Index
Note: Page numbers followed by f indicate figures.
- adaptation,
- funding resources for, 15
- in organizational resilience, 132–133, 134
- advertising, 26
- African Americans, and civil rights movement, 137
- agriculture
- dematerialization in, 73–75
- regenerative, 16
- Alcoa, 22
- aluminum cans, 78
- Amazon
- employees of, , 28
- packaging and, 71
- American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers, 100
- American Sustainable Business Council, 13
- anticipation, in organizational resilience, 126–130, 134
- antiwar movement, 137
- Apple
- joint innovation and, 22
- renewable energy used by, 19
- social responsibility initiative of,
- ARISE, 130–131
- assets, protecting company, 115–122
- Atlassian, 30
- AT&T, , 94
- Australia, bushfires in, xiii
- Ausubel, Jesse, 67, 79
- auto industry
- and efficient vehicles, 87
- and electric vehicles, 35, 88, 98
- aviation sector
- climate tax on flights in, 16
- “flight shaming” in, 85, 86
- B corporations, sustainability strategies of, 10
- The B Team, 101
- Baby Boomers, 137
- Beauty and Personal Care Sustainability Project, 21–22
- Behnam, Rostin, 94
- Belgium, climate march in, 136
- Ben & Jerry’s, 26
- Ben-David, Itzhak (Zahi), 43–50
- beverage companies, 78
- Bezos, Jeff, , 71
- BHP, 14
- big energy users
- high performance standards for, 16
- old technology phased out by, 15
- The Big Pivot (Winston), 9–10
- Bitcoin, 108, 109, 110
- Bitcoin Cash, 108, 110
- BlackRock, 58
- Blinder, Marc, 107–113, 143
- blockchain
- advantages of, 107
- energy use by, 108–109
- energy-efficient, 110–112
- future of, 111–112
- green energy for mining, 109–110, 113
- mechanisms of, 108–109
- “blue bond,” 53–54
- boards, 100–101, 105
- Bothello, Joel, 83–90
- Brands for Good, 26
- Britton, Joe, 13
- bushfires, in Australia, xiii
- buildings. See also houses
- climate change and, 115–122
- design features for, 119, 122
- evaluating, 129
- flood insurance for, 115–116
- land development policies on, 117
- mortgages for, 115–116, 121
- rebuilding, 119–120, 122
- reinforcing, 118, 122
- restricting, 120–121, 122
- retreat by moving, 119, 122
- Burger King, 36
- Business Climate Leaders, 13
- business customers, 26–28
- business models
- circular, , 31
- companies rethinking, , 30–37, 39
- California wildfires, xii–xiii, 121
- Camp Fire, xiii
- campaign finance, 11
- Cannon-Brookes, Mike, 30
- capital expenditures, 32
- capitalism, 69–70, 76
- carbon dioxide emissions. See also Paris Climate Accords
- abroad, 43–50
- employees demanding reductions in,
- funding reduction projects, 33
- net-zero, 93–105
- reduction goals, 9–10
- reduction needed, , 5f
- rise in, , 5f
- carbon negativity, 19, 24
- carbon neutrality, 19
- carbon pricing, 16, 33
- carbon reduction. See also zero-carbon economy
- amount needed, , 5f
- through climate actions,
- employees demanding,
- funding for, 33
- goals for, 9–10
- carbon-footprint information labels, 15
- cardboard, 71–72
- careers, 77–79
- Carney, Mark, 3–4
- catastrophe, preparing for, 125–134
- Ceres, 13, 101
- China Clean Energy Fund, 19
- circular business models, , 31
- circular economy, 16
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 11
- civil rights movement, 137
- clean technology
- costs of shifts to, 18, 39
- investment in, 16
- subsidies to, 16
- climate actions
- change driven by, 6–37
- communicating, 102–103, 105
- examples of, 15, 16–17
- governance and, 100–101, 105
- greenwashing as, xii
- incrementalism as, xii, 37
- lobbying for, 13–14, 139
- need for collective, 43–44, 49
- paths of,
- reasons for, 7–10
- to reduce carbon emissions,
- reviewing industry groups for, 99–100, 105
- short-term value created by,
- UN reports on,
- using political influence for, 10–18, 38–39
- visibility of, 102–103, 105
- climate activism
- encouraging employees in, 30
- engaging customers in, 25
- by young people, 135–141
- climate change
- economic consequences of, 3–4, 94
