$58.49
Author: Grayson David
Edition: 1
Number Of Pages: 328
Details: Review
“Business leaders are facing an unprecedented shift in expectations from their stakeholders to embrace ESG. The Sustainable Business Handbook provides practical measures for companies of all sizes and from all geographies to respond to these expectations and become better businesses through the integration of sustainability.” ― Mark Cutifani, Chief Executive of Anglo American
“For the corporate manager who is tasked with bringing sustainability to their company, this handbook provides a wealth of useful advice on everything from assessing ESG materiality to building a culture of sustainability. The authors’ experience with executing sustainability strategies provides readers with very practical ways to position their company to manage ESG risks and explore related business opportunities.” ― Tensie Whelan, Clinical Professor of Business and Society, Director of NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, USA
“Family businesses have a particularly strong sense of stewardship and desire to be a force for good. For those family businesses who are young or just starting to more consciously realise their social impact, this book is a very practical, easy-to-use guide that can help companies turn those aspirations into action.” ― Sir James Wates CBE, Chairman of Wates Group and Chair of the Institute of Family Business
“This book with three authors on three continents adopts a practical and international approach to the over familiar, but poorly understood topic of sustainability. It addresses all the roadblocks that hinder companies from taking the steps they need to ensure their own and our planet’s survival. It starts with purpose of a company – why is it in business and who is it here to serve. Dig deeply into this and from there it is plain sailing.” ― Katie Hill, Executive Director B Lab Europe (B Lab is the not for profit behind the B Corp movement)
“There is a growing wave of companies everywhere needing to begin their sustainability journeys and the Sustainable Business Handbook is a critical tool to help them do it effectively.” ― Feroz Koor – Group Head of Sustainability – Woolworths, South Africa
“It is clear that we need many more companies ramping up their sustainability efforts in the coming years if we are going to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The Sustainable Business Handbook provides a perfectly timed and well thought through roadmap for companies beginning their sustainability journey.” ― Dr Mark Watson – Group Head of Sustainability at John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Ltd, Hong Kong
“The Sustainable Business Handbook is required reading for executives who are looking to better understand and respond to one of the most important issues facing business today, sustainability (or ESG).” ― Siddharth Sharma, Group Chief Sustainability Officer – Tata Sons, India
“Climate change, the loss of nature and rising inequality represent the biggest crises facing business today, while sustainability and purpose have become mainstream levers of performance. That is why addressing them effectively have become key determinants of business success. And yet few companies know where to start. How do you put principles into practice. This comprehensive, step-by-step guide has the answers, skillfully navigating business through the big questions of our time.” ― Alan Jope, CEO of Unilever plc
“It is critical to build bridges connecting well intentioned commitments to make change happen with the actions needed to make these changes real. Practical handbooks like this – with a focus on the tools and real life stories of both strategies that work and those that don’t – are precious to people who are harnessing the power of business as a force for good.” ― Charmian Love, CoFounder of B Lab UK
“This is the practical “how to” of sustainability that so many businesses urgently need. Drawing on years of practical, hands-on experience, the authors demystify the language of sustainability and provide plain-language
Release Date: 22-02-2022
Package Dimensions: 22x233x490
