Book description
You already know why your company should go green. This comprehensive guide tells you how to do it profitably. It details every step of the process—from getting employee buy-in and conducting a current sustainability audit to developing a plan of action and measuring progress. Nuts-and-bolts guidance helps you make continuous, cost-effective improvements and shift the prevailing business culture by infusing green practices into your organization's very DNA.Through illustrative examples from a wide variety of industries, this book shows how to
• Design sustainable products • Green your facilities • Find green vendors • Use renewable energy • Reduce harmful emissions • Recycle waste products, and more
The emphasis is on practicality—stand-alone chapters you can read when you need them and tools you can use to implement change in any area of your organization.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Letter from the Editor of the Social Venture Network Series
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Leadership Greening from the Top
- 2 Audits Measuring Where You Are
- 3 The Plan Implementing Your Sustainability Vision
- 4 Metrics If You Can Measure It, You Can Manage It
- 5 Design Making It Sustainable from the Start
- 6 Facility Making Your Workplace Green
- 7 Energy Using Renewable Energy, Energy Audits, and Conservation
- 8 Carbon Quantifying and Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
- 9 Purchasing Using Your Dollar to Save the Planet
- 10 Reduce Getting to Net Zero Emissions and Releases
- 11 Waste Turning an Environmental Problem into a Business Opportunity
- Afterword
- Notes And Resources
- Resource A: Cover Letter and Employee Questionnaire
- Resource B: Audit Protocol
- Resource C: Summary of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
- Resource D: Input/Output Mass Balance Analysis
- Resource E: Life Cycle Analysis Matrix
- Resource F: Energy Source Calculator
- Resource G: Carbon Footprint Calculator
- Resource H: Vendor Questionnaire
- Index
- About Social Venture Network
- About the Authors
- About This Book
Product information
- Title: Street Smart Sustainability
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2009
- Publisher(s): Berrett-Koehler Publishers
- ISBN: 9781605094687
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