- financial risks from, 94
- and flooding, 12f
- and food shortages, 20f
- and heat waves, 29f
- and nature’s collapse, 24f
- protecting assets from, 115–122
- and water uncertainty, 34f
- Climate Group, 97
- climate march, in Belgium, 136
- climate policies. See also environmental regulations
- effectiveness of current, 5f
- speaking up for, 101–102, 105
- climate protests, 136
- climate tax, 16, 33
- clothing industry, degrowth and, xiii, 86, 87, 88
- Colvin, Claudette, 137
- companies
- advantage of renewable energy for, 14
- climate actions by (See climate actions)
- climate governance of, 100–101, 105
- commitment to Paris Climate Accords, 11, 95–96, 104
- embracing degrowth, xiii–xiv, 86–89, 90
- good governance of, 47
- incrementalism and greenwashing used by, xii
- pollution by, abroad, 43–50
- posttraumatic growth of, 132–133
- preparing for catastrophe, 125–134
- rethinking business models, , 30–37, 39
- social purpose of,
- speaking for climate policy, 101–102, 105, 139, 140
- stakeholder relationships of, 18–31, 39
- stakeholders demanding sustainability from,
- sustainability strategies of, 10
- switching to renewable energy, 94, 98–99
- using political influence, 10–18, 38–39
- values shifts and, 138
- and young people, 135–141
- Connaker, Adam, 53–64
- connectivity, 130
- construction. See buildings
- “consumer shaming,” 84
- consumer-driven degrowth, 86, 88
- coping, in organizational resilience, 130–131, 134
- COVID-19, xiii
- credit ratings, 56
- creosote, 70
- crisis, companies preparing for, 125–134
- crop tonnage, 74
- crowdsourcing, 87
- cryptocurrency. See also blockchain
- energy needed for mining, 108–109
- energy-efficient systems of, 110–112
- mining, 108–110, 113
- sustainable, 107–113
- culture, organizational, 127
- customers
- business, choosing, 26–28
- educating and inspiring, 26
- helping, to use less, 25
- and sustainability, , 23–28
- Daimler, 35
- data backup, 130
- decarbonization, 36–37, 75–76, 80, 95. See also carbon reduction
- degrowth, 83–90
- companies embracing, xiii–xiv, 86–89, 90
- consumer-driven, 86, 88
- critics of, 84
- at grassroots level, 85–86
- opportunities created by, 86
- original concept of, 83
- strategies of, 86–88
- degrowth-adapted product design, 86–87, 90
- degrowth-oriented standard setting, 88, 90
- delegated proof-of-stake blockchain systems, 111
- dematerialization, 65–80
- in agriculture, 73–75
- and careers, 77–79
- as counterintuitive trend, 66–67
- examples of, 68, 70–72
- with plastics, 74–75
- predictions about, 69–70
- profit and, 69–70
- speed of, 75–76
- Deutsche Post DHL, 99
- developing countries
- peak paper in, 72–73
- smartphones in, 76–77
- urbanization in, 72–73, 80
- disaster, preparing for, 125–134
- Disparte, Dante, xi–xvi
- droughts, 34f
- drug trials, 61–62
- DSM, 14–15
- durability, degrowth and, 86–87
- economy
- circular, 16
- zero-carbon. See zero-carbon economy
- efficiency
- and dematerialization, 68
- increased consumption and, 85
- electric vehicles, 35, 88, 98
- Ellicott City, Maryland, flooding in, 118–119
- emergency, preparing for, 125–134
- emergency response efforts, 131
- emergent leadership, 128
- employees
- attracting, 103
- climate action demands of,
- and sustainability, , 28–31
- ENEL, 34
- energy efficiency. See also renewable energy
- of blockchain systems, 110–112
- investing in, 33
- environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment, 54, 57–58, 63–64
- environmental regulations
- strict domestic, 44
- weak foreign, 44–49
- EP100 initiative, 97
- Ethereum, 108, 109, 110, 111
- evacuation drills, 129
- exchange-traded funds (ETFs), 58–59, 63–64
- extreme weather events
- building options for, 117–120, 121–122
- insurance payouts for damage by,
- investing in resilience for, 115–122
- organizational resilience for, 125–135
- factories, 116
- Fairphone, 86–87
- Fannie Mae, 115–116
- farmers, incentives to, 16
- fast fashion, 85–86
