The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social, and Environmental Success: and How You Can Too, Revised and Updated
- 5h 24m
- Andrew W. Troelsen, Karl Weber
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2014
The classic guide to sustainability strategy and implementation—updated for today's businesses
To ensure business success, companies must embrace sustainable management. Firms need to find the overlap between business interests and the interests of society and the environment before they can secure a lasting competitive edge. By making the case for sustainability as a fundamental business practice, The Triple Bottom Line became an instant classic when first published in 2006, showing a generation of business leaders how to find their sustainability sweet spot—where profitability merges seamlessly with the common good. Now updated with ground-breaking stories of successes and failure, this revision of The Triple Bottom Line is a critical resource for all managers and leaders.
- Features in-depth success stories of sustainability practices at major firms such as Wal-Mart, GE, DuPont, American Electric Power, and PepsiCo—and shows why companies such as BP and Hershey continue to fail
- Draws on Andy Savitz's 25 years of pioneering consulting and research in the field
- Includes all-new reporting and analysis on the practice of sustainability and the triple bottom line in business today, providing new insights on where sustainability is headed
The Triple Bottom Line is essential reading for any firm to meet the challenge of creating lasting value for both shareholders and society.
About the Authors
Andrew W. Savitz heads Sustainable Business Strategies, a consultancy that assists organizations to improve their Triple Bottom Line. Previously, he was a lead partner in the sustainability services group at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. He served as general counsel of Environmental Affairs for Massachusetts and founded the Massachusetts League of Environmental Voters. He is the author of Talent, Transformation, and the Triple Bottom Line (Jossey-Bass, 2013). Savitz's online newsletter, The Savitz Report, helps companies leverage their human capital to accelerate the transformation to sustainability.
Karl Weber is a writer and editor who specializes in business, politics, current affairs, history, and social issues. Among many other books, he coauthored the New York Times bestseller Creating a World Without Poverty with Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus. He lives in Irvington, New York, with his wife, Mary-Jo Weber.
In this Book
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The Triple Bottom Line—How Today’s Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social, and Environmental Success—and How You Can Too, Revised And Updated
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Introduction
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A Bitter Aftertaste—Hershey Struggles to Master the Sustainability Challenge
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The Sustainability Sweet Spot—How to Achieve Long-Term Business Success
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The Age of Sustainability
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Business Responds
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The Backlash Against Sustainability
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Renewing the Penobscot—“A More Productive Use of Capital”
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Where Do You Stand Today? Your Sustainability Self-Assessment
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Sustainability Jiu-Jitsu—Turning Short-Term Challenges into Opportunities
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Shaping Your Sustainability Strategy
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Implementing Your Sustainability Program
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Managing Stakeholder Engagement
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Dealing with Special Stakeholder Challenges
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Measuring and Reporting Your Progress
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Aligning Your Culture to Support Sustainability
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The Emerging Multipurpose Company
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Appendix—Creating a Sustainability Management System
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Notes
