Ethical Corporation’s guide to the latest and best sustainable business reading
Corporate Sustainability: CSR, sustainability, ethics & governance
By Paolo Taticchi, Paolo Carbone and Vito Albino (eds)
Hardback: 284 pages, £117
ISBN: 3642370179
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 2013
Solid and comprehensive, this research-focused textbook provides an excellent overview of the contemporary field of corporate sustainability. Sections on reporting, ecoproducts and green buildings, among others.
The Burning Question
By Mike Berners-Lee, Duncan Clark and Bill McKibben
Paperback: 256 pages, £9.99
ISBN: 1781250456
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: April 2013
Written with a journalist flair and political verve, this challenging book seeks to find a way to weed the world off fossil fuels. The book leaves Big Oil bashing behind and asks how political, psychological, economic and technological factors might combine together for a post-oil future.
The Future Makers: a journey to people who are changing the world – and what we can learn from them
By Joanna Hafenmayer Stefanska and Wolfgang Hafenmayer
Paperback: 248 pages, £16.95
ISBN: 1906093853
Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing
Published: April 2013
If you’re a sustainability practitioner that could do with some inspiration, then this could be the book for you. Based around nearly two-dozen real life examples, it introduces sustainability leaders who are using business to make a tangible difference to the world.
How to Engage Youth to Drive Corporate Sustainability: roles and interventions
By Nicolò Wojewoda
eBook: £30.90
ASIN: B00CP5V7B4
Publisher: Dō Sustainability
Published: May 2013
Corporate sustainability is generally of interest to those already in corporations. This timely book argues that young people need to be engaged on the subject long before they reach the workplace. Packed with examples on how to interest and involve the youth of today.
Principles and Strategies to Balance Ethical, Social and Environmental Concerns with Corporate Requirements
By Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez and Liam Leonard (eds)
Hardback: 249 pages, £67.95
ISBN: 1781906279
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: May 2013
The second in a series on “ecopolitics” from Emerald Group, this practitioner-focused compilation draws on research contributions from 21 different countries. A comprehensive overview of current debate and practice.
Creating a Lean and Green Business System: techniques for improving profits and sustainability
By Keivan Zokaei et al
Paperback: 253 pages, £19.99
ISBN: 1466571128
Publisher: Productivity Press
Published: June 2013
From automotive and retail to textile and brewing, this book lays out how leading corporations are using a “lean and green” formula to enhance their performance. The description of Monozukuri, Toyota’s sustainable manufacturing approach, makes particularly inspiring reading.
Corporate Social Responsibility: challenges and practices
By Peter Dobers (ed)
Paperback: 360 pages, £23
ISBN: 9173350125
Publisher: Santerus Academic Press Sweden
Published: May 2013
Corporate responsibility, done well, presents a challenge for leadership as it goes beyond the traditional boundaries of organisations, cities or countries. This book maps the issues, but also hints at viable ways forward too.
Greenergized: a business fable on clean energy
By Dennis Posadas
Paperback: 93 pages, £14.95
ISBN: 1906093884
Published: Greenleaf Publishing
Publication: April 2013
A rare venture into fiction, this sustainability book seeks to use the narrative form to spell out the case for renewable energy versus fossil fuels. An alternative, yet powerful, take on a subject that still fails to win the public traction it deserves.
