You Can’t Make Money From A Dead Planet (the Sustainable Method For Driving Profits)

By (author) Shayler Mark
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Learn how to make your business more sustainable while not sacrificing growth, profits and innovation.
Description
Doing good is no longer a luxury or a ''nice to have'', it''s a necessity. While businesses, both big and small, have undoubtedly caused the majority of our environmental and sustainability problems, they are also the only thing that can solve these issues at scale. You Can''t Make Money from a Dead Planet looks at the challenges we face and shows how business needs to change in order to be the driver of the solution. Bestselling author and sustainability strategist Mark Shayler explains why there is no contradiction between being profitable and doing the right thing for the planet and doing the right thing for your customers. Providing the insights, the enthusiasm and the tools to align your business with sustainability, it blends explanations of the challenges that we face, with stories from those business that have excelled in sustainability including Ford, McDonalds, Google, Bacardi and PROPERcorn. Exploring current sustainability approaches and trends including net-zero, circular economy, ESG, B-Corps, zero waste and environmental management systems, You Can''t Make Money From a Dead Planet explains, debunks and helps you navigate the sustainable agenda while growing your business.
Table of contents

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: Where Are We and How Did we Get Here;
  • Chapter - 02: You Can’t Make Money From a Dead Planet;
  • Chapter - 03: The Main Environmental Challenges;
  • Chapter - 04: Business Impacts;
  • Chapter - 05: Is There Any Good News?;
  • Chapter - 06: How Do We Do Good and Still Turn a Profit;
  • Chapter - 07: The Strategic Tools You Need to Change Your Business;
  • Chapter - 08: The Practical and Science Based Tools to Change Your Business (and Still Make a Profit);
  • Chapter - 09: Re-framing Business;
  • Chapter - 10: The Regenerative Business;
  • Chapter - 11: The Last Chapter;

Biographical note
Mark Shayler works with businesses and corporations to reduce their environmental impact and his clients include Coca-Cola, Nike, Bacardi, WPP, Samsung Electronics Europe, Welsh Water, Hiut Denim and Novatech. He is a founding partner of the Do Lecture series and is a Visiting Fellow in Sustainable Design at Loughborough University. He lives near Leicester, UK.
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Outlines that business is both an engine for good as well as an engine for growth
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Illustrates that sustainability can be a driver for innovation and not just a ''need to do''
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Includes case studies from sustainability change-makers including Ford, ASDA, McDonalds, Google, Bacardi, Ecover, Seedlip, Hiut Denim, All Plants and PROPERcorn
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Develops a unique toolkit to apply to your own business, irrespective of sector
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Shows businesses if they want to attract and retain the best talent in the world then they need to have a clear, demonstrable and honest purpose