Strategic Sustainability : Why it matters to your business and how to make it happen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McKay, Alexandra, author.

Series:

DōShorts

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental policy.

Social responsibility of business.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (62 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In many businesses sustainability is one person's passion and responsibility. A large part of their job becomes selling sustainability to other people in the business. This book offers arguments, information and tactics will help that person get the buy-in they need to move sustainability forward in their business. Strategic Sustainability: sets out why sustainability matters to businesses - the benefits to you and your stakeholders; shows how to identify the biggest issues, impacts and wins for your business; helps you identify the resources you will need to put sustainability at the heart of your business; outlines key reasons why businesses that are not multinationals should take action on sustainability, and how to do it; looks in detail at how to integrate sustainability with business strategy and mission. Sustainability is of strategic importance to a business. This book makes an airtight case for why action is essential and how sustainability can help a business not only survive but thrive in competitive marketplaces."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Create a USPResource efficiency: energy, water, waste; Carbon and renewables; Your product or service; Human rights; Supply chain; Community; Employees and labour issues; How to Make it Happen; Selling sustainability; Before you start; To the board; To key resource holders; To key actors; To your staff; Common Arguments; Won't this take a lot of time?; Won't this cost a lot?; Shouldn't we be focusing on the things that really matter?; Conclusion; Appendix A; Case Study - Yearsley Group; Appendix B; Building a Business Case; Resources; Notes

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (EBC, viewed November 29, 2017).

ISBN:

1-351-27538-0

1-351-27539-9

1-351-27540-2

1-909293-55-5

1-909293-56-3

9781351275408

OCLC:

854972019