The Double Bottom Line

Author : Donato Tramuto,Tami Booth Corwin
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781639080052

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The Double Bottom Line by Donato Tramuto,Tami Booth Corwin Pdf

Compassionate leadership isn’t about being nice; when practiced effectively, it’s a strong leadership style that can elevate your spirits and profits. Compassionate leaders are not weak. They are tough leaders who understand that they can be good to their people and deliver stronger results. In fact, taking care of your people actually leads to better results. In his new book, Donato Tramuto—recognized CEO, business leader, innovator, and philanthropist,—makes the case that compassion is a key leadership principle that • powerfully drives trust, success, and innovation; • raises morale, builds stronger teams, and improves overall performance; • creates sustainable commitment to an organization’s mission and values. Tramuto interviewed nearly 40 successful leaders who practice compassionate leadership and reveals the best strategies from their playbooks. He then combined these interviews with his own insights, numerous studies, and original, qualitative research of 1,500 participants to unleash the measurable data and benefits of compassion in the workplace. Most leaders have an innate desire to be compassionate, but many don't know how to put it into practice. This book shares inspiring stories and actionable examples of how proven leaders have accomplished this and how you can too. The bottom line on bottom lines: compassionate leadership is about better people and better business.

Author : California. Office of the State Treasurer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Investment of public funds
ISBN : UCLA:L0081519431

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The Double Bottom Line by California. Office of the State Treasurer Pdf

Author : Fouad Sabry
Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PKEY:6610000522613

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Triple Bottom Line by Fouad Sabry Pdf

What is Triple Bottom Line The social, environmental, and economic aspects of an organization are the three components that make up the triple bottom line accounting system. There are certain firms that have chosen to implement the TBL framework in order to evaluate their performance from a more comprehensive standpoint in order to generate more business value. In 1994, John Elkington, a business writer, asserts that he was the one who first used the phrase. How you will benefit (I) Insights, and validations about the following topics: Chapter 1: Triple bottom line Chapter 2: Environmental full-cost accounting Chapter 3: Corporate social responsibility Chapter 4: Eco-efficiency Chapter 5: Double bottom line Chapter 6: Sustainable business Chapter 7: Sustainable procurement Chapter 8: Corporate sustainability Chapter 9: John Elkington (business author) Chapter 10: Sustainability metrics and indices Chapter 11: Sustainability accounting Chapter 12: Return on investment Chapter 13: Environmental, social, and corporate governance Chapter 14: Earth Economics Chapter 15: Environmental profit and loss account Chapter 16: Sustainable market orientation Chapter 17: Social accounting Chapter 18: Fourth Bottom Line Chapter 19: Ecopreneurship Chapter 20: Triple bottom line cost-benefit analysis Chapter 21: Context-Based Sustainability (II) Answering the public top questions about triple bottom line. (III) Real world examples for the usage of triple bottom line in many fields. Who this book is for Professionals, undergraduate and graduate students, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and those who want to go beyond basic knowledge or information for any kind of Triple Bottom Line.

Author : Bottom Line Staff
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-15
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0312150695

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The Bottom Line Personal Book of Bests by Bottom Line Staff Pdf

A wide range of advice from the newsletter covers such topics as new cars, self-defense, tax loopholes, pets, health, education, careers, and vacations

Author : Dave Ulrich,Norm Smallwood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2003-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780471447221

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Why the Bottom Line Isn't! by Dave Ulrich,Norm Smallwood Pdf

Offers a broad view of leadership and shareholder value based on multiple business disciplines In Why the Bottom Line Isn't! authors Dave Ulrich and Norm Smallwood argue that sustainable shareholder value comes increasingly from assets not accounted for on an organization's balance sheet. These assets include a company's reputation, its ability to attract talent, and its ability to react quickly to new opportunities in the marketplace. Why the Bottom Line Isn't! harnesses research from a number of disciplines including human resources, finance, and leadership to establish a hierarchy of such intangibles. The authors extrapolate from these intangibles to establish leadership tools that will help create sustainable shareholder value. The book offers a broad, expansive perspective on leadership while eschewing convoluted theory for concrete practice. Dave Ulrich, Ph.D., ([email protected]) has been listed by BusinessWeek as the top "guru" in management education. He has co-authored 10 books and over 100 articles, serves on the Board of Directors of Herman Miller, and has consulted with over half of the Fortune 200 companies. He is currently on professional leave as Professor at the University of Michigan to serve as Mission President for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Montreal. Norm Smallwood ([email protected]) is co-founder of Results-Based Leadership (www.rbl.net), which provides education and consulting services based on this book as well as the ideas in Results-Based Leadership: How Leaders Build the Business and Improve the Bottom Line, which he co-authored with Ulrich. He has led leadership development, business strategy, organization capability, change management, and HR projects for a wide variety of clients spanning multiple industries.

