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Author Holliday, Charles O.

Title Walking the talk : the business case for sustainable development / Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Stephan Schmidheiny, Philip Watts
Edition First edition
Published Sheffield : Greenleaf ; San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler, 2002

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Description 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
regular print
Contents Foreword / Bjorn Stigson -- Part 1. The Foundation -- The business case for sustainable development -- 1. Norsk Hydro: a business case for sustainable development -- 2. SC Johnson: sustainable communities -- 3. Shell: community development in Nigeria -- 4. MeadWestvaco: its Brazilian subsidiary Rigesa -- 5. Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes -- Part 2. The Ten Building Blocks -- 1.. The market -- 2.. The right framework -- 6. Business Council for Sustainable Development-Gulf of Mexico: Mississippi forests -- 7. Dow: SafeChem -- 3.. Eco-efficiency -- 8. General Motors de Mexico: water conservation -- 9. Grupo Minetti: cement kiln technology in the disposal of industrial wastes -- 10. Norsk Hydro: aluminum recycling -- 11. BASF: an eco-efficiency tool -- 12. The Warehouse Group: new software for energy efficiency -- 13. CH2M HILL and Nike: eco-efficiency through supply-chain metrics -- 14. Cemento de EI Salvador: furnaces and forests -- 15. Fundacion Entorno: eco-efficiency kit -- 16. Tokyo Electric Power Company: eco-efficient energy -- 4.. Corporate social responsibility -- 17. Severn Trent: Cromford Venture Center -- 18. Terranova: San Isidro development and training center -- 19. Companhia Vale do Rio Doce: Education on Rails -- 20. Holcim: the youth center -- 21. Adidas-Salomon: supply chain management -- 22. Western Power: the Greening Challenge -- 23. BC Hydro: aboriginal relations programs -- 24. Volkswagen: street children project -- 25. Eskom: HIV/AIDS program -- 26. Statoil: educating judges -- 5.. Learning to change -- 27. Interface: a learning experience -- 28. Swiss Re: building sustainability know-how -- 29. Rio Tinto: Borax -- 30. Companhia Siderurgica de Tubarao: employee education programs -- 31. Sony: Green Management 2005 -- 32. Suncor: valuing diversity -- 6.. From dialogue to partnerships -- 33. The Global Reporting Initiative -- 34. Suez and CH2M HILL: partnerships for the provision of water -- 35. Aventis: partnerships for health -- 36. The Global Compact -- 37. Severn Trent: water for St Petersburg -- 38. Nestle: partners for a green supply chain -- 39. Rio Tinto: the Earthwatch partnership -- 40. Tokyo Electric Power Company: Office Neighborhood Association promotes recycling -- 7.. Informing and providing consumer choice -- 41. Ontario Power Generation, BC Hydro, and Eskom: energy options -- 42. BP: local choice; global atmosphere -- 43. Detergent makers: Washright -- 44. Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu: helping consumers choose -- 45. Thailand Business Council for Sustainable Development: Green Label Scheme -- 46. Forestry certification: the need for mutual recognition -- 8.. Innovation -- 47. Gerling: drinking water on Milos -- 48. DuPont: 'zero' targets driving innovation -- 49. Cargill Dow: NatureWorks -- 50. Conoco: carbon fibers -- 51. Toyota: hybrid technology -- 52. DaimlerChrysler: natural-fiber car components -- 53. Swiss Re: Eco-Portfolio -- 54. DaimlerChrysler, Shell, and Norsk Hydro: the Iceland experiment -- 9.. Reflecting the worth of the Earth -- 55. Shell: the cost of carbon story -- 56. Ontario Power Generation: emission-reduction credits trading -- 57. International Emissions Trading Association -- 58. Climate Neutral Network -- 10.. Making markets work for all -- 59. Aracruz: the Forestry Partners Program -- 60. Bayer: Integrated Crop Management in Brazil -- 61. BP Solar: rural development projects -- 62. Sustainable Community-Oriented Development Program: farmer-sized seed packs -- 63. DuPont Colombia: helping farmers succeed -- 64. Eskom's electrification program in South Africa -- 65. Deutsche Bank Microcredit Development Fund -- 66. Banco do Nordeste: new banking models for regional development -- 67. GrupoNueva and South African Breweries: practical solutions to retrenchment
Summary "Argues that the solving of environmental & social problems is essential for future growth." - cover
Notes Report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliographical references: pages 267-274
Performer Report by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development
Subject Sustainable development.
Social responsibility of business.
Author Schmidheiny, Stephan, 1947-
Watts, Philip, 1945-
World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
LC no. 2012532707
ISBN 1874719500 :
1576752348 Berrett-Koehler
Other Titles Business case for sustainable development