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), 120
- Feinstein, Dianne (U.S. senator), 136
- fertilizer use, 74
- financial assistance
- in rebuilding assets, 120, 122
- to suppliers, 19–21
- fixed income investment, 55–57
- “flight shaming,” 85, 86
- flights, climate tax on, 16
- flood insurance, 116–117
- flooding, 118–119
- temperature increase and, 12f
- flooring, carbon-negative, 24
- Flygskam (“flight shaming”), 85, 86
- food shortages, 20f
- Forum for the Future, 21
- fossil fuel industry
- climate policies influenced by, 13
- dumping investment in, 27, 96
- moving toward clean options, 27
- France
- ban on internal combustion engines in, 17
- degrowth in, 85
- Freddie Mac, 116
- freeboard, in construction, 119
- Freitag (Zurich-based company), 25
- funding
- for adaptation, 15
- for ESG efforts, xv, 54–64
- emission reduction projects, 33
- by green bonds, 35, 53, 56, 63
- to sustainable companies, xiv
- gay marriage, 137
- Gen X, in social movements, 137
- Gen Z
- as employees, 28, 103
- on social purpose,
- Genesis Mining, 109–110
- Goldman Sachs, 60
- Google, , 88–89, 98
- Gorz, Andre, 83
- Government Pension Fund (Norway), 95–96
- green bonds, 35, 53, 56, 63
- “Green New Deal,” 137
- Greensboro sit-in, 137
- greenwashing, xii
- grieving process, to crises, 132
- growth, posttraumatic, 132–133
- gun control legislation, 138
- Harrington Project, 62
- heat waves, 29f
- Heinrich, Martin, 13
- high-polluting industries, 47–48, 50
- H&M
- clothing repair in, 88
- commitment to carbon neutrality, 19
- on “consumer shaming,” 84
- consumers criticizing, 86
- degrowth encouraged by, xiii, 88
- houses. See also buildings
- flood insurance for, 115–116
- land development policies on, 117
- mortgages for, 115–116
- HSBC, xiv, 21
- hurdle rate, 32–33
- Hurricane Harvey, xii, 118
- Hurricane Maria, xii
- IKEA
- carbon goals for suppliers by, 19
- customer attitudes and, 26
- renewable energy use by suppliers and, 20
- sustainability strategies of, 10
- impact bonds, 55–57, 63
- impact securitization, 59–62, 64
- Impact Shares (nonprofit fund manager), 58
- incrementalism, xii, 37
- industrial era, 67
- industry. See also auto industry; clothing industry; fossil fuel industry
- high-polluting, 47–48, 50
- industry groups, reviewing, 99–100, 105
- influencemap.org, 14
- infrastructure. See also buildings
- in developing countries, 72–73
- Ingersoll Rand, 20
- innovation, joint, 21–22
- insurance companies
- on flood risk, 116–117
- payouts for extreme weather damage,
- intangible benefits, 32–33
- Interface, 25, 98
- internal combustion engines, 17, 35
- internal pricing, 33
- interorganizational coordination, 130, 133
- investment
- in clean technology, 16
- fixed income, 55–57
- passive, 57–59, 63–64
- in safe and secure workspaces, 128
- socially responsible, 53–64
- sustainable, 27, 31–37, 39, 95–96
- iShares MSCI USA ESG Select ETF, 58
- Jackson, Tim (economist), 84
- Japan
- auto industry in, 87
- net-zero emissions goal of, 102
- Jevons paradox, 85
- J.M. Huber Corporation, 32–33
- Johnson Controls, 97
- joint innovation,21–22
- Kleimeier, Stefanie, 43–50
- land development policies, 117
- land use, in agriculture, 74
- leadership
- emergent, 128
- resilient, 133
- supply-chain climate, 19–23
- through place, 128
- LeasePlan, 99
- Lego, 87
- Levi’s, 21, 30
- LGBT rights, 137
- life spans, of products, 86–87
- lobbying
- advantage created by, 14
- for climate action, 13–14, 139
- by fossil fuel industry, 13
- reviewing, 100
- LobbyWatch, 14
- Local Motors, 87
- Low Carbon Technology Partnerships (LCTPi), 97
- Lush (cosmetic retailer), 30
- Macomber, John D., 115–122
- macroeconomic argument, for climate actions, 7–8
- Madsbjerg, Saadia, 53–64
- McAfee, Andrew, 65–80
- McDonald’s, 36
- meat substitutes, 86. See also plant-based foods
- Mexico City earthquake, 125–135
- Miami, Florida, buildings in, 119
- microeconomic argument, for climate actions,
- microgrids, 56
