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Walking the Talk by Charles O. Holliday, Jr. - ISBN: 9781576752340
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Major business leaders argue that sustainability is not only compatible with but crucial to business success. Drawing on nearly 70 case histories of companies around the world, the authors show how the three pillars of sustainable development - economic growth, ecological balance, and social progres…

Walking the Talk

The Business Case for Sustainable Development

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    288 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2018

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Summary

Stephan Schmidheiny, author of the hugely influential Changing Course, has joined with fellow prime movers in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development-Chad Holliday of DuPont and Philip Watts of Royal Dutch/Shell-to spell out the business case for addressing sustainable development as a key business strategy.The authors insist that a global partnership-between governments, business and civil society-is essential, if accelerating moves towards globalization are to maximize opport…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781576752340
ISBN-10:1576752348
Author:Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Stephan Schmidheiny, Philip Watts, Charles O. Holliday
Publisher:Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Imprint:Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:1 January 2018
Weight:624g
Dimensions:240mm x 164mm x 17mm
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About The Author

Charles O. Holliday, Jr.

Charles O. Holliday, Jr. is Chairman and CEO of DuPont. Holliday is an industrial engineer by training who, in his 30-year DuPont career, has touched virtually every aspect of the business - from fibers and chemicals to agricultural products and biotechnology. Holliday is a former chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.Stephan Schmidheiny is Chairman of Anova Holding AG. A Swiss industrialist, Schmidheiny founded the Business Council for Sustainable Development after he was named Principal Advisor for Business and Industry to the secretary general of the 1992 ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio. He was the principal author of Changing Course and is now the honorary chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.Philip Watts is Chairman of the Committee of Managing Directors of The Royal Dutch/Shell Group of Companies and Chairman of the Shell Transport and Trading Company. He joined Shell in 1969 and has worked in Indonesia, the UK, Norway, and the Netherlands. Watts is the current chairman of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and of the UK chapter of the International Chamber of Commerce.

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