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Recommended Readings
Case Studies
Sustainability Strategies of Leading Companies:
ERS Global Benchmark Report
Articles & Publications
ERS
Global Review: When Will Stakeholder Groups Act?
There are many questions that come to mind when
designing a stakeholder engagement process. A central
uncertainty is predicting when a stakeholder group will
act to influence a company’s business practices. Just
because the group exists does not mean they will
mobilize on a particular issue.
Performance Measurement & Reporting: Measuring what
your Company Values
This article presents the business case and a simple
four-step process to develop performance measures that
report meaningful progress against company social
responsibility values. It is based on a recent
environmental performance measures and reporting project
for a large consumer brand multinational.
Responsibility Strategies - Engaging a Vision for the
Future
This article from Green@work Magazine frames the
corporate responsibility issues, introduces a tool
called Standing in the Future, and briefly notes one
company’s experience for getting started.
A Global Corporation's Findings: The Link Between
Environmental & Financial Performance
A significant opportunity receiving increased attention
from multinational companies is added corporate value
from strategic investment in environmental management
programs ... from the International Environmental Health
& Safety (EHS) Roundtable meeting,
Into the New Millennium – Is Your Business Strategy
Sustainable?
A sustainable business strategy, simply put, is a
strategy that replaces linear manufacturing with
cyclical processes that mimic nature. Businesses produce
more value with less "stuff"... less raw materials,
energy and environmental pollutants. And the bottom line
is that they save money.
Internal Auditing for Compliance & EMS Performance
Many companies today conduct their own environmental
audits to monitor compliance and keep management
informed of environmental performance. Why is this
important? If you ask these companies, you will
generally hear this reason: risk management, internal
efficiency, or competitive advantage.
ISO 14000: Should your Company Develop an
Environmental Management System?
Here are some questions to ask before investing company
time and resources into EMS development. As well as
brief description of EMS system models, reasoning, and
cost.
- Are your customers and stakeholders likely to demand
you have an environmental management system in place?
- What are the costs associated with your product that
is lost to the environment?
- Are environmental impacts of your processes creating
a liability that put you or your company at risk?
ISO 14000: General Information About Number of Global
Certifications
It is estimated globally that for every ISO 14001
certified EMS, there are 2-3 more EMS's in place that
are not ISO certified.
Presentations
The Link Between
Environmental Management Systems & Business Value
(General Mills)
Books Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise: The Interface Model - Ray Anderson
Of value to business people, environmentalists, and educators alike, Mid-Course Correction
is a business book about the environment that's written from a personal perspective. With
passion and pride, Ray Anderson, Founder, Chairman and CEO of one of the world's largest
interior furnishings companies, recounts his awakening to the importance of environmental
issues and outlines the steps his petroleum-dependent company, Atlanta-based Interface, Inc.,
is taking in its quest to become a sustainable enterprise -- one that will never have to take
another drop of oil from the Earth. Thought-provoking and thoughtful, Anderson's story is told
from the heart. To buy this book go to:
http://www.amazon.com/Mid-Course-Correction-Sustainable-Enterprise-Interface/dp/0964595354/sr=1-1/qid=1169581953/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/104-0585260-5197502?ie=UTF8&s=books
Faith and Fortune - The Quiet Revolution to
Reform American Business
This book argues that a new model of conducting business
is taking hold, not only in small, socially responsible
companies like Ben & Jerry’s but inside the Fortune 500.
This new model is replacing a century-old approach that
looked at business as a series of discrete, win-lose
transactions. Today, forward-thinking executives build
their businesses by developing a network of
long-lasting, win-win relationships. Great companies
serve their workers, customers, shareholders, and the
common good. To buy this book go to:
http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/
The Tipping Point - How Little Things Can Make a Big
Difference
This book explains how little changes can have big
effects; when small numbers of people start behaving
differently, that behavior can ripple outward until a
critical mass or "tipping point" is reached, changing
the world. Gladwell follows the growth of "word-of-mouth
epidemics" to show that ideas, products, messages, and
behaviors "spread just like viruses do" To buy this book
go to: http://www.gladwell.com
Sustainable Measures - Evaluation and Reporting of
Environmental and Social Performance
This book presents work from many individuals and
countries in the areas of: comparability of
environmental and social performance measures,
sustainable business performance measuring and
reporting, means of evaluating product impacts,
corporate environmental and social reporting best
practices, and environmental performance evaluation in
developing countries. To buy this book, go to:
http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com
Dancing with the Tiger - Learning Sustainability Step by
Natural Step
This book presents a look at the real business impacts
of sustainability and provides case studies of
organizations on the road to sustainability. Some
companies included in the case studies are: Nike,
Starbucks and CH2Mhill. To buy this book go to:
http://www.newsociety.com
Natural Capitalism
This book explains how the world is on the verge of a
new industrial revolution that will transform our
fundamental notions about commerce and its role in
shaping our future. It presents examples of
opportunities discovered by companies for saving both
money and resources through the application of new
technologies and business practices. To buy this book go
to: http://www.twbookmark.com
Sustainable Banking - The Greening of Finance
This book discusses how the financial services sector is
responding to the growing challenge of shareholder and
stakeholder expectations on social and environmental
performance. To buy this book go to:
http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com
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