Smart Green: How to Implement Sustainable Business Practices in Any Industry – and Make Money | by Jonathan Estes | 2009 | ISBN: 9780470387795. Business Strategy Books. Becoming a Smart Green Company. Smart Green Strategic Planning. Sustainability and Entrepreneurship.

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Smart Green: How to Implement Sustainable Business Practices in Any Industry – and Make Money

by Jonathan Estes
2009 (224 pages)
ISBN:9780470387795

For any business that wants to go green but can’t risk jeopardizing profitability, this timely book offers an analytical model that ensures profitability, lowers risk, and decreases its environmental impact.

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Smart Green—How to Implement Sustainable Business Practices in Any Industry – and Make Money







Introduction
Chapter 1 – The Green Rush
The Times they are A-Changin’
The Tipping Point
Climate Change: “the Greatest Market Failure the World Has Ever Seen”
What is Sustainability and Why Should I Care?
A Perfect Storm
From the Gold Rush to the Green Rush
Evidence of the Green Rush
Green Investing
The New Environmentalism
Notes

Chapter 2 – Taking the First Step—Becoming Aware
Opening the Door
The Entrepreneurial Spirit
Sustainability and Entrepreneurship
The Lure of Sustainability
What is a Smart Green Company?
Becoming a Smart Green Company
Notes

Chapter 3 – Defining a Smart Green Company
The Moving Target
Planting Trees: Environmental Stewardship
3.4: The Greater Green: Social Equity
Making Green: Profitability and Performance
Smart Green Versus Greenwashing
What is Your Level of Greenth?
Analysis of Your Corporate Biosphere
Writing a Smart Green Mission Statement
Notes




Chapter 4 – Smart Green Strategic Planning
Strategic Planning and Sustainability
Footprints in the Sand
Sustainable Strategy 1: Adaptation
Sustainable Strategy 2: Plasticity
\ The Seven Tiers of Smart Green Growth
Tier One: Awareness of the Need for Change
Tier Two: Recognition of Implications
Tier Three: Analysis of Current State
Tier Four: Applying a Systems View Approach
Tier Five: Planning and Implementing a Strategy
Tier Six: Analysis of and Reflection on Outcomes and Impacts
Tier Seven: Innovation, Creativity, Growth, and Meaning
Categories for the Strategic Planning Framework
Your Strategic Road Map
Notes

Chapter 5 – Measuring Sustainability Outcomes
The Moon Shot
Measuring Business Value
Savings on Investment and Return on Investment
Increasing Business Value Awareness
The Analytics Approach
Choosing the Right Metrics
The Smart Green Business Case
Why Analytics Matters
Sustainability Metrics
Notes

Chapter 6 – Marketing Green
Red-Hot Green
From a Niche Market to Mainstream
The Green Consumer
Developing Your Smart Green Marketing Plan
Notes




Chapter 7 – Building Smart Green Companies
Demonstrating Business Value
How do you Create or Destroy Business Value?
How do Corporate Financial Goals Impede your Value Creation?
What Metrics do you use and how do you Measure Business Value?
How do you Manage Perceptions of Business Value?
Becoming a Smart Green Company
Smart Green Profile: The General Store Café

Chapter 8 – Smart Green Leadership
A Crisis is a Terrible Thing to Waste
Not in My Backyard
Building Smart Green Communities
The New Currency
The Leadership Role
Leadership for Innovation
Notes

Appendix
Smart Green Awareness Resources
Smart Green Networking Resources

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