The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving Economic, Social and Environmental Success -- and How You Can TooThe Triple Bottom Line is the groundbreaking book that charts the rise of sustainability within the business world and shows how and why financial success increasingly goes hand in hand with social and environmental achievement. Andrew Savitz chronicles both the real problems that companies face and the innovative solutions that can come from sustainability. His is a hard-line approach to bottom-line fundamentals that is re-making companies around the globe. |
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... impacts on the community , including job creation ; monetary flows ( where money comes from and to whom it goes ) ; local contracts generated ; and local , state , and federal taxes . These can be at least as impor- tant as ...
... impacts on the community , including job creation ; monetary flows ( where money comes from and to whom it goes ) ; local contracts generated ; and local , state , and federal taxes . These can be at least as impor- tant as ...
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... impacts ? Have a good record on environmental protection ? Consider social and environmental issues before taking major actions and work to minimize adverse impacts and maximize positive ones ? C. Understand the nature of your ...
... impacts ? Have a good record on environmental protection ? Consider social and environmental issues before taking major actions and work to minimize adverse impacts and maximize positive ones ? C. Understand the nature of your ...
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... impacts ( " be less bad " ) : identify processes that create waste ; look for areas of stake- holder conflict ; compare your impacts with those of other companies or of the industry . Optimize positive impacts ( " be more good ...
... impacts ( " be less bad " ) : identify processes that create waste ; look for areas of stake- holder conflict ; compare your impacts with those of other companies or of the industry . Optimize positive impacts ( " be more good ...
Contents
A Business Fable for Our Times | 3 |
How to Achieve LongTerm Business Success | 21 |
The Age of Accountability | 41 |
Copyright | |
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The Triple Bottom Line: How Today's Best-Run Companies Are Achieving ... Andrew Savitz Limited preview - 2006 |
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