Author : Francisco Szekely,Zahir Dossa
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780262339087

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Beyond the Triple Bottom Line by Francisco Szekely,Zahir Dossa Pdf

A pragmatic new business model for sustainability that outlines eight steps that range from exploring a mission to promoting innovation; with case studies. Many recent books make the case for businesses to become more sustainable, but few explain the specifics. In this book, Francisco Szekely and Zahir Dossa offer a pragmatic new business model for sustainability that extends beyond the traditional framework of the triple bottom line, describing eight steps that range from exploring a vision and establishing a strategy to implementing the strategy and promoting innovation. Szekely and Dossa argue that businesses and organizations need to move away from the business case for sustainability toward a sustainable business model. That is, businesses should go beyond the usual short-term focus on minimizing harm while maximizing profits. Instead, businesses on the path to sustainability should, from the start, focus on addressing a societal need and view profitability not as an end but as a means to support the sustainable organization. Szekely and Dossa explore key problems organizations face when pursuing a sustainability agenda. Each chapter presents one of the eight steps, describes a business dilemma for sustainability, provides a theoretically grounded strategic framework, offers case studies that illustrate the dilemma, and summarizes key findings; the case studies draw on the experiences of such companies as Tesla Motors, Patagonia, TOMs, and Panera. The book emphasizes leadership, arguing that leaders who question the status quo, inspire others, and take risks are essential for achieving sustainable business practices.

Author : Michael S Hamilton,Patricia Sue Atkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317452836

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Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability by Michael S Hamilton,Patricia Sue Atkins Pdf

In today's public policy arena the regional level is gaining increased attention as problems in policy and service delivery continue to spill over traditional urban government boundaries. This authoritative work focuses on the growing role of regions in addressing and resolving local governance problems."Urban and Regional Policies for Metropolitan Livability" provides a concise, up-to-date, and systematic treatment of the problems and issues involved in urban and regional policy concerns. Each policy chapter is written by a respected expert in the area, and the book covers all the key policy issues that confront contemporary metropolitan areas, including transportation, the environment, affordable housing, crime, employment, poverty, education, and regional governance. Each chapter outlines an issue, which is followed by current thinking on problem diagnosis and problem solving, as well as the prognosis for future policy success.

Author : David Mullins,Darinka Czischke,Gerard Van Bortel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134908066

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Hybridising Housing Organisations by David Mullins,Darinka Czischke,Gerard Van Bortel Pdf

Social housing has long been delivered through mixed economy mechanisms, but there has been little focus in housing studies on what this means for housing organisations themselves. This book presents recent international research applying concepts of social enterprise and hybridity to illuminate organisational behaviour in the housing sector. It addresses critiques of the explanatory value of these concepts by exploring their underlying meanings and their application to diverse case studies worldwide. The concepts are found to be most useful where they inform dynamic analysis of hybridisation and identify underlying change mechanisms, rather than simply providing static descriptions of hybridity. Various chapters in the book show how analysis can be enriched by drawing on institutional theory to develop concepts such as competing organisational logics, trade-offs between social and commercial goals and resource transfers. The Book also looks at policy as a driver for hybridisation and to the regulatory challenges for policy systems that have come to rely on hybrid forms of delivery. A research agenda is proposed building on these conceptual frameworks to develop systematic approaches to data collection and analysis to enable clearer and more consistent meanings to emerge. This book was published as a special issue of Housing Studies.

