Sustainability
- 6 Courses | 3h 7m 59s
- 14 Books | 71h 58m
- 11 Audiobooks | 40h 19m 17s
Sustaining the ability of natural systems to continue to provide the natural resources is becoming more important than ever. Sustainability is a term that has grown in popularity and has become a catchphrase for green business practices that has been incorporated into many corporate strategies. See how companies achieve sustainability in their operations.
COURSES INCLUDED
Sustainability: Product Selection
Product selection has a wide variety of potential negative effects on human health and the environment, such as exposure to toxic chemicals and air pollution. This course discusses sustainable product choices. You'll discover the principles of the circular economy, the aims of the sustainable materials management approach, the steps of sustainable procurement, and how to apply circularity using the regenerative framework. This course was developed with subject matter support provided by Pinchin Ltd., an environmental, health and safety consulting firm with offices across Canada. Please note, the course materials and content were current with the laws and regulations at the time of the last expert review. However, they may not reflect the most current legal developments. Nothing herein, or in the course materials, shall be construed as professional advice as to any particular situation with respect to compliance with legal statutes or requirements.
22m
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Sustainability: Adopting a Green Lifestyle
The natural environment is important and the decisions we make at work and at home are having a huge impact on it. This course discusses how to reduce our environmental impact by adopting a green lifestyle. You'll discover the current environmental issues, how lifestyle choices have changed the environment, and the actions that will help reduce this impact. This course was developed with subject matter support provided by Pinchin Ltd., an environmental, health and safety consulting firm with offices across Canada. Please note, the course materials and content were current with the laws and regulations at the time of the last expert review, however, they may not reflect the most current legal developments. Nothing herein, or in the course materials, shall be construed as professional advice as to any particular situation with respect to compliance with legal statutes or requirements.
22m
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The Effects of Environmental Change on Business
As the planet's environment changes, so do its effects on the business world. Environmental changes impact business practices. From natural resources to supply chains, to logistics, to energy sources, to customer behaviors and demographics, businesses must adapt or be left behind. Further, climate change requires business adopt sustainable practices in order to remain economically viable and environmentally responsible. In this course, you'll learn about how the changing environment impacts businesses, economically, environmentally, and socially. You'll learn about local regulations and global agreements that affect how businesses may operate, and the clean tech and steps toward sustainability that companies can take to create sustainable business practices. Materials in this course are based upon content provided in partnership with MIT Sloan Management Review.
5 videos |
30m
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Weighing Risks and Opportunities of Implementing Sustainability Initiatives
As the planet's environment changes, so do its effects on the business world. Environmental changes impact business practices. From natural resources to supply chains, to logistics, to energy sources, to customer behaviors and demographics, businesses must adapt or be left behind. Further, climate change requires businesses to adopt sustainable practices in order to remain economically viable and environmentally responsible. In this course, you will learn about the organizational risk companies face if they don't embrace sustainability, some common reasons why organizations resist such a move, potential business opportunities presented by sustainable practices, and the business benefits of adapting sustainable business practices. Materials in this course are based upon content provided in partnership with MIT Sloan Management Review.
5 videos |
22m
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Building a Strategic Commitment to Sustainability
In today's business world, sustainability is a strategic necessity. The pressures on companies to be more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable are mounting on many fronts. Consumers and shareholders expect more than lip service - they want demonstrated commitment. In this course, you'll learn about ways to identify areas where you can implement sustainable business practices, and some key lessons that can help you integrate sustainability into your company's business strategy. Finally, you'll learn about some concepts that may help you discover other ways you can move your company into higher levels of sustainability by considering some larger systems approaches. Materials in this course are based upon content provided in partnership with MIT Sloan Management Review.
6 videos |
22m
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BOOK SUMMARY
The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable GrowthIn The Lean Strategy, the authors combine their rich experience with Lean to help you explore novel ways to think about business problems and find innovative solutions. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
11m
By Daniel Jones, Jacques Chaize, Michael Balle, Orest Fiume
Book
Becoming a Sustainable Organization: A Project and Portfolio Management ApproachLaying out a framework to improve sustainability integrations including case studies, lessons learned, best practices, and tools and templates to facilitate transforming into a sustainable organization, this book explains how to engage both internal and external stakeholders in order to reframe strategy to drive a sustainability journey.
7h 41m
By Kristina Kohl
Book
Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar BusinessesExamining nine companies that are merging social responsibility with wild profitability, this book reveals the six factors responsible for their success, and serves as a blueprint for sustainable success that anyone can follow.
3h 31m
By E. Freya Williams
Book
Practical Sustainability Strategies: How to Gain a Competitive AdvantageBased on the authors' many years of research and hands-on experience, this book provides tested and proven practical strategies that make it possible for organizations to develop, maintain, or extend their competitive advantage without causing harm to the environment and society.
5h 16m
By George P. Nassos, Nikos Avlonas
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The Pursuit of Sustainability: Creating Business Value through Strategic Leadership, Holistic Perspectives, and Exceptional PerformanceFor strategic leaders, professionals, and practitioners, this book provides insights, guidance, and methods for developing and implementing sustainable solutions and holistic management systems without prescribing a generalized model that supposedly would fit every situation.
7h 55m
By David L. Rainey, Robert J. Araujo
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Green Logistics: Improving the Environmental Sustainability of Logistics, 3rd editionExamining ways to achieve a more sustainable balance between economic, environmental, and social objectives, this book aims to provide a broad overview of technical, managerial, economic and policy aspects of green logistics.
