Leading sustainably : the path to sustainable business and how the SDGs changed everything / Trista Bridges, Donald Eubank.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bridges, Trista, author.

Eubank, Donald, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Industrial management--Environmental aspects.

Industrial management.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021.

Summary:

The business world is at an important crossroads. The age of the stakeholder is rapidly superseding that of the shareholder as climate change and political and societal shifts upend years of seeming prosperity. To move past this agitated age, business and society must learn to lead sustainably by putting purpose on equal footing with profit. The first step is understanding what's meant by sustainability and how it offers an opportunity for both business and society. Inspired by the launch of the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the book captures the ideas of more than 100 change makers from around the world about how business is putting sustainability at the core of strategy to survive, thrive, and realign its interests with society's. Leading Sustainably looks at how sustainability has evolved in a business context, offering powerful insights, key facts, and guidance on building sustainability capability within companies, measuring and managing impact, sustainable finance's transformation, and other topics critical to aligning businesses' central activities with sustainable principles. The book introduces five vignettes profiling best-in-class companies that were sustainable from the start and international case studies on business sustainability efforts, spanning industries from hospitality to waste management, fashion, finance, and more. Finally, Bridges and Eubank provide frameworks and in-depth direction firms can leverage when accelerating their transition to more sustainable business models. The book is a perfect guide for mid-level to senior managers seeking to understand this fast-changing business environment, how to factor sustainability into their decision-making, and why the SDGs changed everything.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Contributors

List of acronyms

Foreword

Preface: Pro bono humani generis

In the spotlight: mission-driven companies

Prologue: Vision 2030-where could we be?

1 How we got here: the story of sustainability and the SDGs

Our definition of sustainability

2 For profit, purpose, and survival: why business is embracing sustainability

Mission-driven vignette 1: Toad&amp

Co*-a better approach to apparel

3 From ESG to the SDGs: methodologies for measuring and managing impact

Mission-driven vignette 2: Re-Nuble-expanding access to organics through repurposed food waste

4 The transformation of finance: sustainable investing goes mainstream

Mission-driven vignette 3: ECOncrete-bringing life to concrete

5 The road to sustainability: best practices for building organizational capabilities and driving implementation

Mission-driven vignette 4: TBM Co., Ltd.'s LIMEX-reimagining paper and plastic

6 What's next: industries as hotbeds of sustainable innovation

Mission-driven vignette 5: KEEN-"We are not just here to make shoes"

7 Achieving the breakthrough: sustainability becomes business-as-usual

Acknowledgements

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-000-04380-0

1-000-04376-2