Sustainable excellence
Subtitle: the future of business in a fast-changing world
By: Aron Cramer + Zachary Karabell
Contributors: Karabell, Zachary
Publisher: Rodale; Distributed to the trade by Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781605295343
Subjects: Corporations; Environmental aspects; Sustainable development; Social responsibility of business
Description: Learn how the world's most influential companies are building business strategies that tackle the biggest global challenges. The authors make the case for a different way of doing business-- one that will define both business success and economic vitality in the 21st century.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: What is sustainable excellence?; title: How we got here; title: Sustainability : a new dimension of business strategy; title: Leadership; title: New sustainability champions; title: Value chains : unlocking solutions; title: It's the product, stupid!; title: Money, money, money makes the world go 'round; title: The commodity conundrum; title: Smarter cities, greener grids, and the wonderful new world of I.T.; title: Practicing what you preach; title: Guess who's coming to (the board) dinner?; title: Ten companies that will shape the world in 2020.