Author : M. Larry Litwin, APR, Fellow PRSA
Publisher : Author House
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781491804520

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The Public Relations Practitioner's Playbook for (all) Strategic Communicators by M. Larry Litwin, APR, Fellow PRSA Pdf

Some years ago, a young graduate student contributed to a book for educational public relations specialists. It was a “how-to-do-it book, light on theory and without footnotes” that offered hundreds of tips and “ideas.” Its title evolved into School Communication Ideas that Work. Like that successful and widely used book, published in 1972, The Public Relations Practitioner's Playbook for (all) Strategic Communicators is how-to and hands-on. Edition three was considered for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize. The theory it contains is woven into thousands of proven techniques, tips, tactics, tools and strategies spread over 626 pages. Explanations, examples and anecdotes are in a language that should appeal to experienced practitioners, college students and organization volunteers who assist with public relations, publicity and other strategic communication disciplines. It won't do the work for the would-be publicity or PR practitioner or counselor, but it will make his or her job much easier. Devotees of the Public Relations Practitioner's Playbook may have noticed, its title now includes for (all) Strategic Communicators. That's because the public relations profession has evolved into the more encompassing strategic communication, which includes not only public relations but public affairs, advertising, marketing, social media, graphic and web design and other areas of digital media convergence, strategic planning and campaigns. “Strategic communication occurs in corporate, non-profit, governmental and agency settings,” according to Elon (N.C.) University's website. “Organizations strategically communicate to audiences through publications and videos, crisis management through the news media, special events planning, building brand identity and product value, and communicating with stockholders (and stakeholders), clients or donors.

Author : Veronica Vecchi,Luciano Balbo,Manuela Brusoni,Stefano Caselli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351284745

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Principles and Practice of Impact Investing by Veronica Vecchi,Luciano Balbo,Manuela Brusoni,Stefano Caselli Pdf

Impact investing is gaining global attention from society, governments and businesses. Increasingly, it is seen as a new paradigm to deal with the economic crisis and curtailed public budgets, an answer to the diversified needs of society. It now ranks high on the policy agenda of governments and international organizations, and private investors are searching for new investment opportunities to channel the liquidity available. This book is the first to look at impact investing as a "refocus" of venture capital to sustain the development of societal impact enterprises. Principles and Practice of Impact Investing collects chapters from international experts on the subject, discussing the foundations of the movement, analysing leading international cases and debating future trends in the field. It also includes interviews with some of the most influential stakeholders of impact investing across the world. The book is an inspirational and practical guide for actors and stakeholders to enable better understanding of impact investing. Taking an international perspective, the chapters primarily deal with mature economies, setting it apart from the existing literature focused on emerging countries. The book will be of interests to practitioners and executives, as well as researchers and MBA students.

Author : Elizabeth J. Mueller,J. Rosie Tighe
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-14
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781000594829

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The Affordable Housing Reader by Elizabeth J. Mueller,J. Rosie Tighe Pdf

This second edition of The Affordable Housing Reader provides context for current discussions surrounding housing policy, emphasizing the values and assumptions underlying debates over strategies for ameliorating housing problems experienced by low-income residents and communities of color. The authors highlighted in this updated volume address themes central to housing as an area of social policy and to understanding its particular meaning in the United States. These include the long history of racial exclusion and the role that public policy has played in racializing access to decent housing and well-serviced neighborhoods; the tension between the economic and social goals of housing policy; and the role that housing plays in various aspects of the lives of low- and moderate-income residents. Scholarship and the COVID-19 pandemic are raising awareness of the link between access to adequate housing and other rights and opportunities. This timely reader focuses attention on the results of past efforts and on the urgency of reframing the conversation. It is both an exciting time to teach students about the evolution of United States’ housing policy and a challenging time to discuss what policymakers or practitioners can do to effect positive change. This reader is aimed at students, professors, researchers, and professionals of housing policy, public policy, and city planning.

Author : Michael S. Barr,Anjali Kumar,Robert E. Litan
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780815708407

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Building Inclusive Financial Systems by Michael S. Barr,Anjali Kumar,Robert E. Litan Pdf

Broad-based and inclusive financial systems significantly raise growth, alleviate poverty, and expand economic opportunity. Households, small enterprises, and the rural poor often have difficulty obtaining financial services for a multitude of reasons, including transaction costs, perceived risk, inadequate infrastructure, and information barriers. Yet many financial institutions are now making profitable inroads into underserved markets through formal banking, investment in equities, venture capital, postal banks, and microfinance. Access to Finance addresses the challenges of making financial systems more inclusive, emulating successful ventures in new markets, and utilizing technologies and government policies to support the expansion of financial access. The contributors examine many dimensions of financial access, including: • Measuring financial access • Understanding the impact of expanded access • Examining alternative institutional models • Exploring new technologies and information infrastructure • Evaluating government policies toward outreach.

