing literature of operations management that for years has been paramount in creating economic value with little consideration of environment and social dimensions. Whilst based on robust theoretical frameworks, some developed by its own authors, the book is enriched by international case studies and real-world illustrations throughout, to demonstrate how this theory translates to practice. Each chapter begins with learning objectives and ends with a summary, activity, and questions for discussion. Readers will gain a comprehensive and in-depth knowledge on how to manage operations for sustainability. They will learn the ways to formulate a sustainable operations strategy and the elements involved in managing tactical and operational activities to enTable of ContentsTable of Contents Part 1: Setting the sceneChapter 1: Introduction to Sustainable Operations ManagementChapter 2: Towards a Circular EconomyChapter 3: Sustainable Operations StrategyPart 2: Sustainable Operations Management Practices Chapter 4: Sustainable FacilitiesChapter 5: Sustainable Supply ChainsChapter 6: Sustainable ProductionChapter 7: Process Technologies for Sustainable OperationsChapter 8: Sustainable Design and Product DevelopmentPart 3: Cases on Sustainable Operations ManagementChapter 9: Sustainable Operations Management in the Automotive Industry (Part A and B)Chapter 10: Natura Brasil – Building Sustainability Leadership in the Cosmetics Industry

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Book SynopsisThe bioeconomy is steadily becoming more important in regional, national and European public policies. As it encompasses the transformation of agricultural, marine and organic resources into food, feed, fuels, energy and materials, the bioeconomy should become a major new industry, outlining the possibility of a post-fossil future. This book is the first attempt to depict the origins, formation and challenges of this new industry in terms of emerging institutions, innovation and economic strategies. The result of this work is that the substitution of raw materials alone is not enough to get out of the fossil economy.This book develops a political economy of the ecological transition which theorizes the transition as a new crisis of capitalism. This phase is characterized by stakeholdersâ attempts to develop renewed rationales and strategies to take control of the reorganization of flows of natural resources, their outcomes and their evaluation. The proposed framework considers recent results in four complementary research strands: transition studies, institutional economics, ecological economics and the evolutionary economics of innovation.The book will be of interest to researchers interested in the development of the bioeconomy, and both researchers and students seeking to understand the role of heterodox economics in the ecological transition.

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Book SynopsisUnderstanding the complexity of sustainability is crucial for the leadership of business organizations, national governments, and non-governmental organizations. This second edition of the bestselling book The Three Levels of Sustainability uses the same interdependent three-level and three-dimensional framework as the first edition, encompassing societal, organizational, and individual levels, to clearly demonstrate what sustainability means and how to implement it. This new edition incorporates important developments in reporting and measuring, corporate behaviors, the impact of COVID-19, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.More and more societies are becoming aware of their dependence on earth's resources. However, there is still a deep-rooted lack of awareness of the connection between society's ambitions for economic growth, earth's limitations, and unequal distribution of wealth. Prominent institutions and organizations and their leaders rely on the conformaTrade Review"More than ever, the world is confronted with sustainable development in a heavy-handed way. Think of climate change; even the most inveterate non-believers are slowly beginning to understand that something really has to be done about the rise in temperature and its damaging consequences for the oceans and the rest of the world (drought, floods, hurricanes, etc.). This is a difficult subject for most of us. George and Elena have devoted themselves to making the subject matter manageable for general comprehension. They have concentrated on a number of aspects; savings, cultural heritage, geographical and climatic conditions and technology.Dear reader, I wholeheartedly recommend this book to you and wish you much pleasure reading it."Frits Goedgedrag, LLM (Master of Laws), Former Governor General of Curacao"To tackle the environmental, social and economic challenges of the coming decade requires leadership, cooperation and commitment across all spheres of society. A must-read, the second edition of The Three Levels of Sustainability captures the essential societal, organisational and individual strategies and actions towards a sustainable society."Dr. Willy Legrand, Professor, Department of Hospitality, Tourism & Event Management, IU International University of Applied Sciences, Bonn, Germany"During the sustainability course during my master's degree, the first edition of this book was our inspiring bible. It provides scientific, yet accessible insights into the way in which we as a world population may take our responsibility. No matter how challenging. From everyone's perspective and in the right balance."J. Stoeltie, Manager Customer Services de Bijenkorf, Amsterdam, The Netherlands"As a practitioner in the hospitality industry, I found that these writings were incredible in their ability to speak to issues that I care about, in a manner that was appropriate and allowed me to realise my professional influence in creating value in the three levels and associated dimensions. The structure of placing theory and practice side by side allows the reader to identify with the given challenges, recognise the discussed solutions and even have the confidence to pursue them. These acknowledgments were principal in decisions taken when working on a hotel renovation project."Thulani Xhali, Head, Employee Support Programmes, Group Finance, Nedbank Limited, Johannesburg, South Africa"We are living in a fundamental era where transitions toward more sustainable ways of thinking, producing, consuming, and living are essential for the future of our planet and for humanity. We need to govern these transitions! The multidimensional (economic, social, and environmental) and multilevel (society, organization, individual) approach proposed by this book offers a clever and inspiring model to think about sustainability in a holistic and inclusive manner. The book has proven very effective for my courses on Governing Sustainability and Sustainable Business."Dr. Silvana Signori, Professor of Governing Sustainability, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy"I would recommend this book to anyone interested in leadership and sustainability. The authors systematically build the argument that every individual has the capacity to develop on three dimensions of care. As such, the book is directly applicable to education, and I was grateful to use it as the foundation for the BSc Global Responsibility & Leadership."Dr. Indira S.E. van der Zande, Assistant Professor, Ethics & Education, and Programme Director, University College Fryslân, University of Groningen, The Netherlands"The Three Levels of Sustainability reinforced my view that people’s intrinsic motivation should be central to the transition to a democratic, sustainable society. The experiences and actions of individuals inspire organizations to design their activities differently and, in this way, the whole society is affected and impacted. When the first edition of The Three Levels of Sustainability was published, SPARK the Movement was in its starting phase. We aimed to unleash a movement in Frisian education—from primary school to university—supporting regional learning for sustainable development and inspired by the view expressed in the book that sustainability starts and ends with people. Three years later, we have been recognized by the UN as an RCE: a regional community where building expertise for sustainable development is central. Together, we are building a new reality, aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals!" Helentje Swart, Circular Friesland Association / Booster Circular Talent, and Program leader, Spark the Movement, Learning for Sustainable Development from toddler to PhD (and beyond)"Knowledge about sustainability is essential for today’s leaders. This book by Cavagnaro and Curiel discusses the subject in a comprehensible way, even for leaders who do not deal daily with the topic. I wholeheartedly recommend the book to any leader in our society."Prof. dr. Herbert M. Pinedo, Amsterdam Medical CenterTable of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Sustainable Society 1. The concern for economic growth 2. The concern for the environment 3. The concern for social development 4. Toward sustainable development Part II: Sustainable Organization 5. The concern for profit 6. The concern for people and planet 7. Toward sustainable organizations: (Re)building organizations from sustainability principles 8. Toward sustainable organizations: Managing, measuring, and reporting Part III: Leadership for Sustainability 9. The concern for ‘me’ 10. The concern for ‘me & you’ and for ‘all’ 11. The path to leadership for sustainability. Epilogue.

