Our guide to the latest releases
Social Intrapreneurism and All That Jazz: how business innovators are helping to build a more sustainable world
Paperback: 250 pages, £25
ISBN: 1783530510
Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing
Published: March 2014
Some change agents throw bricks; others work to alter the system from inside. This fascinating book focuses on the latter, highlighting how this growing band of social innovators thinks and acts.
Responsible Leadership: lessons from the front line of sustainability and ethics
By Mark Moody-Stuart
Hardcover: 388 pages, £25
ISBN: 1906093962
Publisher: Greenleaf Publishing
Published: March 2014
Former chairman of both Shell and Anglo American, Moody-Stuart offers a frontline account about ethical dilemmas from the boardroom. Part memoir, part confessional, part manifesto for leadership, this book provides an insightful and original read.
Understanding Integrated Reporting: the concise guide to integrated thinking and the future of corporate reporting
By Carol Adams
Paperback 80 pages, £35
ISBN: 1909293847
Publisher: Dō Sustainability
Published: January 2014
Integrated reporting is about more than just how companies disclose information. It gets to the heart of how they balance priorities and create value sustainably. This punchy, practical book distils the essence of current thinking and best practice.
Networks for Sustainability: harnessing people power to deliver your goals
By Sarah Holloway
Paperback 85 pages, £35
ISBN: 1909293878
Publisher: Dō Sustainability
Published: January 2014
Word can come from on high that sustainability is important, but it takes folk in the trenches to ensure corporate vision becomes reality. This timely and important book reveals the importance of internal champions and how to build them into an effective network.
Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China
By Kwang-Yong Shin
Paperback: 160 pages, £44.99
ISBN: 3642541518
Publisher: Springer
Published: February 2014
Based on the analysis of the current corporate disclosure trends in China, this practically oriented book spells out the essential steps when putting together a triple bottom line report. A useful guide for novice and experienced reporters alike.
Embedding CSR into Corporate Culture: challenging the executive mind
By Diane Swanson
Hardcover: 176 pages, £65
ISBN: 1137300078
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 2014
Ethical principles and policies are all well and good, but corporate culture is about people taking the word from the page and living it out in their day-to-day roles. This book makes a powerful case for “discovery leadership” to make that happen. An intriguing and potentially breakthrough concept.
Snake Oil: how fracking’s false promise of plenty imperils our future
By Richard Heinberg
Paperback: 160 pages, £10.99
ISBN: 1905570724
Publisher: Clairview Books
Published: March 2014
The fossil fuel industry is promoting hydraulic fracturing (fracking) as the biggest energy development of the century. This book offers a counter perspective, raising questions about its short and long-term impacts on both the environment and the economy.
A Better World, Inc: how companies profit by solving global problems ... where governments cannot
By Alice Korngold
Hardcover: 224 pages, £19.99
ISBN: 1137327650
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 2014
Unapologetically optimistic, this upbeat account provides a powerful endorsement for the role of global companies in “ensuring a more sustainable and humane world”. Packed with inspiring case studies, from Nike and Pfizer to Vodafone and GlaxoSmithKline.