Author : Douglas J. Cumming,Geoffrey Wood,Igor Filatotchev,Juliane Reinecke
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191070815

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The Oxford Handbook of Sovereign Wealth Funds by Douglas J. Cumming,Geoffrey Wood,Igor Filatotchev,Juliane Reinecke Pdf

Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) represent both an increasingly important - and potentially dominant - category of alternative investor, and a novel form for governments to project their interests both home and abroad. As such, they represent both economic actors and embody power vested in the financial and diplomatic resources they can leverage. Although at times they have acted in concert with other alternative investors, their intergenerational savings function should, in theory at least, promote more long-termist thinking. However, they may be impelled in towards greater short termism, in response to popular pressures, demands from predatory elites and/or unforeseen external shocks. Of all the categories of alternative investment, SWFs perhaps embody the most contradictory pressures, making for diverse and complex outcomes. The aim of this volume is to consolidate the present state of the art, and advance the field through new applied, conceptual and theoretical insights. The volume is ordered into chapters that explore thematic issues and country studies, incorporating novel insights in on the most recent developments in the SWF ecosystem. This handbook is organized into four sections and 23 chapters. The four sections are: Governance of SWFs, Political and Legal Aspects of SWFs, Investment Choices and Structures of SWFs, Country and Regional Analyses of SWFs.

Author : Viktor Prokop,Jan Stejskal,Jens Horbach,Wolfgang Gerstlberger
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031083136

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Business Models for the Circular Economy by Viktor Prokop,Jan Stejskal,Jens Horbach,Wolfgang Gerstlberger Pdf

Increased ecological awareness and the growing scarcity of resources have led to the introduction of new environmental standards, triggering enterprises, regions, and even countries to adopt new business models and industrial reconversion approaches. However, despite increased interest in business models and their innovation, it still lacks the integration of circularity and sustainability and to date research on these areas is still limited. This book, therefore, provides readers with a closer picture of the issues of business models and their innovation for the circular economy in Europe, where the issues of sustainability and the shift towards the circular economy have become cornerstones of European policies and documents and where significant differences have been identified between firms and countries. This book provides a unique view of different European perspectives and enables the reader to compare the situation in countries with completely different historical and economic conditions as well as with different perceptions of the need for the actions leading to the sustainable development and to the shift towards the circular economy.

Author : Tedd Saunders,Loretta McGovern
Publisher : Harper San Francisco
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Green marketing
ISBN : UCSC:32106011781793

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The Bottom Line of Green is Black by Tedd Saunders,Loretta McGovern Pdf

"It's easy to see why "greening" our businesses is the right thing to do. This innovative and inspiring guide to practical action shows why it's also the smart thing to do. Working with the environment saves money and resources, fosters consumer loyalty, and diminishes the need for outside regulation. Efficiency is the common ally of business and the environment, while wastefulness is their common enemy. And, as every successful businessperson and environmentalist realizes, daily choices create long-term, bottom-line effects." "Tedd Saunders and Loretta McGovern share the strategies, management techniques, and emergent technologies that various companies large and small have successfully implemented to ensure continued or increased vitality while contributing to the resolution of environmental problems. Based on their own experience and the examples of the up-and-running programs of businesses such as Coca-Cola, Nordstrom, Apple Computer, the Los Angeles Times, and many more, they offer step-by-step guidelines for recycling and buying recycled supplies to save resources and money; taking a proactive approach to shape emerging business practices; making an environmental program an effective part of your marketing and public relations campaign; keeping current on regulations, alternatives, and technologies; educating employees - from management to the maintenance crew - and soliciting their hands-on input; moving beyond compliance and into the realm of environmental excellence, and much more." "The Bottom Line of Green Is Black includes the facts on legislation and EPA recommendations and features dozens of down-to-earth tips, checklists, and procedures adaptable to every business enterprise."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved