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Street Smart Sustainability

Author Joe Sibilia , David Mager
Release Date: 2009/11/01
ISBN: 9781605094687
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Book Description

You already know why your company should go green. This comprehensive guide tells you how to do it profitably. It details every step of the process—from getting employee buy-in and conducting a current sustainability audit to developing a plan of action and measuring progress. Nuts-and-bolts guidance helps you make continuous, cost-effective improvements and shift the prevailing business culture by infusing green practices into your organization's very DNA.

Through illustrative examples from a wide variety of industries, this book shows how to
• Design sustainable products • Green your facilities • Find green vendors • Use renewable energy • Reduce harmful emissions • Recycle waste products, and more

The emphasis is on practicality—stand-alone chapters you can read when you need them and tools you can use to implement change in any area of your organization.

Table of Contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Letter from the Editor of the Social Venture Network Series
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. 1 Leadership Greening from the Top
  9. 2 Audits Measuring Where You Are
  10. 3 The Plan Implementing Your Sustainability Vision
  11. 4 Metrics If You Can Measure It, You Can Manage It
  12. 5 Design Making It Sustainable from the Start
  13. 6 Facility Making Your Workplace Green
  14. 7 Energy Using Renewable Energy, Energy Audits, and Conservation
  15. 8 Carbon Quantifying and Reducing Your Carbon Footprint
  16. 9 Purchasing Using Your Dollar to Save the Planet
  17. 10 Reduce Getting to Net Zero Emissions and Releases
  18. 11 Waste Turning an Environmental Problem into a Business Opportunity
  19. Afterword
  20. Notes And Resources
  21. Resource A: Cover Letter and Employee Questionnaire
  22. Resource B: Audit Protocol
  23. Resource C: Summary of ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
  24. Resource D: Input/Output Mass Balance Analysis
  25. Resource E: Life Cycle Analysis Matrix
  26. Resource F: Energy Source Calculator
  27. Resource G: Carbon Footprint Calculator
  28. Resource H: Vendor Questionnaire
  29. Index
  30. About Social Venture Network
  31. About the Authors
  32. About This Book
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