8h 56m
By Alan McKinnon, Anthony Whiteing (eds), Maja Piecyk, Michael Browne
Book
Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental, and Economic Impacts, 2nd EditionIncluding best practices from dozens of companies in Europe, Asia, North America, South America, Australia, and Africa, this book is the ultimate how-to guide to implementing and measuring the effectiveness of sustainability initiatives.
6h 4m
By Adriana Rejc Buhovac, Marc J. Epstein
Book
The Sustainable MBA: A Business Guide to Sustainability, Second EditionBased on interviews with experts in business, international organizations, NGOs and universities from around the world, this book provides the knowledge and tools to help you to turn sustainability talk into action for the benefit of your bottom line and society as a whole.
6h 26m
By Giselle Weybrecht
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The Sustainability Mindset: Using the Matrix Map to Make Strategic DecisionsFilled with compelling examples of how The Matrix Map helps nonprofits with strategic decision-making, this book provides an easy-to-follow process complete with tools and templates to help organizations visualize their business model and engage in strategic inquiry.
2h 58m
By Jeanne Bell, Steve Zimmerman
Book
MIT Sloan Management Review Article on Sustainability Progress Is Stalled at Most CompaniesLess than one-third of U.S. employees surveyed reported that their organizations engage in practices that embed sustainability goals in business models and employee roles.
5m
By CB Bhattacharya, Rob Jekielek
BOOK SUMMARY
Invention: A LifeIn Invention: A Life, James Dyson shares his vision for a world that's dedicated to sustainability and innovation in all areas, including science, engineering, farming, and healthcare. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
7m
By James Dyson
BOOK SUMMARY
Outlast: How ESG Can Benefit Your BusinessIn Outlast, Mukund Rajan and Rajeev Kumar explore the nature and history of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies in business enterprises. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
7m
By Mukund Rajan, Rajeev Kumar
Book
Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Methods for Producing Smart PackagingThe book addresses issues related to the production of smart packaging, including marketing and environmental impacts of these new products.
8h 31m
By Dr. Inamuddin, Jorddy Neves Cruz, Tariq Altalhi
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The Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: Scaling Ecological Energetics from Organism to the Biosphere, Second EditionThe Global Carbon Cycle and Climate Change: Scaling Ecological Energetics from Organism to the Biosphere, Second Edition examines the global carbon cycle and energy balance of the biosphere, following carbon and energy through increasingly complex levels of metabolism-from cells to ecosystems.
14h 10m
By David E. Reichle
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and SuccessThe Responsible Business lays out the operational principles for conducting a sustainable business in a responsible way, and provides a coherent framework for applying those principles systemically. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
10m 54s
By Carol Sanford
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
The Lean Strategy: Using Lean to Create Competitive Advantage, Unleash Innovation, and Deliver Sustainable GrowthIn The Lean Strategy, the authors combine their rich experience with Lean to help you explore novel ways to think about business problems and find innovative solutions. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
20m
By Daniel Jones, Jacques Chaize, Michael Balle, Orest Fiume
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
The Power of Sustainable Thinking: How to Create a Positive Future for the Climate, the Planet, Your Organization and Your LifeThe Power of Sustainable Thinking challenges us all at a deeply personal level to make the fundamental shift in our beliefs and behavior required to build more efficient and responsible economic and social systems. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
9m 53s
By Bob Doppelt
Audiobook
The B Corp Handbook: How to Use Business as a Force for GoodThis audio edition makes the business case for improving your social and environmental performance, and offers a step-by-step "quick start guide" on how your company can join an innovative and rapidly.
4h 16m 23s
By Ryan Honeyman
Audiobook
Green Giants: How Smart Companies Turn Sustainability into Billion-Dollar BusinessesThis audio edition is packed with eye-opening research, exclusive interviews, and enlightening examples from Chipotle, Toyota, Unilever, Tesla, General Electric, and more, and serves as a blueprint for sustainable success that anyone can follow.
7h 6m 4s
By E. Freya Williams
Audiobook
Buyosphere: The Consumer Awareness RevolutionThis audio edition details emerging technologies that reveal the hidden impacts of every product we buy - on society, the environment, and our health. Read by the authors.
1h 8m 41s
By Daniel Goleman, Dara O’Rourke
Audiobook
Radical Transparency: How Business Can Leverage Consumer Climate ChangeThis audio edition offers businesses practical steps to leverage the coming shift in consumer awareness to increase market share and create a prosperous, sustainable future for the planet. Read by the authors.
1h 3m 41s
By Daniel Goleman, Gregory Norris
Audiobook
Repeatability: Build Enduring Businesses for a World of Constant ChangeThis audio edition shows how some of the world's best-known firms combine a core differentiation model with speed, adaptability, and simplicity to land them at the top for long periods of time
6h 52m 2s
By Chris Zook, James Allen
Audiobook
The Radical Horizon: A Primer on Business SustainabilityThis audio edition discusses the demand for transparent products and processes, as well as how to evaluate ecological upgrades - and is essential for anyone trying to understand the radical shifts happening in everything we make and buy.
38m 3s
By Dara O’Rourke, Gregory Norris
Audiobook
Great Powers, Climate Change, and Global Environmental ResponsibilitiesThis book examines the role of great powers in the international politics of climate change. It develops a novel analytical framework for studying environmental power in international relations, what counts as a great power in the environmental field, and what their special environmental responsibilities are.
11h 50m 53s
By Barry Buzan, Robert Falkner
Audiobook
Revolutionary Power: An Activist's Guide to the Energy TransitionRevolutionary Power is a playbook for the energy transformation complete with a step-by-step analysis of the key energy policy areas that are ripe for intervention. She draws from her experience as an energy-justice advocate, a lawyer, and a queer woman of color to inspire activists working to build our new energy system.
6h 42m 43s
By Shalanda H. Baker
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