Mid-Course Correction Revisited

Mid-Course Correction Revisited
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Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages : 290
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781603588898
ISBN-13 : 1603588892
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Mid-Course Correction Revisited by : Ray C. Anderson

Revised edition, includes new foreword by Paul Hawken and and several new chapters by John A. Lanier.

Mid-Course Correction Revisited

Mid-Course Correction Revisited
Author :
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
Total Pages : 290
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781603588904
ISBN-13 : 1603588906
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Mid-Course Correction Revisited by : Ray Anderson

The original Mid-Course Correction, published 20 years ago, became a classic in the sustainability field. It put forth a new vision for what its author, Ray C. Anderson, called the “prototypical company of the 21st century”—a restorative company that does no harm to society or the environment. In Mid-Course Correction, Anderson recounts his eureka moment as founder and leader of Interface, Inc., one of the world’s largest carpet and flooring companies, and one that was doing business in all the usual ways. Bit by bit, he began learning how much environmental destruction companies like his had caused, prompting him to make a radical change. Mid-Course Correction not only outlined what eco-centered leadership looks like, it also mapped out a specific set of goals for Anderson’s company to eliminate its environmental footprint. Those goals remain visionary even today, and this second edition delves into how Interface worked toward making them a reality, birthing one of the most innovative and successful corporate sustainability efforts in the world. The new edition also explores why we need to create not only prototypical companies, but also the prototypical economy of the twenty-first century. As our global economy shifts toward sustainability, challenges like building the circular economy and reversing global warming present tremendous opportunities for business and industry. Mid-Course Correction Revisted contains a new foreword by Paul Hawken, several new chapters by Ray C. Anderson Foundation executive director John A. Lanier, and interviews with Janine Benyus, Joel Makower, Andrew Winston, Ellen MacArthur and other leaders in green enterprise, the circular economy, and biomimicry. A wide range of business readers—from sustainability professionals to green entrepreneurs to CEOs—will find both wise advice and concrete examples in this new look at a master in corporate and environmental leadership, and the legacy he left.

Tomorrow's Economy

Tomorrow's Economy
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Publisher : MIT Press
Total Pages : 380
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ISBN-10 : 9780262361439
ISBN-13 : 0262361434
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Tomorrow's Economy by : Per Espen Stoknes

How we can achieve healthy growth--more regenerative than destructive, restoring equity rather than exacerbating inequalities. In Tomorrow's Economy, Per Espen Stoknes reframes the hot-button issue of economic growth. Going beyond the usual dialectic of pro-growth versus anti-growth, Stoknes calls for healthy growth. Healthy economic growth is more regenerative than destructive, repairs problems rather than greenwashing them, and restores equity rather than exacerbating global inequalities. Stoknes--a psychologist, economist, climate strategy researcher, and green-tech entrepreneur--argues that we have the tools to achieve healthy growth, but our success depends on transformations in government practices and individual behavior. Stoknes provides a compass to guide us toward the mindset, mechanisms, and possibilities of healthy growth.

Mid-course Correction

Mid-course Correction
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Publisher : Uit Cambridge
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 0964595354
ISBN-13 : 9780964595354
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Mid-course Correction by : Ray C. Anderson

Of value to business people, environmentalists, and educators alike, Mid-Course Correction is a business book about the environment that's written from a personal perspective. With passion and pride, Ray Anderson, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of one of the world's largest interior furnishings companies, recounts his awakening to the importance of environmental issues and outlines the steps his petroleum-dependent company, Atlanta-based Interface, Inc., is taking in its quest to become a sustainable enterprise - one that will never have to take another drop of oil from the earth.

The Social Contract Revisited

The Social Contract Revisited
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Publisher : The Urban Insitute
Total Pages : 266
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0877663351
ISBN-13 : 9780877663355
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis The Social Contract Revisited by : D. Lee Bawden

From Science to Action? 100 Years Later - Alcohol Policies Revisited

From Science to Action? 100 Years Later - Alcohol Policies Revisited
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Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages : 195
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781402018015
ISBN-13 : 1402018010
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis From Science to Action? 100 Years Later - Alcohol Policies Revisited by : Richard Müller

Relevant to both scientists and policy makers, this authoritative text provides alcohol policy from different perspectives, covering both science/research/treatment and prevention practice and links these areas.