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Book SynopsisOver the past four decades, the concept of corporate environmentalism has passed through multiple iterations. Prompted by landmark environmental events such the publication of Rachel Carsonâs Silent Spring (1962), the Santa Barbara oil spill, the Cuyahoga River fire, Love Canal, Bhopal, the Exxon Valdez spill, the Brent Spar controversy, and many other horrifying disasters, conceptions of corporate environmentalism as mere regulatory compliance gradually gave way to newer management conceptions of âpollution preventionâ, âtotal quality environmental managementâ, âindustrial ecologyâ, âlife-cycle analysisâ, âenvironmental strategyâ, âenvironmental justiceâ, and, most recently, âsustainable developmentâ.Concurrent with this evolution in corporate practice has been the emergence of academic research focused on business decision-making, firm behaviour, and the protection of the natural environment. Scholars within management schools entered this research domain with gusto in the mid-1980s, and what began as a modest offshoot of traditional management research has grown into a maturing area of study within the management sciences.This new four-volume Routledge Major Works collection will enable users to make sense of this thriving and fast-developing area of serious scholarly endeavour. The collection is fully indexed and includes a comprehensive introduction that places the collected material in its historical and intellectual context. It is destined to be valued by students, teachers, and researchers as an indispensable reference resource.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"William D. Nordhaus, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics""One of Foreign Affairs' Best Books""A Project Syndicate Commentators' Best Reads of the Year""Winner of the Silver Medal in Philanthropy / Nonprofit / Sustainability, Axiom Business Book Awards""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""Nordhaus’s green compendium is rational and balanced. . . . The author of The Spirit of Green clearly cares intensely about the climate, believes economics offers answers, and sees some welcome positive trends."---Richard Beales, Reuters Breakingviews"A compelling read, and a highly recommended up-to-date guide to the economics of the environment and climate change."---Bejoy K. Thomas, Current Science"In this superb analysis, Nordhaus (Yale Univ.), Nobel laureate in economics, contends that addressing environmental problems should not inhibit economic growth. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *

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Book SynopsisAuthoritarianism, capitalism and destruction: why China is leading the world to ecocideTrade Review'Tracing China's environmental collapse to the Communist strategy of growth at all cost, this book deepens our understanding of China's massive impact on human sustainability. A bold, independent and necessary voice!' -- Ching Kwan Lee, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles'In this brilliant and strikingly original book, which has no equivalent in the existing literature on China, Richard Smith argues that the present hybrid bureaucratic-collectivist capitalist Chinese economy, driven by 'blind growth' and consumerism, is as unsustainable and ecocidal as its Western capitalist rivals. For both, the time for half measures has passed: only ecosocialism can save the planet, i.e. humanity, from environmental collapse.' -- Michael Löwy, author of 'Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to the Capitalist Catastrophe' (Haymarket, 2010)'Compassionate and powerful, Richard Smith envisions a new Chinese Dream through achieving a harmonious coexistence between human and nature. The book argues for a 21st Century ecosocialist democracy by calling for a "better mode of life" in China and the world.' -- Jenny Chan, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University'A work of real insight. Richard Smith penetrates the defences of a fiercely autocratic regime to reveal how China’s predatory development strategy is imperilling not just itself but our entire planet.' -- William F. Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Australia and Singapore'Analysing the relationship between the Chinese elite and capitalism is not simple … Smith is pointing us in the right direction' -- The Ecologist'A useful primer for leftists on China’s role in the current ecological crisis' -- New Bloom'Stunning' -- CounterpunchTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments A Note on the Names of Rivers in this Volume Introduction: China as an Environmental Rogue State 1. The “China Price”: Police-State Capitalism and the Great Acceleration of Global Consumption 2. “Blind Growth”: Scenes of Planetary Destruction from the Twelfth Five-Year Plan 3. The Damage Done: The Poisoning of China’s Water, Soil, and Foods 4. Cooking the Planet for What End? 5. China’s Engine of Environmental Collapse 6. Guanxi and the Game of Thrones: Wealth, Property, and Insecurity in a Lawless System 7. Grabbing the Emergency Brake 8. The Next Chinese Revolution Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisAuthoritarianism, capitalism and destruction: why China is leading the world to ecocideTrade Review'Tracing China's environmental collapse to the Communist strategy of growth at all cost, this book deepens our understanding of China's massive impact on human sustainability. A bold, independent and necessary voice!' -- Ching Kwan Lee, Professor of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles'In this brilliant and strikingly original book, which has no equivalent in the existing literature on China, Richard Smith argues that the present hybrid bureaucratic-collectivist capitalist Chinese economy, driven by 'blind growth' and consumerism, is as unsustainable and ecocidal as its Western capitalist rivals. For both, the time for half measures has passed: only ecosocialism can save the planet, i.e. humanity, from environmental collapse.' -- Michael Löwy, author of 'Ecosocialism: A Radical Alternative to the Capitalist Catastrophe' (Haymarket, 2010)'Compassionate and powerful, Richard Smith envisions a new Chinese Dream through achieving a harmonious coexistence between human and nature. The book argues for a 21st Century ecosocialist democracy by calling for a "better mode of life" in China and the world.' -- Jenny Chan, Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University'A work of real insight. Richard Smith penetrates the defences of a fiercely autocratic regime to reveal how China’s predatory development strategy is imperilling not just itself but our entire planet.' -- William F. Laurance, Distinguished Research Professor, Centre for Tropical Environmental and Sustainability Science, James Cook University, Australia and Singapore'Analysing the relationship between the Chinese elite and capitalism is not simple … Smith is pointing us in the right direction' -- The Ecologist'A useful primer for leftists on China’s role in the current ecological crisis' -- New Bloom'Stunning' -- CounterpunchTable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments A Note on the Names of Rivers in this Volume Introduction: China as an Environmental Rogue State 1. The “China Price”: Police-State Capitalism and the Great Acceleration of Global Consumption 2. “Blind Growth”: Scenes of Planetary Destruction from the Twelfth Five-Year Plan 3. The Damage Done: The Poisoning of China’s Water, Soil, and Foods 4. Cooking the Planet for What End? 5. China’s Engine of Environmental Collapse 6. Guanxi and the Game of Thrones: Wealth, Property, and Insecurity in a Lawless System 7. Grabbing the Emergency Brake 8. The Next Chinese Revolution Appendix References Index

