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The Sustainability Edge
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The Sustainability Edge

How to Drive Top-Line Growth with Triple-Bottom-Line Thinking

Suhas Apte and Jagdish N. Sheth
University of Toronto Press, 2016

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8

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable
  • Inspiring

Recommendation

Today’s consumers and investors are pressuring industries to become more accountable and responsible. Businesses must reinvent themselves to meet today’s social, environmental and financial challenges. Sustainability consultant Suhas Apte and business professor Jagdish N. Sheth believe sustainability is the core of continued growth and long-term success. The authors provide a “sustainability roadmap” to guide your organization through the transformation toward meeting this goal and to identify ways to engage all your stakeholders. Despite their tendency to rely on industry-speak, getAbstract recommends the authors’ business case for sustainability to forward-thinking leaders and environmental advocates.

Take-Aways

  • Sustainability empowers “triple-bottom-line” results: “profit, people and planet.”
  • Traditional strategies no longer provide a competitive edge as businesses face more external challenges to growth.
  • Socially responsible companies engender customer loyalty, attract investor dollars and generate higher profits.

About the Authors

Suhas Apte, president of Apte Consultants and a partner in the Blue Earth Network, previously served as global sustainability officer at Kimberly-Clark. Emory University business professor Jagdish N. Sheth has published more than 300 research papers and 30 books, including his autobiography, The Accidental Scholar.

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