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Author Jia, Jimmy Y

Title The corporate energy strategist's handbook : frameworks to achieve environmental sustainability and competitive advantage / Jimmy Y. Jia
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020

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Contents 1. Prologue: Why Create a Toolkit of Frameworks? -- 2. Introduction to Part I: What Is Energy-as-Strategy? -- 3. Strategy Literacy: Seeking Competitive Advantage -- 4. Energy Literacy: The Energy Balance for Business Decisions -- 5. Financial Statements: The Universal Language of Business -- 6. Energy Statements: Mediating Decision Cycles -- 7. Carbon Strategies: De-risking Exposures -- 8. Introduction to Part II: What Is a System? -- 9. Systems Literacy: How to Think in Systems -- 10. Metrics Systems: Managing Resource Flows -- 11. How to Create Your Own Framework -- 12. Introduction to Part III: What Is a Leader? -- 13. Organizational and Decision-Making Tools -- 14. Communication: Using Structures to Send Information -- 15. Communication: Perceiving Structure When Receiving Information -- 16. Introduction to Part IV: What Is Innovation? -- 17. How to Ask Questions -- 18. Micro-Innovations: Incremental Process Improvements -- 19. Meso-Innovations: Creating Serendipity for Emergent Ideas -- 20. Macro-Innovations: The Discipline of Scaling Adoption -- 21. Introduction to Part V: What Is Governance? -- 22. Influence of Energy on Internal Reporting -- 23. External ESG Reporting Frameworks -- 24. Epilogue: Advice to an Energy Strategist
Summary In an era in which scientists say we are approaching a point of no return in terms of climate change, companies are looking for ways to improve productivity of innovations that reduce environmental footprints. Among the questions they are looking to answer are: How can financial tools be leveraged for positive energy outcomes? How can the energy strategy be integrated into board responsibility? This book provides answers to these questions and more, presenting a selection of decision-making frameworks for strategy and sustainability management. Comprehensive in scope, its 120 frameworks--some well-known while others are original--provide a thorough, practical guide to inform the sustainability strategy of your organization. In addition to learning how to green your organizational strategy, you will also learn how to communicate your strategy to your teams. An essential source for executives desiring to be more responsible in energy performance and to decarbonize their operations, this book will prove useful in your day-to-day organizational work
Notes Includes index
Subject Energy industries -- Management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Energy industries -- Environmental aspects -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Energy industries -- Environmental aspects
Energy industries -- Management
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783030368388
3030368386