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The Adventure of Sustainable Performance
Beyond ESG Compliance to Leadership in the New Era
Stuart McLachlan (Author), Dean Sanders (Author)
9781394177417, Wiley
Hardback, published 27 April 2023
288 pages
23.1 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.476 kg
A guidebook for leaders to create value from sustainability and organisational performance. The Adventure of Sustainable Performance seeks out bold pioneers or forgotten pioneers who need reinvigorating and to be inspired with renewed purpose. Leaders who want more than just modest incremental efficiency gains, who want to create value, to deliver positive impact and meaningful change, should welcome this book. In a time of disruption like never before, boundaries will need revisiting, systems need reimagining, and assets need repurposing through wise stewardship. The authors share their many years of experience serving clients and driving performance as the world transitions to a net zero carbon future. A future that uses resources sustainably and that seeks social justice. Through storytelling and interviews from many international leaders in business and sustainability, and by anchoring practical advice with evidence and truth, you will find: Perfect for executives, managers, directors, and other business leaders, The Adventure of Sustainable Performance is an actionable guidebook for the implementation of value-add sustainability programmes.
Be in no doubt, The Adventure of Sustainable Performance describes an adventurous journey, uncomfortable at times, where a new and cold reality is dawning. But, in a period when the world will continue to play at denial or talk more of ruins, this book helps leaders to instead see foundations. Foundations upon which the new era will be built, and new systems of value will be realised.
Foreword xiii Prologue: Encounters with Elephants xix Introduction xxv PART I 'DAY 1': THE CHARGE 1 1 Reality Today, Tomorrow, and the Peril of Business as Usual 3 2 Strongholds The Fantasy of the Status Quo 23 3 Disruptions Change as Never Before 51 PART II THE CAMPFIRE 75 4 Reflections The Insufficiency of Compliance 77 5 Pivot Mindsets, Models, and Honouring Planetary Boundaries 105 6 Leadership Leaders, Organisational Will, and Guides 131 PART III 'DAY 2': THE REAPPROACH 161 7 Natives How Some Enterprises Are Built for Total Value 163 8 Journeyers How Established Enterprises Reconfigure for Day 2 179 9 Value A Reapproach to Defining and Creating Total Value 201 Conclusion 223 Appendix 1: The Anthesis Activator Journey 231 Appendix 2: Building Organisational Will and Operational Capabilities 233 Appendix 3: Classic Value Chain Compared with the Total Value System 235 Index 243
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