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Book SynopsisAlan McKinnon is Professor and Head of Logistics at Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg. He has been researching and teaching in freight transport and logistics for 35 years and has published in journals and books. He's been an adviser to several governments and international organisations on environmental aspects of logistics. Michael Browne is Professor of Logistics at the University of Westminster, London. He has worked on studies for Transport for London, the European Commission, the UK Department for Transport, Research Councils and commercial organizations. Maja Piecyk is Associate Professor in Logistics at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Much of her research focuses on the optimisation of supply networks, carbon auditing of logistics and long-term trends in the energy requirements and environmental impacts of logistics. Anthony Whiteing is Senior Lecturer in the Institute for Transport Studies at the University of Leeds. An academic with 30 years'Trade Review"The 3rd edition of Green Logistics, edited and written by leading academics in the field of logistics, includes a number of new contributors and new case studies. The contributors look at the impact of logistics on the environment and its effect on priorities for logistics professionals and organisations. Ranging from operational to strategic perspectives on green logistics, the authors consider its implications for public policies and the future of supply chains." * Dorothea Carvalho, Director of Professional Development, Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) *"The issues are topical and important to company managers and world public policy makers and it aims to provide a broad overview of the technical, managerial, economic and policy aspects of green logistics. [...] The publication includes extensive examples of companies 'greening' their logistics and of governments intensifying efforts to reduce the environmental damage done by freight movement." * Supply Management *"By its nature, cargo transport almost universally has a negative impact on the environment, and contributes to problems including climate change, air and noise pollution, and traffic accidents. This book provides insight into these types of environmental impacts, and what steps companies can take to negate, lessen, or avoid them." * Inbound Logistics *"For company managers and policy makers around the world, McKinnon... et al. compile 17 chapters that examine the environmental consequences of the logistics relating to the transport, storage, and handling of products as they move from source to sale or consumption and how to deal with them effectively." * Book News, Inc. *"A fine recommendation for college-level business collections strong in product coordination and movement, from supply chains to delivery. Any college-level business collection needs this survey." * California Bookwatch, The Business Shelf, Midwest Book Review *Table of Contents Section - ONE: Assessing the environmental effects of logistics; Chapter - 01: Environmental sustainability: A new priority for logistics managers – Alan McKinnon; Chapter - 02: Assessing the external impacts of freight transport – Maja Piecyk, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards; Chapter - 03: Carbon auditing of companies, supply chains and products – Maja Piecyk; Chapter - 04: Evaluating and internalizing the environmental costs of logistics – Maja Piecyk, Alan McKinnon and Julian Allen; Section - TWO: Strategic perspective; Chapter - 05: Green logistics, sustainable development and corporate social responsibility – Maja Piecyk and Maria Björklund; Chapter - 06: Restructuring road freight networks within supply chains – Irina Harris, Vasco Sanchez-Rodrigues, Mohamed Naim and Christine Mumford; Chapter - 07: Transferring freight to ‘greener’ transport modes – Allan Woodburn and Anthony Whiteing; Chapter - 08: Development of greener vehicles, aircraft and ships – Alan McKinnon, Julian Allen and Allan Woodburn; Chapter - 09: Reducing the environmental impact of warehousing – Peter Baker and Clive Marchant; Section - THREE: Operational perspective; Chapter - 10: Optimizing the routeing of vehicles – Richard Eglese and Daniel Black; Chapter - 11: Opportunities for improving vehicle utilization – Alan McKinnon; Chapter - 12: Increasing fuel efficiency in the road freight sector – Alan McKinnon; Chapter - 13: Alternative fuels and freight vehicles: Status, costs and benefits, and growth – Jacques Leonardi, Sharon Cullinane and Julia Edwards; Section - FOUR: Key issues; Chapter - 14: Sustainability strategies for city logistics – Julian Allen, Michael Browne and José Holguín-Veras; Chapter - 15: E-business, e-logistics and the environment – Alan McKinnon, Yingli Wang, Andrew Potter and Julia Edwards; Chapter - 16: Reverse logistics for the management of waste – Tom Cherrett, Sarah Maynard, Fraser McLeod and Adrian Hickford; Chapter - 17: The food miles debate: Is shorter better? – Tara Garnett; Section - FIVE: Implications for public policy and the future of supply chains; Chapter - 18: The role of government in promoting green logistics – Alan McKinnon