- Microsoft, , 58
- employee walkout,
- internal pricing used by, 33
- Millennials
- as employees, 28, 103
- in social movements, 137
- on successful companies,
- mining (for cryptocurrency)
- compensation for, 110
- energy needed for, 108–109
- green energy for, 109–110, 113
- MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering, 61–62
- mitigation,
- Morningstar, 58
- mortgages, 115–116, 121
- Mucharraz y Cano, Yvette, 125–134
- multisectoral coordination, 130, 133
- Mumenthaler, Christian,
- municipal bonds, 55–57, 63
- Municipal Water Board (Washington, D.C.), 56–57
- NAACP Minority Empowerment ETF, 58–59
- National Coordination of Civil Protection, 131
- National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), 116–117
- natural disasters
- increase in, xii–xiii
- insurance payouts for damage by,
- preparing for, 125–134
- repairs after,
- nature, collapse of, 24f
- Nestlé, 11, 26
- plant-based proteins by, 35
- Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment, 97
- net-zero buildings, 17
- net-zero emissions, 93–105
- Nickisch, Curt, 65–80
- Nigeria, 73
- Nike, 88
- North Face, 22
- Norway
- ban on internal combustion engines in, 17
- sustainable investment in, 27, 95–96
- Oatly, 25
- Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria, 137
- offshore wind farms, 37
- organizational culture, 127
- organizational resilience, 125–135
- orphan disease drug development, 61–62
- Ørsted, 36
- packaging
- educating consumers via, 26
- reducing materials used in, 23, 71–72, 78
- pandemics, xiii
- paper
- decrease in use of, 71
- peak, 71, 72–73
- Paris Climate Accords
- companies committed to, 11, 95–96, 104
- companies supporting, 101–102
- raising awareness about, 26
- “Parkland Teens,” 137–138
- Parks, Rosa, 137
- passive investment, 57–59, 63–64
- Patagonia
- degrowth and, xiii, 25, 88
- sustainability strategies of, 10
- Patagonia Action Works initiative, 25
- peak paper, 71, 72–73
- peak plastics, 75
- PepsiCo, 26, 58
- Persson, Karl-Johan, 84
- P&G, 18, 21, 26
- PG&E, 121
- phase-ins, 17
- phaseouts, 17
- Philips Lighting, 36
- plant-based foods
- carbon footprint of, 35, 86
- at McDonald’s and Burger King, 37
- plastics, 74
- political actions, of young people, 136–137
- political influence, companies using, 10–18, 38–39, 139, 140
- pollution haven hypothesis (PHH), 45–46
- pollution havens, 44–49, 50
- Polman, Paul,
- posttraumatic growth, 132–133
- posttraumatic stress, 132
- private companies, sustainability strategies of, 10
- product design, degrowth-adapted, 86–87, 90
- profit
- quest for, 69–70
- sustainability and, 19
- “Project Ara” (Google), 88–89
- proof-of-stake blockchain systems, 110–111, 113
- proof-of-work blockchain systems, 110–112
- property. See assets; houses
- public companies, sustainability strategies of, 10
- purchasing power, 22–23
- railroads, 70
- RE100, 98
- Real Estate Investment Trusts, 120
- rebound, design features for, 119, 122
- rebuilding, 120, 122
- recyclable vehicles, 87
- reducing carbon emissions. See carbon reduction
- “regulatory distance,” 46
- reinforcement, investing in, 118, 122
- renewable energy
- companies committed to switching, 94, 98–99
- cost advantage created by, 14
- for cryptomining, 109–110
- driving up demand for, 98
- green bonds funding, 53
- investing in, 33
- suppliers using, 19–21
- rescue efforts, 131
- research and development, 16, 35, 61
- research-backed obligations (RBO) bonds, 61–62
- resilience
- enemies of, 133
- investing in, , 117, 118
- of leaders, 133
- organizational, 125–135
- post-disaster, 133
- restricting buildings, 120–121, 122
- retreat, by moving assets, 119, 122
- “The Return of Nature: How Technology Liberates the Environment” (Ausubel), 67
- return on investment (ROI), , 32
- Rio Tinto, 22
- risk assessment, 126
- risk-sharing impact bonds, 55–57, 63
- Rockefeller Foundation, 55
- Roulet, Thomas, 83–90
- Schneider, Mark (executive), 35
