Green to Gold – How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value and Build a Competitive Advantage - Couverture rigide

Esty, Daniel C

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ISBN 10 : 0300119976 ISBN 13 : 9780300119978

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book explains what every executive should know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and the business world. Based on the authors' rich experience with forward-thinking companies around the world, "Green to Gold" demonstrates how corporations create value by building environmental thinking into their overall business strategies. Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston provide clear 'how to' advice for making sense of environmental challenges, and they offer detailed case examples of how companies achieve both environmental and business success - establishing an eco-advantage in the marketplace. "Green to Gold" is written for executives at all levels and businesses of all kinds. It guides the business leader through pollution and natural resource management issues and the growing pressure from outside stakeholders to strive for 'sustainability'. While highlighting successful strategies, Esty and Winston also examine why environmental initiatives may fail despite best intentions. With practical suggestions for incorporating environmental thinking into core business strategy, and with a clear focus on execution - not legalisms, platitudes, and abstractions - Esty and Winston present a thoughtful, pragmatic roadmap that shows how companies can use environmental pressures and responsibilities to spark innovation and drive growth.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From the Publishers Weekly review:
"Two experts from Yale tackle the business wake–up–call du jour–environmental responsibility–from every angle in this thorough, earnest guidebook: pragmatically, passionately, financially and historically. Though "no company the authors know of is on a truly long–term sustainable course," Esty and Winston label the forward–thinking, green–friendly (or at least green–acquainted) companies WaveMakers and set out to assess honestly their path toward environmental responsibility, and its impact on a company′s bottom line, customers, suppliers and reputation. Following the evolution of business attitudes toward environmental concerns, Esty and Winston offer a series of fascinating plays by corporations such as Wal–Mart, GE and Chiquita (Banana), the bad guys who made good, and the good guys–watchdogs and industry associations, mostly–working behind the scenes. A vast number of topics huddle beneath the umbrella of threats to the earth, and many get a thorough analysis here: from global warming to electronic waste "take–back" legislation to subsidizing sustainable seafood. For the responsible business leader, this volume provides plenty of (organic) food for thought. "

Biographie de l'auteur :

Daniel C. Esty is the Hillhouse Professor at Yale University and Director of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (www.yale.edu/CBEY). Author or editor of nine books and dozens of articles, Dan is one of the world′s leading corporate environmental strategy experts with twenty years of experience working with companies of all sizes and across many industries worldwide. He served as a senior official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the early 1990s and is presently Chairman of Esty Environmental Partners (www.EstyEP.com).

Andrew S. Winston advises some of the world′s leading companies on how to profit from environmental thinking. He is also a highly respected and dynamic speaker, exploring the business benefits of going green with audiences around the world. Andrew′s earlier career included corporate strategy at Boston Consulting Group and management positions in marketing and business development at Time Warner and MTV. See www.andrewwinston.com for more information.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0300119976
• ISBN 13: 9780300119978
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 366