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Book SynopsisAlan McKinnon is Professor of Logistics at Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg. He has been researching and teaching freight transport and logistics for almost forty years and has published extensively in journals and books. He was a member of the European Commission's High Level Group on Logistics, Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Logistics and Supply Chain Industry Council and a lead author of the transport chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment report. He has spent many years researching the links between logistics and climate change and been an adviser to governments, international organizations and companies on this topic.Trade Review"Professor McKinnon is making again a ground-breaking contribution. The greenhouse gas footprint of logistics is large. Reducing it relies on several mechanisms, because logistics involves many activities and participants. This book disentangles this complexity and proposes a clear framework for reduction. It identifies interventions by shippers, service providers or the public sector. The book lays the foundations of initiatives to come. It should appeal to a wide range of policymakers, academics and practitioners." * Jean-François Arvis, Lead Economist, The World Bank *"The UK's rising transport emissions are an indicator of the importance and timeliness of this book. The clear analytical approach, using the latest models - whilst avoiding complex language and mathematics - provides practical, evidence-based advice for a wide range of users, including logistics companies, regulators, politicians, policy makers and researchers." * Baroness Brown of Cambridge, DBE FREng FRS, Deputy Chair of the UK Committee on Climate Change *"Continued advances in logistics have enabled ever more globalized production of goods and services, bringing higher incomes, new jobs and more consumer choice in developed and developing countries alike. This progress has come at a price: the CO2 emissions associated with moving the raw materials, inputs and consumer goods are causing climate change with detrimental effects for the same populations that benefit from the growing trade. Alan McKinnon's book could not come at a more timely moment. We need to decarbonize logistics if we want to ensure that in the long term its negative impacts don't outweigh its contribution to global wellbeing. The book's analysis, combined with concrete policy recommendations to reduce the carbon intensity of logistics, provide invaluable tools for national policy makers and the international community." * Sergio Barbarino, Chair of the European Technology Platform for Logistics *"This book is a long-overdue and comprehensive analysis that goes far beyond explaining why we need to decarbonise logistics - a sector that is expected to triple in volume by 2050. It synthesises a huge and highly diverse literature and shows that there is no shortage of strategies and carbon-reducing initiatives. Policy-makers and business leaders, committed to bringing emissions down to levels consistent with the COP21 Paris Climate Change Agreement will find a wealth of technical information and practical examples to help then update regulation and design programs and action plans." * Wolfgang Lehmacher, Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries, World Economic Forum *"The timing of releasing this book on the market is impeccable - with many governments currently grappling with how best to reduce their transport-related greenhouse gas emissions based on their nationally determined contributions committed under the Paris Climate Agreement, and the International Maritime Organisation recently agreeing to reduce global shipping-related greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050. The book is extremely well compiled, building on many years of practically orientated research experience by the author on this topic. It is truly international in its presentation. I would highly recommend the book for transport policy makers, logistics firms, shipping companies, local government representatives, vehicle manufacturers, internet retail businesses, and IT specialists working in this arena." * Professor Ralph Sims, Co-ordinating Lead Author, Transport Chapter in the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014) *"Decarbonizing Logistics will become the reference for all logistics professionals." * Rasmus Valanko, Director of Climate and Energy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Climate change: the nature and scale of the challenge; Chapter - 02: Developing a decarbonisation strategy for logistics; Chapter - 03: Reducing freight transport intensity; Chapter - 04: Shifting freight to lower carbon transport modes; Chapter - 05: Improving asset utilisation in logistics; Chapter - 06: Transforming energy use in road freight transport; Chapter - 07: Transforming energy use in maritime, air cargo and rail freight sectors; Chapter - 08: Decarbonising logistics at the national level: the case of the united kingdom;

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Book SynopsisAlan McKinnon is Professor of Logistics at Kühne Logistics University, Hamburg. He has been researching and teaching freight transport and logistics for almost forty years and has published extensively in journals and books. He was a member of the European Commission's High Level Group on Logistics, Chairman of the World Economic Forum's Logistics and Supply Chain Industry Council and a lead author of the transport chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's fifth assessment report. He has spent many years researching the links between logistics and climate change and been an adviser to governments, international organizations and companies on this topic.Trade Review"Professor McKinnon is making again a ground-breaking contribution. The greenhouse gas footprint of logistics is large. Reducing it relies on several mechanisms, because logistics involves many activities and participants. This book disentangles this complexity and proposes a clear framework for reduction. It identifies interventions by shippers, service providers or the public sector. The book lays the foundations of initiatives to come. It should appeal to a wide range of policymakers, academics and practitioners." * Jean-François Arvis, Lead Economist, The World Bank *"The UK's rising transport emissions are an indicator of the importance and timeliness of this book. The clear analytical approach, using the latest models - whilst avoiding complex language and mathematics - provides practical, evidence-based advice for a wide range of users, including logistics companies, regulators, politicians, policy makers and researchers." * Baroness Brown of Cambridge, DBE FREng FRS, Deputy Chair of the UK Committee on Climate Change *"Continued advances in logistics have enabled ever more globalized production of goods and services, bringing higher incomes, new jobs and more consumer choice in developed and developing countries alike. This progress has come at a price: the CO2 emissions associated with moving the raw materials, inputs and consumer goods are causing climate change with detrimental effects for the same populations that benefit from the growing trade. Alan McKinnon's book could not come at a more timely moment. We need to decarbonize logistics if we want to ensure that in the long term its negative impacts don't outweigh its contribution to global wellbeing. The book's analysis, combined with concrete policy recommendations to reduce the carbon intensity of logistics, provide invaluable tools for national policy makers and the international community." * Sergio Barbarino, Chair of the European Technology Platform for Logistics *"This book is a long-overdue and comprehensive analysis that goes far beyond explaining why we need to decarbonise logistics - a sector that is expected to triple in volume by 2050. It synthesises a huge and highly diverse literature and shows that there is no shortage of strategies and carbon-reducing initiatives. Policy-makers and business leaders, committed to bringing emissions down to levels consistent with the COP21 Paris Climate Change Agreement will find a wealth of technical information and practical examples to help then update regulation and design programs and action plans." * Wolfgang Lehmacher, Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries, World Economic Forum *"The timing of releasing this book on the market is impeccable - with many governments currently grappling with how best to reduce their transport-related greenhouse gas emissions based on their nationally determined contributions committed under the Paris Climate Agreement, and the International Maritime Organisation recently agreeing to reduce global shipping-related greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2050. The book is extremely well compiled, building on many years of practically orientated research experience by the author on this topic. It is truly international in its presentation. I would highly recommend the book for transport policy makers, logistics firms, shipping companies, local government representatives, vehicle manufacturers, internet retail businesses, and IT specialists working in this arena." * Professor Ralph Sims, Co-ordinating Lead Author, Transport Chapter in the 5th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (2014) *"Decarbonizing Logistics will become the reference for all logistics professionals." * Rasmus Valanko, Director of Climate and Energy, World Business Council for Sustainable Development *Table of Contents Chapter - 01: Climate change: the nature and scale of the challenge; Chapter - 02: Developing a decarbonisation strategy for logistics; Chapter - 03: Reducing freight transport intensity; Chapter - 04: Shifting freight to lower carbon transport modes; Chapter - 05: Improving asset utilisation in logistics; Chapter - 06: Transforming energy use in road freight transport; Chapter - 07: Transforming energy use in maritime, air cargo and rail freight sectors; Chapter - 08: Decarbonising logistics at the national level: the case of the united kingdom;

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Book SynopsisExplains how following a vision for the earth and for society can be a powerful route to profits for small and medium sized companies. This title explains that mission-driven companies appreciate and leverage traditional strategic principles - with a twist - to win in the marketplace. It is suitable for entrepreneurs and managers.Trade Review"A well-written and informative business book that provides valuable tips and background for anyone interested in starting up or managing a socially conscious company. Recommended for all business collections."—Library Journal"Companies on a Mission brings academic rigor to the age-old notion of 'going well by doing good.' Mission-driven companies succeed, as Mike Russo makes crystal clear in this compelling book, not just because their missions make them greener, but because they make them better. They create quality products, garner a fanatical following, and engender innovation, passion, and fun for employees and customers alike. What could be a better model for business?"—Joel Makower, Executive Editor, GreenBiz.com, and author, Strategies for the Green Economy"A highly informative and extremely well-written analysis of the creation and growth of ecologically and socially minded firms. What makes Russo's book particularly valuable is his balanced assessment of both the opportunities and the risks that enterprises face in trying to combine social and environmental accountability and survival in the marketplace. While focusing on small firms, the lessons it offers are relevant to all businesses seeking to position themselves and their products as eco-friendly and/or socially responsible."—David Vogel, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley"Mission-driven companies continue to grow in number and are moving from a small niche into the mainstream. The time is right for an analysis of these firms and their approaches to business. In Companies on a Mission, Michael Russo documents both the direct economic benefits of taking a mission-driven approach and the intangible benefits of brand value, product positioning, customer satisfaction, and more. Full of stories about well- and lesser-known companies, this book will give any business reader—from entrepreneurs to managers in big corporations—take-away points to transform their businesses into profitable, mission-driven enterprises."—Andrew Winston, author of Green Recovery and co-author of Green to Gold"True innovation comes from the fringes—from smaller players running rings around incumbents. After focusing for decades on corporate Goliaths, we need to investigate and support entrepreneurial Davids. Russo shows how mission-driven companies think, act, and cluster—and, critically, explains how we can help them jump to the next level." —John Elkington, co-founder and Executive Chairman of Volans Ventures, co-founder of Environmental Data Services and SustainAbility, and co-author of The Power of Unreasonable People

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Book SynopsisThe notion of responsible business has infiltrated our markets, and going green is now a part of our mindset. But, sustainability as we know it is not enough. Flourishingthe aspiration that humans and life in general will thrive on the planet forevershould be a key goal for every business today. This is a bold concept, like sustainability was a decade ago. Just as sustainability has become a matter of course, so too will flourishing become a cornerstone of business tomorrow. How are companies to attain this big-picture goal? Drawing together decades of research along with in-depth interviews, Flourishing Enterprise argues that many strategic, organizational, and operational efforts to be sustainable reach the potential of flourishing when they incorporate one additional ingredient: reflective practices. Offering more than a dozen such practices, this book leads readers down a path to greater business success, personal well-being, and a healthier planet. Readers will find that addinTrade Review"Organized around the notion that flourishing—the aspiration that humans and life in general will thrive on the planet forever—should be a key goal for every business today, this book advocates that businesses purposely connect with the natural world to promote sustainable practices . . .Flourishing is about prospering in a healthful and vigorous way supported by a positive environment . . . Summing Up: Recommended."—G. E. Kaupins, CHOICE"Academics Laszlo and Brown take a fresh look at sustainability, claiming there is a gap between talk about sustainability and the ability to actually create value from it . . . This is a road map for the future, with creative solutions for current leaders and those aspiring to be."—Mary Whaley, Booklist"Drawing together decades of research along with in-depth interviews, Flourishing Enterprise argues that strategic, organizational, and operational efforts to be sustainable reach the potential of flourishing when they incorporate one additional ingredient: reflective practices. Offering more than a dozen such practices, this book leads readers down a path to greater business success, personal well-being, and a healthier planet."—Best Books for Leaders 2014 from the Center for Courage and Renewal"A much needed business manifesto that shifts the focus of corporate sustainability to the pursuit of profit opportunities aimed at solving global challenges instead of only doing less harm. Through practices that reconnect us to what we care deeply about, it proposes to harness creativity and collaboration in service of a more prosperous and flourishing world."—L. Hunter Lovins, President, Natural Capitalism Solutions"The genius of this book lies in its marriage of inspiration with investigation, poetry with practice, and resilience with research. Its long view sets it apart from other books on the topic, and takes the conversation about business, sustainability, and spirituality from the margins into the mainstream."—Margaret Benefiel, author of Soul at Work and The Soul of a Leader"Flourishing Enterprise is one of the most important books of the 21st century. It elucidates what we all long for: genuine happiness and how to align our spirituality and our vocation—our life's work. It offers the possibility for co-creating flourishing communities and enterprises of genuine well-being."—Mark Anielski, author of The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth "Flourishing Enterprise lays out a compelling case and pathway for business to help catalyze a world where all people and life can flourish. I applaud its inspiration and vision for how each of us can create the world to which we aspire for ourselves and our children."—Paul Rice, President and CEO, Fair Trade USA

