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Sustainable Value How the World's Leading Companies Are Doing Well by Doing Good

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ISBN-10: 0804759634

ISBN-13: 9780804759632

Edition: 2008

Authors: Chris Laszlo, Patrick J. Cescau

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In "Sustainable Value," Chris Laszlo illustrates how the competitive strategies of some of the world's largest businesses are changing as their leaders begin to take on a number of the world's most important social, environmental, and economic issues. The book's website is at www.sustainablevaluebook.com. Part I of the book is a management fable about a young CEO and the challenges she faces in addressing her company's impact on society and the environment, while remaining profitable. Based on forward-thinking business leaders the author has worked with over the past twenty-five years, her character reveals how a small but influential group of leaders are re-inventing the role of business…    
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Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Publication date: 1/16/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Chris Laszlo spent nearly ten years as an executive at Lafarge S.A, a world leader in building materials, holding positions as head of strategy, general manager of a manufacturing subsidiary and vice president of business development. Prior to that he spent five years with Deloitte & Touche, where he consulted to global industry leaders such as Dupont, Toshiba, Avon Products, and Renault on strategy. Educated at Swarthmore, Columbia, and the University of Paris, Laszlo earned a PhD with distinction in Economics and Management Science. He is currently a partner and co-founder of Sustainable Value Partners (www.SustainableValuePartners.com), a firm helping companies create value for…    

Foreword
Foreword
Introduction
Deena's story
Life at the top
Turning point
Rebirth of the sustainable company
Mainstream companies that are doing well by doing good
The new competitive environment
DuPont
Wal-Mart
Lafarge
Natureworks LLC, a subsidiary of Cargill
The sustainable value toolkit
Introduction to sustainable value
The eight disciplines
Putting it all together
Postscript: Business as an Agent of World Benefit: How the Holy Grail of business-innovation-can be magnified through the power of sustainable value creation
Endnotes
Index