The Sustainable Business Handbook

Edition: 1 Date: 03/02/2022 Price: £29.99 ISBN Paperback: 9781398604049 ISBN Ebook: 9781398604056 Pages: 328 Format (mm): 235x158 Product Category: Supplementary Text/

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Subject: Business Improvement « Focuses on how businesses can become more sustainable in practice (the ‘how’) rather than on the case for sustainability (the ‘why’) « Features practical tools and tips and a variety of case studies of organizations successfully embracing sustainability « Covers the whole process to sustainability, from defining an organizational purpose and setting goals to engaging stakeholders, creating a successful culture and avoiding common pitfalls « Spotlights actionable examples of how businesses can become more innovative, resilient and successful by becoming more sustainable « Explores how sustainable businesses create long term value by minimising negative social, environmental and economic practices and maximizing positive impacts

Description

The case for business sustainability has already been made; organizations can no longer ignore the issue when climate change affects supply chains and customer expectations require them to take action. It has also been proven that businesses operating sustainably drive innovation, build brand value and are more profitable.

It is therefore time to shift the conversation from the ‘why’ of business sustainability to the ‘how’. The Sustainable Business Handbook is a practical ‘how-to’ guide which aims to demystify jargon and provide practical tools and tips for busy managers. Rather than preaching the importance of sustainability, it cuts straight to how businesses can become more resilient and successful in the long term by becoming more sustainable.

This indispensable book is based around twenty top tips for transforming your business and is interspersed with a range of individual profiles and case studies of organizations successfully embracing sustainability. With guidance on defining your organizational purpose, engaging stakeholders and creating the right culture, The Sustainable Business Handbook outlines how to shift Corporate Responsibility from being a bolt-on to business operations to being a source of innovation and new business, as well as societal good.

Author Information

David Grayson CBE is Emeritus Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield School of Management, based in London, UK. From 2007-17 he was Professor and Director of the Doughty Centre for Corporate Responsibility at Cranfield. He is the chair of the Institute of Business Ethics and has worked with responsible business coalitions across the world.

Chris Coulter is CEO of GlobeScan, an insights and strategy firm that helps organizations build the trust they need to create value for themselves and society, and is based in Toronto, Canada. He is the Chair of Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (CBSR) and is a member of the Multinational Subcommittee of B Lab’s Standards Advisory Council and Walgreen’s Corporate Responsibility Advisory Board.

Mark Lee is the Director of the Sustainability Institute by ERM, which launched in 2020 to define, accelerate and scale sustainability performance by developing actionable insight for business. He is also an ERM Partner and sits on the Advisory Board of Sustainable Brands and the Senior Advisory Board of the Centre for Responsible Business at the Haas Business School at UC Berkeley. He is based in California.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1 Getting started

2 Purpose 3 Materiality 4 Business case

2 Building it up

3 Strategy 4 Operationalizing 5 Culture 6 Leadership 7 Reporting 8 Governance

3 Taking it to the world

4 Engagement 5 Communications 6 Partnering 7 Advocacy 8 Conclusion