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Sustainability offers vast opportunities for business innovation: systems thinking, radical efficiency and more. Andrew Hargadon shows how companies can harness innovation to align sustainability and business objectives. Most of all, he shows that the potential for game-changing innovation is already found inside most organizations—and, by extension, in all of us." -- Joel Makower * Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group, Inc., and author of Strategies for the Green Economy *"If leading or starting a company is anywhere in your future, Sustainable Innovation is a must read. This is not another boring prescription on how to apply one-of-kind innovation models to your business. Andrew Hargadon's research and insights teaches us to think anew—showing us how to navigate planet, profit and purpose. An innovator's delight!" -- William Rosenzweig, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business and Founder * The Republic of Tea *"Sustainable Innovation explains precisely two of the most important—and most interconnected—principles that all sustainability executives should heed: learn to learn from others, and learn to ask the right questions." -- Rick Ridgeway, VP Environmental Affairs * Patagonia *"Sustainable Innovation makes a compelling case that tackling the world's biggest challenges will require a form of innovation that's very different from what's come before. Hargadon skillfully draws lessons from historical examples while adding an important new framework that describes how to transform innovation to address our unique, modern megachallenges." -- Andrew Winston * author of The Big Pivot and co-author of Green to Gold *Table of ContentsContents and Abstracts1Sustainable Innovation chapter abstractThis chapter defines sustainable innovation, describes the nature of change in markets and industries, and the need to recognize the challenges inherent in and capabilities required for sustainable innovation. Using the evolution of the electric power industry in the 1800s, this chapter introduces the long fuse, big bang framework to describe how industrial change often begins slowly and with great uncertainty until a range of technical, social, economic and political elements are present but uncoordinated, before a small group of innovators, entrepreneurs, policy makers and others trigger a rapid transition to a coordinated state that, in turn, removes uncertainty and attracts and aligns innovative efforts. Further, this chapter demonstrates that sustainability remains, for many industries, on the cusp of such a rapid transition—creating momentary windows of opportunity for companies with the right capabilities to lead sustainable change. 2Betting on Change chapter abstractThis chapter introduces the first capability necessary for leading sustainable innovation: commitment. By defining commitment as a capability, rather than a decision, this chapter recognizes the embedded nature of the activity and its dependence on the particular individuals, structures, norms and values, reward systems, and resources of the organization. The difficulties preventing companies from making long-term commitments are described and explicated through extant theory. Further, this chapter presents a process, the innovation strategy framework, for defining and translating such commitments into a limited and specific set of innovation initiatives that, in turn, illuminate the particular challenges the company will face and capabilities they will need. 3Challenges to Sustainable Innovation chapter abstractThis chapter introduces and describes five significant challenges that define the pursuit of sustainable innovation and, in combination, distinguish such a pursuit from innovation efforts in other sectors (e.g., in smartphone applications, consumer packaged goods, enterprise solutions, ecommerce, etc). These challenges include declining resources; brownfield markets; the trade-off between scale, reliability, and profit; compounding uncertainties; and the breakthrough bias. Each challenge is described and illustrated with brief examples. 4Nexus Work chapter abstractThis chapter introduces the capability of nexus work, which recognizes the process of constructing coordinated networks from previously incoherent and uncoordinated elements—people, organizations, technologies, policies, and ideas. The resulting networks, driven by a single set of organizing principles, precipitates the big bang introduced in the first chapter and is essential to overcoming the extant industrial networks described in the challenge of innovating in brownfield markets. Using case examples including Edison's role in creating order within the electric industry and Daimler's role in constructing a viable network enabling clean diesel technology, this chapter describes the individuals, activities, and other organizational components of nexus work as a capability. 5Managing Science and Policy chapter abstractThis chapter introduces the ability to recognize the current landscape of relevant science and policies affecting a company's innovation efforts, to predict the evolution of both the science and policy, and even to drive necessary changes in that science and policy in order to enable innovation. Against the challenges of innovating in the face of declining resources and in brownfield systems, particularly, this chapter describes the need for companies to be able to understand, predict, and shape the science and policies that define the competitive landscape. 6Recombinant Innovation chapter abstractThis chapter introduces recombinant innovation as the ability to recognize, adapt and combine the elements of existing solutions into novel offerings that can scale effectively, quickly, and profitably and discusses the role this capability plays in overcoming the challenges of scale, reliability and profitability and of the breakthrough bias. It discusses the organizational activities, structures, and reward systems that constitute recombinant innovation and illustrates these with nodern and historic examples. 7Robust Design chapter abstractThis chapter describes robust design, the ability to employ design in ways that domesticate radical change, reducing resistance and enabling adoption of novel and transformative technologies into brownfield markets and industries. Robust design represents an alternative to design approaches that seek to accentuate the differences between novel products and their competitors. This chapter describes the central role such robust design capabilities played in enabling historic and current innovation efforts. 8Business Model Innovation chapter abstractThis chapter describes business model innovation as the ability of your organization to explore and ultimately construct novel revenue models, distribution channels, value propositions and new relationships with suppliers, partners, distributors, consumers and regulators. Business model innovation develop and deliver new dimensions of value in a company's offerings, reducing reliance on declining resources and isolates new technologies from the limitations that are placed on its performance in order to fit within brownfield systems. 9Conclusion chapter abstractThis chapter summarizes the central premise of the book, that the pursuit of sustainable innovation requires a relatively unique and intentionally constructed set of capabilities which, in turn, are driven by the particular challenges of an organization's innovation strategy. In addition to reviewing these challenges and capabilities, this chapter provides several additional insights gleaned from the research.

