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Green Business
A.k. Townsend
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Description for Green Business
This groundbreaking book details why businesses are choosing to become more environmentally friendly. It provides many examples of companies that have chosen to be greener and the benefits they have enjoyed. It offers a five-part model that can help companies that are new to greening conceptualize what is involved. Num Pages: 188 pages, 180 color photos. BIC Classification: KJ; RNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1280.
This book offers a five-part model companies can follow to "green" themselves. Moreover, it shares the success, and failures, of forerunners in this fast-growing business trend. This book details why and how businesses are becoming more environmentally firendly. It sites seventeen case studies that illustrate "green" advantages enjoyed by companies like Interface, Inc., Patagonia, IBM, Mitsubishi Corporation, and others. Winning "green" practices like the following have enahanced the performance of companies, both in employee retention, customer loyalty, and overall profits. * Patagonia encouraged employees to be active outdoor and paid them to work for non-profit organizations, and enjoyed a rise ... Read more
This book offers a five-part model companies can follow to "green" themselves. Moreover, it shares the success, and failures, of forerunners in this fast-growing business trend. This book details why and how businesses are becoming more environmentally firendly. It sites seventeen case studies that illustrate "green" advantages enjoyed by companies like Interface, Inc., Patagonia, IBM, Mitsubishi Corporation, and others. Winning "green" practices like the following have enahanced the performance of companies, both in employee retention, customer loyalty, and overall profits. * Patagonia encouraged employees to be active outdoor and paid them to work for non-profit organizations, and enjoyed a rise ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764325038
SKU
V9780764325038
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About A.k. Townsend
Dr. Amy Townsend is Founder and President of Sustainable Development International Corp (SDIC). For more than a decade, she has researched and written on a variety of topics related to environmental sustainability. In 1997, she published the book The Smart Office, which discussed workplace greening. She has consulted with governments and organizations in the United States, India, and Malta on ... Read more
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