You Can't Make Money From a Dead Planet

Learn how to make your business more sustainable while not sacrificing growth, profits and innovation.

Doing good is no longer a luxury or a 'nice to have', it's a necessity. While businesses, both big and small, have undoubtedly caused the majority of our environmental and sustainability problems, only they can solve these issues at scale. Y *ou Can't Make Money from a Dead Plan et* looks at the challenges we face and shows how business needs to change in order to be the driver of the solution. Bestselling author and sustainability strategist Mark Shayler explains why there is no contradiction between being profitable and doing the right thing for the planet and doing the right thing for your customers. Providing the insights, the enthusiasm and the tools to align your business with sustainability, the book blends explanations of the challenges that we face, with stories from those business that have excelled in sustainability. Exploring current sustainability approaches and trends including net-zero, circular economy, ESG, B-Corps, zero waste and environmental management systems, You Can't Make Money From a Dead Planet explains, debunks and helps you navigate the sustainable agenda while growing your business.

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Autorentext
Mark Shayler works with businesses and corporations to reduce their environmental impact. He's worked with the world's biggest and smallest companies and he's saved his clients over $200 million per year through better environmental performance. A founding partner of the Do Lecture series, he has partnered with organizations such as Coca-Cola, Nike, Bacardi, WPP, Samsung Electronics Europe, Welsh Water, Hiut Denim and Novatech and he is also Visiting Fellow in Sustainable Design at Loughborough University. He lives near Leicester, UK.

Klappentext

Doing good is no longer a luxury or a 'nice to have', it's a necessity. While businesses, both big and small, have undoubtedly caused the majority of our environmental and sustainability problems, only they can solve these issues at scale. You Can't Make Money from a Dead Planet looks at the challenges we face and shows how business needs to change in order to be the driver of the solution. Bestselling author and sustainability strategist Mark Shayler explains why there is no contradiction between being profitable and doing the right thing for the planet and doing the right thing for your customers. Providing the insights, the enthusiasm and the tools to align your business with sustainability, it blends explanations of the challenges that we face, with stories from those business that have excelled in sustainability. Exploring current sustainability approaches and trends including net-zero, circular economy, ESG, B-Corps, zero waste and environmental management systems, You Can't Make Money From a Dead Planet explains, debunks and helps you navigate the sustainable agenda while growing your business.

Zusammenfassung
"Mark Shayler is a pioneer of the notion that going green is good for business, and this brilliantly accessible book shows how every workplace can make a difference for the planet, and still be business winners." Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, founder of River Cottage and environmental campaigner

Inhalt

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: Where are we and how did we get here?;
  • Chapter - 02: You can't make money from a dead planet;
  • Chapter - 03: The main environmental challenges;
  • Chapter - 04: Business impacts;
  • Chapter - 05: Is there any good news?;
  • Chapter - 06: How do we do good and still turn a profit?;
  • Chapter - 07: The strategic tools you need to change your business;
  • Chapter - 08: The practical and science-based tools to change your business (and still make a profit);
  • Chapter - 09: Re-framing business;
  • Chapter - 10: The regenerative business;
  • Chapter - 11: 'The last chapter';
  • Chapter - 12: Notes;