The essential guide for forward-thinking business leaders who see the Green Wave coming and want to profit from it
This book explores what every executive must know to manage the environmental challenges facing society and business. Based on the authors' years of experience and hundreds of interviews with corporate leaders around the world, Green to Gold shows how companies generate lasting value, cutting costs, reducing risk, increasing revenues, and creating strong brands, by building environmental thinking into their business strategies. Daniel C. Esty and Andrew S. Winston provide clear how-to advice and concrete examples from companies like BP, Toyota, IKEA, GE, and Nike that are achieving both environmental and business success. The authors show how these cutting-edge companies are establishing an “eco-advantage” in the marketplace as traditional elements of competitive differentiation fade in importance. Esty and Winston not only highlight successful strategies but also make plain what does not work by describing why environmental initiatives sometimes fail despite the best intentions.
Green to Gold is written for executives at every level and for businesses of all kinds and sizes. Esty and Winston guide leaders through a complex new world of resource shortfalls, regulatory restrictions, and growing pressure from customers and other stakeholders to strive for sustainability. With a sharp focus on execution, Esty and Winston offer a thoughtful, pragmatic, and inspiring road map that companies can use to cope with environmental pressures and responsibilities while sparking innovation that will drive long-term growth. Green to Gold is the new template for global CEOs who want to be good stewards of the Earth while simultaneously building the bottom line.
【目录】
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: The Environmental Lens
Part One. Preparing for a New World
1 Eco-Advantage
Issues and opportunities for business in an environmentally sensitive world
2 Natural Drivers of the Green Wave,
Environmental problems and how they shape markets
3 Who's Behind the Green Wave?
Stakeholders and the power they wield
Part Two. Strategies for Building Eco-Advantage
4 Managing the Downside
Green-to-Gold Plays to reduce cost and risk
5 Building the Upside
Green-to-Gold Plays to drive revenues and create intangible value
Part Three. What WaveRiders Do
6 The Eco-Advantage Mindset
Looking through an environmental lens
7 Eco-Tracking
Understanding your company's environmental "footprint"
8 Redesigning Your World
Designing for the environment and "greening" the supply chain
9 Inspiring an Eco-Advantage Culture
Creating an organizational focus on environmental stewardship
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