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Book SynopsisWinner of the Gold Axiom Business Book Award 2019 in the Philanthropy / Non Profit / Sustainability category.Over the past 30 years, the world has seen great social improvements. Technology has been developing at an enormous pace and is helping to solve our most pressing social and environmental challenges. Yet, despite this success, our current model of development is still deeply problematic. Natural disasters triggered by climate change have doubled since the 1980s, violence and armed conflict now cost more than 13 percent of GDP, social inequality and youth unemployment is worsening around the world, and climate change threatens the global population with tremendous environmental as well as social problems. Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a framework, this book sets out how business and capital now have a real opportunity to help resolve these problems. With clear and plentiful examples and cases of how businesses are making a difference, relevant facts and figures to support the cases, and inspiring and instructional information on how businesses can create sustainable value, this highly readable book is a must-read for businesses (large and small) that wish to genuinely support the delivery of the SDGs.The Paris Climate Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) drive change and offer a narrative and an opportunity to all to speak in one language on sustainability. They provide us with a clear set of targets for 2030. Through following the SDGs, opportunities abound for business and capital to unlock markets which offer endless potential for profit while at the same time working towards the Sustainable Development Goals. This book illustrates for business how to make the much-needed Trillion Dollar Shift.Trade Review"The book provides a comprehensive overview of SDG opportunities, showing how leaders can engage with knotty issues and create economic and social impact. She has extensive experience advising practitioners. She founded and was CEO of the Dutch Sustainable Business Association. She is Chairman of the Sustainable Science Association, Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mazars Accountants, Member of the Responsible Investment Advisory Council of Bank of Montreal and Chairman of the jury of Climate-KIC entrepreneurs’ competitions.Her advice: business has plenty of scope to choose where to focus its actions because while the SDGs provide the big picture, its 230 indicators and 169 targets provide the detail. A key message of this book is that as the engines of the economy, growth, innovation and job creation, companies of any size can contribute to economic, social and environmental progress. And the book explains how doing business for good is also good business. As an inducement for leaders she notes that markets worth trillions of dollars are waiting for responsible companies to deliver solutions and access opportunities.Business opportunities abound in each SDG sector. For each SDG, Marga Hoek presents a compelling case of how not only the world but also business would be better off by successfully addressing that problem. ….…. In sum, this easy to read book provides leaders of businesses of all sizes and from all sectors with many examples of how to benefit in multiple ways by incorporating some of the SDGs into their corporate strategy and action plans."Gayle C. Avery, (2018) "Altruistic strategy: doing better by doing good", Strategy & Leadership, Vol. 46 Issue: 4, pp.50-51Table of ContentsPrefaceForewordsUN Global Compact: Overview of the crucial work of Global CompactPart 1) BUSINESS’S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRILLION DOLLAR SHIFTChapter 1: Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The biggest challenge and opportunity everChapter 2: Business for good: a trillion dollar business casePart 2) THE TRILLION DOLLAR SHIFT ACCELERATEDChapter 3: The overarching influence of ICT and Technology on all sectorsChapter 4: CapitalPart 3) TRILLION DOLLAR SHIFT IN SECTORSChapter 5: Food and AgricultureChapter 6: EducationChapter 7: Cities and TransportChapter 8: Health and well-beingChapter 9: Energy, Materials and manufacturingPart 4) SCALING UP FOR A TRILLION DOLLAR SHIFTChapter 10: Scaling-up: Global Goals; Global Scale; Global Good

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Book SynopsisThe definitive guide for people wanting to make a positive difference in the world.Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Building A Better World The Cycle Of Cynicism The Cycle Of Hope The Ten Thought Traps The Seven Foundations Of A Better World Economic Fairness Comprehensive Peace Ecological Sustainability Deep Democracy Social Justice Simple Living Revitalized Community Actions For A Better World Money Banking Credit Cards Saving Investing Shopping What to Buy Who to Buy It From Better World Buying Guide Food Buying Groceries Eating Planting a Garden Personal Extraordinary Living Emotional Well-Being Physical Well-Being Reflection Friends & Family Building Strong Relationships Giving Gifts Children Community Neighborhood Local Community Community Issues Spirituality & Religion Spiritual Well-Being Faith In Action Religious and Spiritual Community Spiritual and Religious Groups Home Energy Water Trash Lawn and Garden Your Home Work Workplace Relationships Socially Responsible Workplace Finding Good Work Media Television Radio Magazines Newspapers Internet Politics Voting Getting Involved The Top Ten Issues List Transportation Walking Bicycling Public Transit Automobiles Travel Where to Go Where to Stay What to Do Extraordinary Travel Organizations Getting Involved Giving Finding Organizations Amazing Organizations The Best of the Rest The Top Ten Actions For A Better World Notes Action Checklist About The Authors Index

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Book SynopsisA detailed study of the activities of 20 transnational companies who, despite "green" rhetoric, remain the creators of dirty, dangerous and unsustainable technologies.

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on rethinking working and living spaces and understanding how greening can make them healthier and their occupants happier. It teaches how to see unique ideas for spaces and some of the materials needed to create the designs. Inspired by a study that states that 8% of a space needs to have plants in order to positively affect the air quality of the space, this book explores what that minimum would look like in spaces and how it can be done to existing spaces as well as to new site designs, greening both interiors and exteriors. Using the mathematical amount of 10% per square foot, the illustrations start at that quantity of greening and show how it can look. The sites selected are both public and private sites, as well as interior and exterior. As there are more modalities, needs, and locations where people now work, making sure that multiple types of spaces are designed for peopleâs success is more relevant than ever. This includes designs for more traditional offices, open-air offices, commercial spaces, homes, studios, and more. Ways of Greening: using Plans and Gardens for Healthy Work and Living Surroundings gives readers a way to not only understand greening but to understand how to see greening applied to their place. The two basic ways to see the spaces selected are existing spaces to which greening design is applied afterward and upcoming spaces in which greening design can be built directly into the space. The first type of retrofitting greening into existing spaces can also be combined with the second type of space (new designs). There are examples of both types throughout the book. Essentially, this book addresses ways in which business owners, residents, developers, architects, agencies, and others can integrate greening to improve the air quality and the quality of life with a green solution.Trade ReviewFamulari makes a public call to the design profession in her new book to integrate greening into everyday practice. Each individual involved in shaping the built and natural surroundings has the responsibility to lean on allied professions to create healthier places for people and this book is the recipe you'll want to follow. Inequitable access to green space was exacerbated by the pandemic. It's our responsibility to right these inequities and Famulari puts designers, planners, architects, landscape architects, and other allied professions on notice to step into the role of a change agent. Professor Famulari presents her most important lecture yet. The teachings in this book highlight the vision to easily integrate greening practice.Whether you are new to this work, or a veteran, this book provides green selections of design interventions that can serve as inspiration for a range of contexts and applications. The time is now for greening and biophilic design – health cannot wait one more day. And Famulari shows us just how easy it can be. -- Ashley Zidon, ASLA, AICP. Community planner, researcher, and change-maker.This book addresses the impacts on design and the need to build an inclusive culture - detailing the how and who has access to interact with green space. Stevie's ability to challenge the status quo, specifically with how people and plants interact, is a beautiful push on our responsibility to climate change. She does an excellent job showing us how to prioritize and value plant life and its numerous positive impacts on the earth and life in every facet of daily living.-- Janna Pea, Founder of Pea Nation, communications executive specializing in social impact campaigns and narrative changeTable of ContentsForeword by Kene Okigbo, PLA, ASLA. About the Author. In the Land of Gifted Futures. Giving Gratitude and Thanks To. Introduction. Chapter 1 Understanding Green Design. Chapter 2 Urban Areas. Chapter 3 Commercial Spaces. Chapter 4 Time Invested Spaces: Lofts, Houses, Courtyards, Offices, and Classrooms. Chapter 5 Private and Public Spaces. Bibliography. Image Credits. Index.

