Getting business on board is essential if we want to achieve the United Nations’ goal of building a better future for people and planet by 2030. But much of the sustainable business agenda falls woefully short of what is needed, with some practices even accelerating the problems they’re trying to solve.
In Urgent Business Ian Thomson and Dominic Bates, a business school professor and a former journalist, combine their expert insight to challenge five common myths that trap businesses in an unsustainable black-hole and offer a manifesto for change. Combining cutting-edge research – from AI and systems theory to climate science and behavioural economics – with fascinating real-world examples, the authors highlight the practical and holistic steps all businesses can take to play their part in addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. .
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Combining academic insight and inspiring real-world examples this book offers a new business model which argues that all companies should become responsible businesses, transforming the sustainability agenda into a more holistic and systemic approach.
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Foreword by Paul Polman
Joining the Dots
Myth 1: A Successful Business Is a Growing and Profitable One
Myth 2: Only Manage What You Can Measure
Myth 3: Laser-Like Focus Gets Results
Myth 4: The Consumer Is Always Right
Myth 5: Irresponsible Decisions Are Made by Irresponsible Leaders
Do Something
Appendix 1: Get to Know Your Global Goals
Appendix 2: Connecting Purpose with the Global Goals and Systems that Underpin Them
Appendix 3: The Resilience Assessment Workbook
Appendix 4: Carbon Scoping
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781529217599
Publisert
2022-02-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Bristol University Press
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, G, 06, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet