Mainstreaming Sustainability

AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR SUCCESSFULLY INTEGRATINGSUSTAINABILITY INTO YOUR COMPANY'S CORPORATE CULTUREDeveloped from the course materials for classes taught at Harvard University, Mainstreaming Sustainability serves both students and sustainability professionals to guide them on the journey toward sustainability. Exploring sustainability from a corporate perspective with a focus on the global marketplace, it covers all three responsibilities of sustainability: environmental stewardship, social well-being, and economic prosperity.Packed with suggested additional resources, the book provides both an introduction to implementing sustainability within an organization as well as tools for digging more deeply into this rapidly expanding field. It provides an overview of the various international standards and performance frameworks that can be combined into a customized management system. These can be seamlessly incorporated into the fabric of the company's own operating policies, making it part of what every employee does, every day.Praise from our students (from anonymous course evaluations):"This course has direct application to my current career and has improved the maturity of my business acumen. Every leader, both formal and informal, within a corporation would benefit from this course. Sustainability is simply good management practice.""This is a well thought out course with a lot of valuable information for everyone who is interested in working in this field.""I learned corporate sustainability is not just a bunch of initiatives led by a "green committee" for the sake of good will. If used correctly and by applying solid science (metrics), corporate sustainability can be a business tool in generating environmental, social and economic capital. It has changed me in that I have a much deeper appreciation for what sustainability can do for a business.""I feel like I could walk into an employer and confidently tell them that I could align their operation with their sustainability goals."Ninety-seven percent of the students who completed the course recommended it to other students.