The Sustainability Handbook
 The Sustainability Handbook: The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic, and Environmental Responsibility covers the complexities, challenges and benefits of sustainability as it is pursued by corporate, academic, government and non-profit organizations. It provides a blueprint on how organizations of all sizes can reach or exceed economic, social and environmental excellence. The handbook offers a wide variety of practical approaches and tools, including:
- A model sustainability policy for organizations;
- Summaries of sustainability codes and tips on how to select them;
- Practical guidance on structuring the organization for sustainability and gaining support from management;
- Overview of key sustainability trends and suggestions on how to use them in strategic planning; and
- Extensive collection of sample metrics.
William Blackburn has worked in the area of corporate sustainability for several decades and is a popular lecturer on the topic. He successfully led sustainability initiatives within a major global corporation and continues to provide guidance on the topic to companies, universities, governments, standards bodies and non-profit firms around the world.
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“This is a truly comprehensive review of sustainable development as it relates to organizations large and small. This book will help managers to think about the impact of their business on the people they employ, their customers, their shareholders, the environment and society at large. It also puts the many tools and guidelines in a context which allows discrimination.”
Sir Mark Moody-Stuart
Chairman, Anglo American plc
Former Chairman, Royal Dutch/Shell
“By far the best book on sustainability I have read in the last ten years. The book is unique in that it goes well beyond making the business case for sustainability. It is filled with practical techniques, tips and tools to ‘operationalize’ these concepts into the plans, programs and performance of any organization. Great advice for both the seasoned veteran and energetic newcomer on action steps for driving continuous improvement in an organization’s economic, social and environmental performance.”
George Nagle
Senior Director - Environment, Health & Safety Strategies and Outreach
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
“Blackburn has produced an impressive and comprehensive work on sustainability and business practice. The book is deep and wide, and contains numerous insights into how corporate environmental and social responsibility is being internalized by many companies and can be profitable for many others. A real first in the literature.”
Dennis J. Aigner
Professor of Economics
Paul Merage School of Business
University of California, Irvine
Former Dean, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California, Santa Barbara
“A very complete, comprehensive, and detailed account of how to make the difficult concept of sustainable development to leave the confines of the international forums and academia and become a valuable tool to help ensure a more just, equitable, and environmentally safe planet.”
Alberto Ninio
Lead Counsel, Environment & International Law
Legal Vice Presidency
The World Bank
“Blackburn’s tenacious and relentless focus on results and his readiness to adopt and apply new thinking allowed him to achieve much over his years as a leader in the EHS field. His book will be a valuable resource for others who really do want to make a difference. It is full of ideas that will make you think and act differently. Read it if you care!”
Brian Kraus
CEO
ERM Certification and Verification Services
“Blackburn has set a new standard of excellence in the business and sustainability literature. This probing, comprehensive volume reflects the pioneering role the author has played both within and outside the private sector in making sustainability thinking integral to contemporary business. With rigor, creativity and authority, The Sustainability Handbook charts a course toward high levels of social and financial performance that no company—large or small—can afford to ignore.”
Allen White
Senior Fellow, Tellus Institute
Co-Founder and former CEO, Global Reporting Initative
Co-Founder & Director, Corporation 20/20
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