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Book SynopsisCurrently, it is obvious that new types of production (Industry 4.0) are accompanying new ways of distribution, which advance logistics, physical distribution science, and even supply chain management. The changing environment for carrying out logistics activities is also important for the development of the supply chain. Care for ecology, the recent pandemic, and the situation in Ukraine are other reasons to adapt logistics to the needs of an individual customer/recipient. It would be impossible without developing an appropriate strategy and applying appropriate tools for managing supply chains in the national and international dimensions.This book specifically addresses these issues.When analyzing the needs and structure of modern supply chains, in the context of their safety and risk reduction, it is impossible to ignore the problem of digitization, which allows for logistic analysis of the company, determining optimal routes, designing logistic systems, optimizing storageTable of Contents1. MODERN LOGISTICS 2. SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 3. SUPPLY CHAINS IN REVERSE LOGISTICS 4. PROCESSES AND LOGISTICS 5. MODERN LOGISTICS ANDINFORMATION SYSTEMS 6. USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES IN LOGISTICS 7. ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ON THE EXAMPLE OF WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT - OWN RESEARCH

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Book SynopsisAs the impact of climate change becomes more evident and dire, business leaders, educators, students, and academic leaders are deciding what they need to change and do to survive and thrive in a new and dramatically different environment. This book sets out how to transform business education and integrate sustainability practices into curriculum and a wider academic culture. While some universities around the globe are still teaching business practices that have contributed to human and environmental crises, pioneering educators and higher education institutions are researching, developing, and implementing programs to transform business education and practices. With stories from 26 administrators, researchers, and faculty across the globe, this book inspires business educators with innovative tools and creative solutions to address challenges in the business world and society. These pioneers are helping students and business ventures change the way they conduct business to Trade Review“We must end teaching, researching, and legitimizing business-as-usual practices that are rapidly destroying the planet’s capacity to support all species. These authors tell exciting stories that inspire business schools around the world to break away from those practices to focus on activism, researching, and teaching to create a sustainable/flourishing/regenerating world. These powerful stories will inspire many to follow in their footsteps, and to share our own transformation stories.” James A. F. Stoner, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Fordham University “If we are ever to overthrow the yoke of shareholder primacy, we must creatively destroy business education as we know it. This important new book provides a roadmap and narrative for making that happen.” Stuart Hart, Ph.D., Professor, University of Vermont and author of Beyond Shareholder Primacy "We all agree that business education needs to be transformed if we are to transition towards a sustainable political economy but how exactly is this to be done? Transforming Business Education for a Sustainable Future: Stories from Pioneers will be an invaluable resource for anyone who is currently wrestling with this question." Lee Matthews, Ph.D., Lecturer in Business and Society, University of Nottingham "This book provides a deep and sincere insight into meaningful and useful practices regarding sustainability in education. The simple writing of each chapter encourages the reader to realize and encourage aspects of sustainability in work and daily life." Respati Wulandari, Ph.D., Associate Professor, BINUS Business School, Bina Nusantara University, Indonesia "What we are teaching in business schools today is irrelevant. Many organizations are working against an urgent timeline to change business and business education for human survival. This book takes us beyond conversations about what might be done or should be done. It offers stories from pioneers who are in action. No one has all the answers but these pioneers are on the front lines of figuring out business for a finer future." Hunter Lovins, JD., President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS), founding professor of the MBA in Sustainability at Bard College "I was deeply inspired as I read the 16 chapters of this urgently needed book which is filled with well documented, positive, 'sustainability promoting,' examples of changes that have been and are being made in business schools’ courses and curricula. As an educator since 1965, I strongly endorse this book for educators, students, and business school policy makers, globally." Donald Huisingh, Professor and Editor-in-Chief, Emeritus, Journal of Cleaner Production “Education is arguably the most immediate way to drive socio-ecological change and have an impact in business/management. This book is a fantastic collection of hands-on stories from those committed to transforming business education and making a difference. It provides much-needed resources and practical insights and I am sure it will become a reference in the field." Anne Touboulic, Ph.D., Chair of the Social and Environmental Responsibility Group, Nottingham University Business School "The world is facing unprecedented challenges, and it is essential that our future business leaders are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and mindset necessary to navigate and address these complex issues. This book serves as a guiding light, providing a collection of success stories from pioneers who have developed innovative programs, courses, and systems that are already transforming the way business education is conducted to cope with our global sustainability challenges.”Rupert Baumgartner, PhD, Professor of Sustainability Management, University of Graz, AustriaTable of Contents1. Seeing Shadows: Unveiling Assumptions Underlying Management Education 2. A Transformational Attempt to Embed PRME College-Wide 3. Pluralism and “Conscientização” in the Business Classroom and Beyond 4. Regenerative Finance and Economics from Start to Finished (For Now) 5. Teaching Sustainability Management and the Creation of the MSc Sustainable Supply Chain Management at Excelia 6. Transforming Finance Education in Business Schools: A Finance Course Aligned With Sustainability 7. Students Initiate Change: Design Thinking Challenges at the University of Graz 8. Educating Students as Future Transition Intermediaries for Circular Ecosystems 9. Teaching Sustainability from Beneath the Surface: The Permeable Membrane Between Business and Nature 10. Teaching Sustainability across Borders: Looking Back to Look Ahead 11. How an Innovative Entrepreneurial Education Device Fosters Sustainable Entrepreneurship among Students 12. Back to School for the Planet Alumni Initiative: Lifelong Learning in Sustainability 13. Creativity for Managing Life in Common 14. Knowing and Acting Towards Sustainable Consumption 15. Marketing Principles for Sustainable Business Survival 16. 21st Century Leadership Practice: Building Reflection into Sustainable Purpose

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