BOOK OF THE MONTH


Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto

By Adam Werbach

Book Description:

This is the definitive work on business strategy for sustainability by the most authoritative voice in the conversation.

More than ever before, consumers, employees, and investors share a common purpose and a passion for companies that do well by doing good. So any strategy without sustainability at its core is just plain irresponsible - bad for business, bad for shareholders, bad for the environment. These challenges represent unprecedented opportunities for big brands - such as Clorox, Dell, Toyota, Procter & Gamble, Nike, and Wal-Mart - that are implementing integral, rather than tangential, strategies for sustainability. What these companies are doing illuminates the book's practical framework for change, which involves engaging employees, using transparency as a business tool, and reaping the rewards of a networked organizational structure.

Leave your quaint notions of corporate social responsibility and environmentalism behind. Werbach is starting a whole new dialogue around sustainability of enterprise and life as we know it in organizations and individuals. Sustainability is now a true competitive strategic advantage, and building it into the core of your business is the only means to ensure that your company - and your world - will survive. 

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 224 pages

  • Publisher: Harvard Business Press (July 6, 2009)

  • Language: English

  • ISBN-10: 142217770X

  • ISBN-13: 978-1422177709

  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches

This book is available from Harvardbusiness.org/press, Amazon.com and other fine booksellers.