Building a culture for sustainability : people, planet, and profits in a new green economy / Jeana Wirtenberg ; foreword by Andrew Winston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wirtenberg, Jeana.

Series:

Gale eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social responsibility of business--Case studies.

Social responsibility of business.

Sustainability--Case studies.

Sustainability.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 312 pages) : illustrations

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This practical, easy-to-understand book sets a path to successfully building a culture for sustainability in today's global marketplace, providing ""best practice"" case studies from industries and sectors including manufacturing, business-to-business, hospitality, consumer products, telecommunications, and professional services.

Contents:

Building bridges to a sustainable future: understanding and creating a culture for sustainability

Alcoa: connecting people to communities

Alcatel-lucent: transforming communications for the twenty-first century

BASF: creating chemistry for a sustainable future

Bureau Veritas: leading by example

Church & Dwight: product stewardship for sustainable prosperity

Ingersoll Rand: integrating sustainability into the heartbeat of the company

Pfizer: growing leaders through the global health fellows program

Sanofi: putting the patient first

Wyndham Worldwide: Wyndham green: one goal. one team. one earth

People, planet, and profits in a new green economy.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400621970

9798216056621

9781440803765

1440803765

OCLC:

880404491

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798400621970