The Business Guide to Sustainability: Practical Strategies and Tools for Organizations

Part I - Foundation Concepts * Sustainability as a Strategic Issue * Change Agent/Sustainability Coordinator: How to Keep a Sustainability Effort on Track * Part II - Sustainability by Industry Sector * Sustainability in Services and General Office Practices * Sustainability in Manufacturing and Product Design * Sustainability in Government Agencies * Part III - Sustainability by Organizational Function * Senior Management: How to Lead the Sustainability Effort * Facilities: How to Save Energy and Water, Improve Productivity and Reduce Waste * Human Resources: How to Support the Change Process and Bolster Employee Commitment * Purchasing: How to Determine What to Buy and How to Work with Suppliers * Information Technology: Making electronics part of the solution, not part of the problem * Environmental Affairs: How to Support the Move Beyond Compliance and Eco-efficiencies to Sustainability * Marketing/Public Relations: Whether and How to Promote Your Sustainability Efforts * Accounting and Finance: How to Account for Environmental and Social Impacts

Darcy Hitchcock and Marsha Willard are with AXIS Performance Advisors based in Portland, Oregon, USA. They both teach in Bainbridge Graduate Institute's MBA in Sustainable Business and are both on the executive management team for the International Society of Sustainability Professionals.

'I have thumbed through [The Business Guide to Sustainability] so much the binding has disintegrated.' Rich Carlson, founder, Viridian Advisors Praise for the first edition: 'If you want your business to be part of the green-is-sexy movement and aren't quite sure how to get there, then this guide should be on the top of your business book stack' Sustainable Industries Journal 'Clear/concise and laid out in a way that made real sense. The way the chapters were structured (into the functions and sectors) was particularly helpful.' Jacqueline Drumheller, Alaska Airlines 'An indispensable business guide that will serve as the fundamental tool in addressing the beginning of the Sustainability Revolution!' Keith H. Whitworth, Ph.D., Texas Christian University, Department of Sociology, Criminal Justice, & Anthropology 'Many organizations have made some progress toward more sustainable practices but don't know where to go next. SCORE is an excellent, systematic process for establishing where you are and where you need to go to become more sustainable.' Ned Tillman, Chair, Environmental Sustainability Board, Howard County, Maryland 'Provides a clear methodology on how to take the first steps down the path toward being a sustainable business.' Marco Mazzoni, Bainbridge Graduate Institute's MBA in Sustainable Business. 'At last a business guide that's really about Business and a sustainability guide that's really about Sustainability. In this book, Hitchcock and Willard cut through the polarizing debates and the all or nothing arguments with a stepwise approach that clearly articulates how businesses can improve their performance without it being at the expense of those around them.' Christopher Sheldon, co-author of Environmental Management Systems (3rd edition) 'At a time when 'big' business is beginning to mean 'sustainable' business, small businesses can easily get left out. Hitchcock and Willard have filled this vital gap admirably. This is a practical guide, dotted