Sustainable Value : How the World's Leading Companies Are Doing Well by Doing Good / Chris Laszlo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laszlo, Christopher, author.

Contributor:

Cescau, Patrick.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Taylor and Francis, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"A small but influential group of mainstream global industry leaders are now reinventing the role of business in society. They are shifting the focus away from minimizing negative impacts to offering new solutions to global problems that the public sector has been unable to tackle alone. In this new competitive environment, societal challenges such as climate change or the alleviation of global poverty are not only risks, but huge business opportunities, not only for niche players, but for mainstream business. These leaders are creating "Sustainable Value". They are creating it through the provision of value to both their shareholders and their stakeholders - an ever-growing list of diverse constituents impacted by the social, environmental, and financial performance of global business. In short, they are doing well by doing good. In this outstanding book, Chris Laszlo defines, illustrates, and shows how business can action 'Sustainable Value' in three profoundly different ways. First, a management fable looks at the experiences of a dynamic business leader as she grapples with the new business realities of managing stakeholder, as well as shareholder pressures. Second, with the real thing - inside stories from some of the largest corporations in the world that are successfully integrating sustainability into their core activities, not only from a sense of moral correctness, but because it makes good business sense. And, finally, with frameworks, tools, and methods that will make sustainable value creation concrete for business practitioners everywhere. This book is a masterful synthesis - part novel and part executive briefing - a refreshing kind of prophetic pragmatism, helping leaders anticipate and see the future in the context of the actual. In Sustainable Value Chris Laszlo speaks with resounding clarity to the living challenges, the real dilemmas, and haunting questions of CEOs everywhere."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front cover; Half title; About the author; Praise; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword 1; Foreword 2; Introduction; Part I: Deena's story; 1. Life at the top; 2. Turning point; 3. Rebirth of the sustainable company; Part II: Mainstream companies that are doing well by doing good; 4. The new competitive environment; 5. DuPont; 6. Wal-Mart; 7. Lafarge; 8. NatureWorks LLC; Part III: The sustainable value toolkit; 9. Introduction to sustainable value; 10. The eight disciplines; 11. Putting it all together; Postscript; Endnotes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-351-28006-6

1-351-28007-4

1-351-28008-2

1-907643-00-1

9781351280082

OCLC:

1004350598