Higher Education and SDG17

Higher Education and SDG17
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Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781804557044
ISBN-13 : 1804557048
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Higher Education and SDG17 by : Ángel Cabrera

Co-edited by the president of Georgia Tech, one of America’s leading research universities, this book demonstrates how higher education institutions are uniquely positioned to act as catalysts, conveners, and supporters of key partnerships to help advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability

The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 2585
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783031019494
ISBN-13 : 3031019490
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis The Palgrave Handbook of Global Sustainability by : Robert Brinkmann

The field of sustainability continues to evolve as a discipline. The world is facing multiple sustainability challenges such as climate change, water depletion, ecosystem loss, and environmental racism. The Handbook of Sustainability will provide a comprehensive reference for the field that examines in depth the major themes within what are known as the three E’s of sustainability: environment, equity, and economics. These three themes will serve as the main organizing body of the work. In addition, the work will include sections on history and sustainability, major figures in the development of sustainability as a discipline, and important organizations that contributed or that continue to contribute to sustainability as a field. The work is explicitly global in scope as it considers the very different issues associated with sustainability in the global north and south

The Big Pivot

The Big Pivot
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Publisher : Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages : 353
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ISBN-10 : 9781625270528
ISBN-13 : 1625270526
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis The Big Pivot by : Andrew S. Winston

We live in a fundamentally changed world. It’s time for your approach to strategy to change, too. The evidence is all around us. Extreme weather, driven by climate change, is shattering records all over the planet. Our natural resources are in greater demand than ever before as a billion more people enter the global middle class, wanting more of everything. Radical transparency is opening up company operations and supply chains to public scrutiny. This is not some futuristic scenario or model to debate, but today’s reality. We've passed an economic tipping point. A weakening of the foundations of our planetary infrastructure is costing businesses dearly and putting our society at risk. The mega challenges of climate change, scarcity, and radical transparency threaten our ability to run an expanding global economy and are profoundly changing “business as usual.” But they also offer unprecedented opportunities: multi-trillion-dollar markets are in play, and the winners of this new game will profit mightily. According to Andrew Winston, bestselling author (Green to Gold) and globally recognized business strategist, the way companies currently operate will not allow them to keep up with the current—and future—rate of change. They need to make the Big Pivot. In this indispensable new book, Winston provides ten crucial strategies for leaders and companies ready to move boldly forward and win in this new reality. With concrete advice and tactics, and new stories from companies like British Telecom, Diageo, Dow, Ford, Nike, Unilever, Walmart, and many others, The Big Pivot will help you, and all of us, create more resilient businesses and a more prosperous world. This book is the blueprint to get you started.

Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist

Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist
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Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Total Pages : 338
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780771007552
ISBN-13 : 0771007558
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Business Lessons from a Radical Industrialist by : Ray Anderson

“America’s greenest CEO” and the hero from the award-winning documentary The Corporation makes the urgent, compelling case that sustainable business pays. His story is now legend. In 1994, after reading The Ecology of Commerce by Paul Hawken, Ray Anderson felt a “spear in the chest”: the founder of Interface, Inc., a billion-dollar carpeting manufacturer, realized that his company was plundering the environment and he needed to steer it on a new course. Since then, Interface has cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 82%, and the goal is to reach zero environmental footprint by 2020. Thoughtful and winning, Confessions of a Radical Industrialist shows how Anderson revolutionized his company, in the process bringing costs down, improving quality, making it one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” — and driving up profits. *The publisher has aimed for sustainability in all aspects of this book’s production, from the inks and glues to the trim size. The interior paper is 100% post-consumer recycled, certified by the Forest Stewardship Council, and ancient-forest friendly. Instead of a jacket, the cover boards are wrapped in 100% recycled paper stock coated in a biodegradable varnish – and these are just two examples among many.