Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto | by Adam Werbach | 2009 | ISBN: 9781422177709. Business Strategy Books. Network of Sustainability Partners. Green Strategy and Initiatives. Analysis of Society, Technology, and Resources (STaR)

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Strategy for Sustainability: A Business Manifesto

by Adam Werbach
2009 (228 pages)
ISBN:9781422177709

A definitive work on business strategy for sustainability, this book shows us how sustainability moves beyond compliance-oriented green initiatives to become a key strategy for achieving both competitive advantage and meaningful change.

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Strategy for Sustainability—A Business Manifesto







Introduction – What Do We Mean by “Strategy for Sustainability”?
The Big Three Fuel Motown’s Meltdown: A Failure to Sustain Profitability
No, a Green Strategy Is Not a Strategy for Sustainability
A Strategy for Sustainability for the Automobile Industry
Act No Make Today Count

Chapter One – A Different Way to Formulate Your Business Strategy
Overview
Nature’s Simple Rules: The Basis of Strategy and Execution
Seven Tenets of a Strategy for Sustainability
Formulate Your Strategy for Sustainability




Chapter Two – Mapping Your Opportunities—An Analysis of Society, Technology, and Resources (STaR)
Overview
Green Works Natural Cleaners, by The Clorox Company
Which Changes in STaR Can You Exploit?
How Do You Identify and Prioritize Your Opportunities for Greater Sustainability?
Act No Putting STaR to Work

Chapter Three – Setting Your North Star and Initiating the TEN Cycle—The Tools of Implementation
Overview
Your Sustainability Efforts Must Serve Core Needs
North Star Goals: Guiding Decisions and Actions
A Model for Execution: Transparency, Engagement, and Network
New Businesses: Founded on a North Star Goal for Sustainability
Established Businesses: Integrating a North Star Goal for Sustainability
Act No Set Your North Star Goal and Assess Your TEN Cycle

Chapter Four – Using Transparency to Execute Your Strategy—Open Up Your Business for Scrutiny
Overview
Phases and Signs of Greater Transparency
Time Is Money, and Transparency Is Time
Nike’s Blind Spot and the Creation of Awareness
Nike “Considered”
Doing More and Talking Less
Nutrition Information: Measuring and Reporting
So, What Should You Measure?
Reporting
Building Transparency into the Culture of Your Business
Act No Choose and Use Dipsticks

Chapter Five – Engaging Individuals—People Want to Help
Overview
Does Your Roof Leak? Where, Why, and with What Effect?
How Engaged Are You? The Benefits of Engagement
But Where to Start? Some Positive Psychology
A Virtuous Cycle: Sustainability Fosters Engagement, Which Fosters Sustainability
But Will a Strategy for Sustainability Truly Engage Employees?
Personal Sustainability Project: How I and My Family Add Up to We and the World
Small Steps for Engaging Employees in the Workplace
Many Small Steps Can Add Up to One Giant Leap: Tackling Health Care
Act No Choose Your Own PSP




Chapter Six – The Network of Sustainability Partners—A Company Cannot Execute Its Strategy Alone
Overview
Amazon McNuggets
Setting Up a Network Structure for Sustainability
How to Engage Your Outsiders
How to Educate and Enlist Your Enemies and Other Outsiders
Policy Leadership: Changing the Playing Field
Act No Bring Outsiders In

Chapter Seven – Leadership at All Levels—Inspiration as a Leadership Technique
Overview
Leaders Lead by Letting Go and Guiding the Process: The Case of Xerox
Leaders Put Business and Customer Values Before Popular Convention: The Case of Method
Leaders Have Generations of Customers in Mind: The Case of Seventh Generation
Leaders Focus on Progress, Not Perfection: The Case of the Light Bulb
Act No Move from Green to Blue

Conclusion

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