The Green to Gold Business Playbook - by Daniel C Esty & P J Simmons (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"The Green-to-Gold Business Playbook" offers step-by-step guidance on integrating environmental sustainability considerations into business plans and practices. The book deals exclusively with tools and strategies that have been proven to work in real-world businesses.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Implement the green strategies outlined in Dan Esty's and Andrew Winston's bestseller <i>Green to Gold</i> <p>Hard-nosed business advice for gaining competitive advantage through sustainability action in buildings and operations, information technology, product design, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics and transportation, marketing, accounting, and other key business functions</p> <p>Whether you are a climate change skeptic or an environmentalist, sustainability issues cannot be ignored in today's corporate world. With rising energy and natural resource costs, intensified regulations, investor pressures, and a growing demand for environmentally friendly products, sustainability is no longer an option--it's a business imperative.</p> <p>Unlike many green business books, the <i>Playbook</i> skips the environmental ideology and deals exclusively with tools and strategies that have been shown to cut costs, reduce risks, drive revenues, and build brand identity.</p> <ul> <li>Builds on Dan Esty and Andrew Winston's prizewinning <i>Green to Gold</i>, which has become a business classic and a staple of management training across the world.</li> <li>Shows in detail how each business function or department can achieve an eco-advantage over the competition</li> <li>Offers frameworks, checklists, and action plans applicable to any business-big or small, in manufacturing or services</li> </ul> <p><i>The Green to Gold Business Playbook</i> gives you the tools to make green work<i>-</i>and work profitably-for your business.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br><p><b>BASED ON THE BESTSELLING BOOK <i>GREEN TO GOLD</i> BY DANIEL ESTY AND ANDREW WINSTON</b></p><p>Whether you are a climate-change skeptic or an ardent environmentalist, sustainability issues cannot be ignored in today's corporate world. With rising energy and natural resource costs, intensified regulations, investor pressures, and a growing demand for environmentally friendly products, sustainability is no longer an option--it's a business imperative. </p><p>Building on the bestselling book <i>Green to Gold</i> by Dan Esty and Andrew Winston, <i>The Green to Gold Business Playbook</i> tells how to put sustainability considerations into practice for competitive advantage. While <i>Green to Gold</i> explained whyevery business needs a sustainability strategy, the <i>Playbook</i> spells out how to achieve an Eco-Advantage. This concrete guide shows the way to sustainability for companies of any size in any industry. </p><p>Filled with essential tools and real-world examples, the <i>Playbook</i> gives job-specific advice that can be read selectively or from cover to cover. Whether you're a CEO or a team leader, you'll get step-by-step guidance on how to: </p><ul><li>Cut costs and increase profit margins by driving greater efficiencies in buildings and facilities, information technology, manufacturing, supply chain and logistics, and more </li><li>Grow revenues by designing and marketing environmentally superior goods and services that meet your customers' desires for energy efficiency, reduced pollution, and healthier products </li><li>Build your brand and image by connecting with the values and rising expectations of consumers, employees, and other key stakeholders </li><li>Identify and reduce regulatory risks across your value chain </li></ul><p>Failing to stay on top of sustainability trends will hurt your company. But implementing an Eco-Advantage strategy could vault you into industry leadership with huge revenue gains and unmatched customer loyalty. <i>The Green to Gold Business Playbook</i> will tell you everything about the <i>how</i> of sustainability. The only question you'll have left is <i>when</i>. </p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>DANIEL C. ESTY</b> is the coauthor of the sustainable business bestseller <i>Green to Gold</i>. He is the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University and Director of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale. He served as a senior official at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and more recently as an energy and environmental advisor to the Obama presidential campaign and transition team. As Chairman of Esty Environmental Partners (www.EstyEP.com), he's advised CEOs across the world and designed strategies for 100+ companies in dozens of industries.</p><p><b>P. J. SIMMONS</b> is Chairman of the Corporate Eco Forum (www.ecoforum.com), a preeminent network of senior Global 500 executives focused on sharing best and "next" practices in corporate sustainability and driving ecoinnovation. He has worked as a sustainability analyst, strategist, and bridge-builder for fifteen years; is founder of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars' Environmental Change and Security Program; and was deputy chair for climate and energy at the Clinton Global Initiative. P.J. is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. </p>
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