Creating a Sustainable Organization
Creating a Sustainable Organization: Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value Through Sustainability

Creating a Sustainable Organization: Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value Through Sustainability

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About the Book

Organizations that prioritize environmental, health, and safety (EHS) issues are well placed to attract better customers, better talent, and today's growing number of socially responsible investors. But, to gain these benefits, companies must choose the right sustainability strategies, and then manage and measure them well. Now, leading business sustainability consultant Peter Soyka offers a complete and actionable guide to driving greater value through sustainability. In Creating a Sustainable Organization, Soyka bridges the disparate worlds of the EHS/sustainability professional and the investor/analyst. Readers will learn what the evidence says about linkages between sustainability and value… how to manage key stakeholder relationships influencing corporate response to EHS and social equity issues… how to effectively manage sustainability throughout the business… how to evaluate sustainability posture and performance from the standpoint of external investors and internal management… how to maximize the influence of organizational actors focused on sustainability, and much more. This book will be invaluable for all environmental, health, and safety decision-makers and professionals concerned with improving sustainability and value; for executives and strategists seeking long-term competitive advantage; for stock analysts evaluating potential investments; and for researchers and MBA candidates currently studying the techniques and potential of corporate sustainability.

Table of Contents:
  Chapter 1 Introduction    1 Major Themes and Messages in This Book     4 A Few Disclosures and Caveats     9 Endnotes     12 Chapter 2 Background and Context     15 What Is Sustainability, and Why Is It Important to Business?     16 Why Sustainability Is and Will Remain Important to U.S. Corporations     22 Where We’ve Been and What We’ve Learned     29 What ESG/Sustainability Investing Is and Why You May Never Have Heard of It     42 Major Factors, Actors, and Trends     44 ES&G Concerns as Key Requirements and Determinants of Long-Term Business Success     47 Implications for Sustainability Professionals and Others Working on Corporate Sustainability Issues     52 Endnotes     54 Chapter 3 ES&G Issues and How They Affect the Business Enterprise    57 Environmental, Health and Safety, and Social Equity Laws and Regulations     57 An Abridged History     58 Corporate ES&G Obligations     70 Legal Liability     80 Stakeholder Expectations and Nonlegal Requirements     82 Costs and Cost Structure     89 Revenue Impacts     93 Organizational Strength and Capability     96 Endnotes     106 Chapter 4 Stakeholder Interests and Influences and the Social License to Operate    109 The Social License to Operate     111 Major Company Stakeholders     115 Typical Stakeholder Involvement in and Influence on Corporate Behavior     129 Endnotes     147 Chapter 5 Managing ES&G Issues Within the Organization    149 Relationships Among and Between EHS, Social, and Governance Issues     150 Effective ES&G Management Structures and Practices     154 Integrating Sustainability into the Company’s “Organizational DNA”     178 Endnotes     185 Chapter 6 Investors and the Power of Markets    187 Market Theory and Underlying Assumptions     188 Who Investors Are and What They Care About     194 Size and Composition of U.S. Capital Markets     197 Disclosure     201 Institutional Investors and Fiduciary Duty     209 Traditional and Emerging Security Evaluation Methods     214 Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) and ES&G Investing     227 ES&G Evaluation and Investing Methods     232 Barriers to ES&G Investing     239 International Situation and Trends     247 Analysts, Rating Agencies, Data Providers, and Other Intermediaries     251 Trends and Potential Game-Changers     254 Summary and Implications     261 Endnotes     263 Chapter 7 The Financial Impact of Effective (or Ineffective) ES&G/Sustainability Management     267 Insights from the Literature     268 Surveys of Corporate and Investor Attitudes and Beliefs     289 Summary and Implications     299 Endnotes     305 Chapter 8 Defining, Measuring, and Reporting ES&G Performance    307 Why Performance Measurement and Reporting Are Crucial     308 ES&G Data, Information, Knowledge, and Insight     308 Major ES&G Data Types and Sources     310 Creating Knowledge and Insight from Corporate and Industry ES&G Information     314 Key Needs and Gaps     321 Sustainability Reporting: Extent of Use     323 Evaluation of Current ES&G Reporting Practices, Limitations, and Trends     327 ES&G Research and Analysis Firms     339 Potential Improvements     351 Endnotes     356 Chapter 9 Making It Happen in Your Organization    359 Creating Sustainable Value for the Enterprise     360 Implications for Sustainability Professionals     369 What It Takes     372 Closing Thoughts     380 Endnotes     380 References    381 Index    393


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780132874410
  • Binding: Digital download
  • No of Pages: 431
  • Weight: 1 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0132874415
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value Through Sustainability


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