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People Planet Profit : How to Embrace Sustainability for Innovation and Business Growth.
Title:
People Planet Profit : How to Embrace Sustainability for Innovation and Business Growth.
Author:
Fisk, Peter.
ISBN:
9780749458638
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Contents:
Introduction: People and Planet and Profit -- The People, Planet, Profit Manifesto -- Rethinking business -- My world: Kris, the Indian computer engineer -- My world: Claire the South African banker -- My world: Grant, the American entrepreneur -- Purpose beyond profits -- Making people's lives better -- Defining an inspiring purpose -- Turning promises into reality -- Google and Microsoft: finding purpose in a digital world -- People, planet, profit: the reality of purpose -- Strategies for growth -- Finding markets with sustainable growth -- Creating differentiation by doing good -- New business models for a new business world -- Apple and Nokia: being cool in a caring world -- People, planet, profit: the reality of strategy -- Inspiring leadership -- Leaders of the new business world -- Leaders as the catalysts of change -- What it means personally -- Patagonia and Timberland: reaching new heights -- People, planet, profit: the reality of leadership -- Reconnecting business -- My world: Sugito, the Japanese salesman -- My world: Ash, the young Singapore journalist -- My world: Summerly, the London art gallery owner -- Conscience consumers -- Enabling people to be good -- The new consumer agenda -- Segmenting the conscience consumers -- Coca-Cola and Danone: seeing a different side of life -- People, planet, profit: the reality of consumers -- Sustainable innovation -- Social and environmental drivers of innovation -- Innovating every aspect of business -- The creative potential of social entrepreneurs -- Amazon and eBay: redefining markets through innovation -- People, planet, profit: the reality of innovation -- Engaging consumers -- Engaging people through enlightened dialogue -- Building networks to do more together -- The 'good' consumer experience -- Marks & Spencer and Wal-Mart: retail revolutionaries.

People, planet, profit: the reality of engagement -- Releasing business -- My world: Biki, the Barcelona mother -- My world: Stuart, the London advertising exec -- My world: Nicky, the Hong Kong banker -- Sustainable operations -- Working better together -- Good sourcing, transporting and producing -- The power of sustainable energy and technologies -- Adidas and Nike: no finish line -- People, planet, profit: the reality of operations -- Delivering performance -- Certification, labels and sustainable impacts -- Linking sustainability to business results -- Managing business performance and reputation -- News Corporation and Time Warner: beyond print -- People, planet, profit: the reality of performance -- Transforming business -- Making sustainable change happen -- Articulating the case for change -- Managing the implementation -- Ikea and Interface: good living -- People, planet, profit: the reality of transformation -- Emerging futures -- Leading in the new business world -- Sustainable innovation and lifestyles -- Business as a force for positive change -- Resources -- The People, Planet, Profit A to Z -- The People, Planet, Profit blueprint -- The People, Planet, Profit directory -- The People, Planet, Profit programme -- Authors and contributors -- Index.
Abstract:
People, Planet, Profit is the first book to truly address business growth in the context of social and enviornmental concerns. Full of inspiring case studies, it looks at the challenges faced by key players such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, Nokia, Nike, Amazon, M&S and Walmart. It 's essential reading for CEOs and business managers who are searching for new ways to create value, to make sense of business in a rapidly shifting landscape, and to deliver profitable growth whilst also doing "the right thing".
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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