Practical Sustainability Strategies, 2nd Edition

INDEX

• ABM 2017 Corporate Sustainability Report,  276–277
• AeroFarms,  216
• Airbnb,  73
• Aristotle, 25
• Aviva,  297–298

• Balanced Scorecard,  285
• Barclays,  298
• base of the pyramid (BOP)
  • BOP protocol,  97–98
  • CNBC,  100
  • disruptive innovations,  92
  • disruptive technologies,  92
  • electricity,  95–96
  • great leap downward,  93
  • market opportunity,  101
  • “wealthy” consumers,  92
  • World Resources Institute (WRI),  98–99
• Benyus, Janine,  104
• big hairy audacious goal (BHAG)
  • toilets,  214–215
  • urban farming
    • aeroponic system,  216
    • vertical farming,  217
  • washing machines,  214
• biomimicry, environmental innovation
  • abalone
    • shellfish,  104
    • shell, stronger than ceramic,  104–105
  • aerodynamic noise from owl wings,  118–119
  • bio‐inspired LEDs
    • factory‐roof shaped coating,  117
    • human made light‐emitting device,  117
    • photocytes,  117
  • bivalves
    • adhesive, functions in moist conditions,  106
    • synthetic version of mussel glue,  107
  • cheetahs, inspiring fast robots,  109–111
  • color and pigments,  115–116
  • compact and efficient structure,  111–113
  • cricket sounds,  116–117
  • definition,  104
  • electric eels, inspired power source,  120, 121
  • ethanol,  113–114
  • fish‐inspired travel
    • EPORO, Nissan's robot car,  109
    • fish behavior avoid collisions,  109
    • fish behavior rules,  109
  • hummingbird, inspired wind turbines,  120, 121
  • Lavasa,  118
  • mining project, proposal for Caterpillar (company),  122–124
  • pinecones, for energy efficient buildings,  122–123
  • rhinoceros
    • illegal killing,  107
    • synthetic substitute for horns,  107–108
  • shark ...