Lot # : 314 - Green Swans - by John Elkington (Hardcover)

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Green Swans - by John Elkington (Hardcover)
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Lot # 314
Group - Category Antiques & Collectibles - Collectibles - Nonfiction Books
Lead Green Swans - by John Elkington (Hardcover)
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Assembly Required?: N/A Star Rating: 5 Missing Parts?: Unknown Functional?: Unable to Test UPC: 9781732439122 Condition: Open Box - Not Tested Damaged?: Unknown In Packaging?: Yes Title: Green Swans - by John Elkington (Hardcover) $25 Book Synopsis Even leading capitalists admit that capitalism is broken. Green Swans is a manifesto for system change designed to serve people planet and prosperity. In his twentieth book John Elkington--dubbed the Godfather of Sustainability--explores new forms of capitalism fit for the twenty-first century. If Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Black Swans are problems that take us exponentially toward breakdown then Green Swans are solutions that take us exponentially toward break through . The success--and survival--of humanity now depends on how we rein in the first and accelerate the second. Green Swans draws on Elkington's first-hand experience in some of the world's best-known boardrooms and C-suites. Using case studies real-world examples and profiles on emergent technologies Elkington shows how the weirdest Ugly Ducklings of today's world may turn into tomorrow's world-saving Green Swans. This book is a must-read for business leaders in corporations great and small who want to help their businesses survive the coming shift in global priorities over the next decade and expand their horizons from responsibility through resilience and onto regeneration. About the Author John Elkington is a writer thought-leader serial entrepreneur and at heart an environmentalist. Described as the Godfather of Sustainability he has now written or co-authored 20 books including the million-selling Green Consumer Guide series. Elkington has worked with many scores of corporations often at the board and C-suite level as well as with the financial community industry bodies government the media NGOs academia innovators and entrepreneurs. Along the way he has co-founded four social-purpose businesses since 1978 including Environmental Data Services (ENDS 1978) John Elkington Associates/CounterCurrent (1983) SustainAbility (1987) and Volans Ventures (2008). All four still exist and the last two were respectively the second and first certified British B Corporations in the U.K. Over the years Elkington has also served on over seventy boards and advisory boards advising companies non-profits and policy-making organizations. He is a visiting professor at the Cranfield School of Management as well as at Imperial College London and University College London (UCL). In 2004 BusinessWeek described Elkington as a dean of the corporate responsibility movement for three decades. He has received many awards and honors including from the United Nations (Global 500 Roll of Honour 1989). In 2005 he landed a Social Capitalist of the Year award from Fast Company and that year was also awarded a three-year $1 million field-building grant from the Skoll Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship. In 2011 he was awarded the Spencer Hutchens Jr. Medal by the American Society for Quality (ASQ) for outstanding leadership as an advocate for social responsibility and for bringing about positive social change. In 2014 he was awarded the Recycla/ El Mercurio International Prize in Chile and in 2015 the Ethical Corporation Lifetime Achievement Award.
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Date(s) 12/5/2024 - 12/23/2024
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