Sustainability Leadership

This is not your typical sustainability book. It doesn't waste time throwing the usual suspects under the bus, blaming them for all of our problems, and leaving you feeling angry. Instead, it directly asks you to accept that there will always be people to blame for why things aren't the way you wish...and helps you become a master at dealing with them anyway!

In The Peacemakers, author Bruce Jentleson shows how key figures in the previous century rewrote the zero-sum and transactional scripts they were handed and successfully prevented conflict, advanced human rights, and promoted global sustainability. Covering a broad range of historical examples, from Yitzhak Rabin's efforts for Arab-Israeli peace to Dag Hammarskjöld's effectiveness as secretary-general of the United Nations and Mahatma Gandhi's pioneering use of nonviolence as a political tool, Jentleson argues that individuals can shape policy.

From CSR to the Ladders of Corporate Responsibilities and Sustainability (CRS) Taxonomy is recommended to public organizations and business enterprises managers and leaders, academics, students, and other individuals interested in the general knowledge of corporate responsibilities and sustainability.

How would you like to have some easy, step-by-step directions for checking how eco-friendly your organization is, where you would like it to be, and how to get there? If you want to make a bigger difference helping people live a greener life, this is definitely the book for you. This book is different from other books on this topic. It is a combination of how-to-do and what-to-do…how to do a analysis of the current state of your organization, how to improve, and what no-cost, low-cost, and innovative projects will help your organization improve its triple bottom line.

Have you ever: been frustrated with the way people waste things? Worried about what kind of world we're leaving to our next generation? Wanted to make a difference at work, at church, or anywhere? Do you think it is possible to bring people together, regardless of point of view, to work on being the best and most responsible citizens?