Becoming a Sustainable Organization

Becoming a Sustainable Organization

by Kristina Kohl
Released April 2016
Publisher(s): Auerbach Publications
ISBN: 9781498700832

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Book description

Becoming a Sustainable Organization: A Project and Portfolio Management Approach lays out a framework to create organizational value while preserving natural and social capital. It provides a roadmap for organizations during their sustainability journey by sharing case studies, best practices, and lessons learned, as well as tools and techniques to drive change. This book is ideal for project and portfolio managers, as well as executive managers, in organizations that are adopting sustainability. It explains how to engage internal and external stakeholders in developing a strategy to support sustainability transformation.

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover (1/2)
  2. Front Cover (2/2)
  3. Contents
  4. Dedication (1/2)
  5. Dedication (2/2)
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. About the Author
  9. Chapter 1: What Is Sustainability? Why Does It Matter? (1/4)
  10. Chapter 1: What Is Sustainability? Why Does It Matter? (2/4)
  11. Chapter 1: What Is Sustainability? Why Does It Matter? (3/4)
  12. Chapter 1: What Is Sustainability? Why Does It Matter? (4/4)
  13. Chapter 2: Building the Business Case for Sustainability (1/5)
  14. Chapter 2: Building the Business Case for Sustainability (2/5)
  15. Chapter 2: Building the Business Case for Sustainability (3/5)
  16. Chapter 2: Building the Business Case for Sustainability (4/5)
  17. Chapter 2: Building the Business Case for Sustainability (5/5)
  18. Chapter 3: Gaining Stakeholder and C-Suite Support and Sponsorship (1/5)
  19. Chapter 3: Gaining Stakeholder and C-Suite Support and Sponsorship (2/5)
  20. Chapter 3: Gaining Stakeholder and C-Suite Support and Sponsorship (3/5)
  21. Chapter 3: Gaining Stakeholder and C-Suite Support and Sponsorship (4/5)
  22. Chapter 3: Gaining Stakeholder and C-Suite Support and Sponsorship (5/5)
  23. Chapter 4: Alignment of Business and Sustainability Strategy Creates Sustainable Strategy (1/6)
  24. Chapter 4: Alignment of Business and Sustainability Strategy Creates Sustainable Strategy (2/6)
  25. Chapter 4: Alignment of Business and Sustainability Strategy Creates Sustainable Strategy (3/6)
  26. Chapter 4: Alignment of Business and Sustainability Strategy Creates Sustainable Strategy (4/6)
  27. Chapter 4: Alignment of Business and Sustainability Strategy Creates Sustainable Strategy (5/6)
  28. Chapter 4: Alignment of Business and Sustainability Strategy Creates Sustainable Strategy (6/6)
  29. Chapter 5: Project Management Techniques Inform Sustainable Strategy Development (1/6)
  30. Chapter 5: Project Management Techniques Inform Sustainable Strategy Development (2/6)
  31. Chapter 5: Project Management Techniques Inform Sustainable Strategy Development (3/6)
  32. Chapter 5: Project Management Techniques Inform Sustainable Strategy Development (4/6)
  33. Chapter 5: Project Management Techniques Inform Sustainable Strategy Development (5/6)
  34. Chapter 5: Project Management Techniques Inform Sustainable Strategy Development (6/6)
  35. Chapter 6: Creating a Culture of Sustainability (1/5)
  36. Chapter 6: Creating a Culture of Sustainability (2/5)
  37. Chapter 6: Creating a Culture of Sustainability (3/5)
  38. Chapter 6: Creating a Culture of Sustainability (4/5)
  39. Chapter 6: Creating a Culture of Sustainability (5/5)
  40. Chapter 7: Portfolio Management Supports Strategic Sustainability Alignment (1/5)
  41. Chapter 7: Portfolio Management Supports Strategic Sustainability Alignment (2/5)
  42. Chapter 7: Portfolio Management Supports Strategic Sustainability Alignment (3/5)
  43. Chapter 7: Portfolio Management Supports Strategic Sustainability Alignment (4/5)
  44. Chapter 7: Portfolio Management Supports Strategic Sustainability Alignment (5/5)
  45. Chapter 8: Identifying and Engaging External Stakeholders (1/5)
  46. Chapter 8: Identifying and Engaging External Stakeholders (2/5)
  47. Chapter 8: Identifying and Engaging External Stakeholders (3/5)
  48. Chapter 8: Identifying and Engaging External Stakeholders (4/5)
  49. Chapter 8: Identifying and Engaging External Stakeholders (5/5)
  50. Chapter 9: Leveraging Organizational Relationships and Assets (1/5)
  51. Chapter 9: Leveraging Organizational Relationships and Assets (2/5)
  52. Chapter 9: Leveraging Organizational Relationships and Assets (3/5)
  53. Chapter 9: Leveraging Organizational Relationships and Assets (4/5)
  54. Chapter 9: Leveraging Organizational Relationships and Assets (5/5)
  55. Chapter 10: Leveraging Human Capital Professionals (1/4)
  56. Chapter 10: Leveraging Human Capital Professionals (2/4)
  57. Chapter 10: Leveraging Human Capital Professionals (3/4)
  58. Chapter 10: Leveraging Human Capital Professionals (4/4)
  59. Chapter 11: Adopting a Culture of Change to Unlock the Benefi ts of Sustainable Strategy (1/5)
  60. Chapter 11: Adopting a Culture of Change to Unlock the Benefi ts of Sustainable Strategy (2/5)
  61. Chapter 11: Adopting a Culture of Change to Unlock the Benefi ts of Sustainable Strategy (3/5)
  62. Chapter 11: Adopting a Culture of Change to Unlock the Benefi ts of Sustainable Strategy (4/5)
  63. Chapter 11: Adopting a Culture of Change to Unlock the Benefi ts of Sustainable Strategy (5/5)
  64. Chapter 12: Sustainable Strategy as a Lever to Attract, Engage, and Retain the Workforce (1/5)
  65. Chapter 12: Sustainable Strategy as a Lever to Attract, Engage, and Retain the Workforce (2/5)
  66. Chapter 12: Sustainable Strategy as a Lever to Attract, Engage, and Retain the Workforce (3/5)
  67. Chapter 12: Sustainable Strategy as a Lever to Attract, Engage, and Retain the Workforce (4/5)
  68. Chapter 12: Sustainable Strategy as a Lever to Attract, Engage, and Retain the Workforce (5/5)
  69. Chapter 13: Tools and Techniques to Embed Sustainability (1/6)
  70. Chapter 13: Tools and Techniques to Embed Sustainability (2/6)
  71. Chapter 13: Tools and Techniques to Embed Sustainability (3/6)
  72. Chapter 13: Tools and Techniques to Embed Sustainability (4/6)
  73. Chapter 13: Tools and Techniques to Embed Sustainability (5/6)
  74. Chapter 13: Tools and Techniques to Embed Sustainability (6/6)
  75. Chapter 14: Selecting Goals and Metrics that Matter (1/4)
  76. Chapter 14: Selecting Goals and Metrics that Matter (2/4)
  77. Chapter 14: Selecting Goals and Metrics that Matter (3/4)
  78. Chapter 14: Selecting Goals and Metrics that Matter (4/4)
  79. Chapter 15: Celebrating Success (1/3)
  80. Chapter 15: Celebrating Success (2/3)
  81. Chapter 15: Celebrating Success (3/3)
  82. Back Cover

Product information

  • Title: Becoming a Sustainable Organization
  • Author(s): Kristina Kohl
  • Release date: April 2016
  • Publisher(s): Auerbach Publications
  • ISBN: 9781498700832