- school climate strikes, 136
- school desegregation, 137
- school shootings, 137–138
- sea-level rise, 12f
- Seventh Generation, 26
- shareholder primacy,
- Shell, 100
- shipbuilding, 70
- Siemens, 14
- Sixup, 60–61
- smartphones, 76–77, 86–87
- social media, 131, 137
- social movements, 137
- social purpose, ,
- socially active index funds, 57–59, 63–64
- socially responsible investment, 53–64
- societal argument, for climate actions, 7–8
- stakeholder engagement, 87–88
- stakeholders
- relationships with, 18–31, 39
- signaling commitment to climate action to, 98, 104–105
- sustainability demands of,
- Stiglitz, Joseph, 84
- stormwater runoff, 56–57
- stress, posttraumatic, 132
- students, climate marches by, 136
- subsidies, to clean technology, 16
- substitution effect, 70
- Sunrise Movement, 136
- suppliers
- financial assistance to, 19–21
- renewable energy used by, 19–21
- sustainability of, 18–23
- supply-chain climate leadership, 19–23
- sustainability
- company strategies for, 10
- of cryptocurrency, 107–113
- customers and, , 23–28
- employees and, , 28–31
- rethinking business models for, 30–37, 39
- stakeholders and,
- of suppliers, 18–23
- Sustainable Brands, 26
- sustainable investment, 27, 31–37, 39, 95–96
- Sustainalytics, 58
- Sweden
- ban on internal combustion engines in, 17
- “flight shaming” in, 85, 86
- Swiss Re,
- Tågskryt (“train brag”), 86
- Target, 21, 22
- Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), 17, 101
- tech companies, choosing business customers, 26–28
- technology
- clean (See clean technology)
- for data backup and connectivity, 130
- and degrowth, 84–85
- and dematerialization possibilities, 70
- progress of, 76–77
- temperature increase. See climate change
- Tesla, 88
- Texas Medical Center (TMC), 118
- 30 Year Sweatshirt, 87
- Thurnberg, Greta, 136
- timber, 70–72
- Time to Vote initiative, 30
- Tom Cridland (clothing brand), 87
- Topping, Nigel, 93–105
- total land use, 74
- total water use, 74
- trade associations
- lobbying by, 14
- reviewing, 100
- “train brag,” 86
- transformative initiative, 96–97, 104
- transparency
- enabling, 15
- lobbying and, 14
- prioritizing, 17
- transportation sector
- efficient vehicles in, 87
- electric vehicles in, 35, 88, 98
- “flight shaming” in, 85, 86
- tree planting, 33
- Typhoon Haiyan, xiii
- Unilever, , 18
- and joint innovation, 21
- on lobbying, 100
- “United for the Paris Agreement,” 11
- United Kingdom (UK), 102
- United Nations (UN)
- on climate action,
- office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 130
- Sustainable Development Goals of, 35
- urbanization, 72–73, 80
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 15
- validators (blockchain), 110
- value-chain repositioning, 87–88, 90
- values shifts, 138
- Vans, 22
- VDA (lobby group), 100
- Venice (Italy), 119
- VF Corporation, 22
- Viehs, Michael, 43–50
- Volkswagen, 100
- Walmart, 18
- assault rifle ban by,
- on degrowth, 88
- employees of, 30
- and joint innovation, 21
- sustainability of suppliers and, 21, 22
- water bonds, 56–57
- water scarcity, 34f
- water uncertainty, 34f
- water use, in agriculture, 74
- “We Are Still In,” 11
- We Mean Business Take Action campaign, 94
- Welsh, Hugh, 14–15
- Whitehouse, Sheldon, 139
- wind farms, 36
- Winston, Andrew, 3–39, 135–141
- workspaces, investing in safe and secure, 128
- World Bank, 53
- World Business Council for Sustainable Development, 97
- World Economic Forum (WEF), 45–46, 136
- zero-carbon economy, 93–105
- climate governance and, 100–101, 105
- commitment to Paris Climate Accords and, 11, 95–96, 104
- commitment to renewable energy and, 94, 98–99
- financial incentive for, 94
- reviewing industry groups for, 99–100, 105
- supporting climate policy and, 101–102, 105, 139, 140
- transformative initiatives and, 96–97, 104
- visibility of climate actions and, 102–103, 105
- Zika virus, xiii
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