Resources: The Business of Sustainability

Summary: Gathers resources for The Business of Sustainability in preparation of a segment within the Economics of Sustainability.

Web-Based Resources

  1. The World Business Council for Sustainable Development is a pioneer. their Vision 2050 report and summary resulted from a dialog of over 200 global companies in over 20 nations and carries commitments of support from Alcoa, Syngenta, and PriceWaterhouse, among others. The Vision 2050 report envisions how to get to a high level of human development as defined by the U.N. while remaining within the shrinking biocapacity of the Earth. The report carries a stern warning but also a commitment from large corporations.
  2. The Triple Bundit: people, planet and profit covers Triple Bottom Line constantly. See their concise definition of Triple Bottom Line.
  3. Bloomberg
  4. Creative Destruction by Schumpeter speaks to innovation and social learning
  5. B Corporations offer another path to support civil society organizations and sustainability.
  6. Earth and Industry carries evidence that companies engaged in sustainability do better.
  7. New York Times offers a Topic on sustainable business.
  8. Connect environment and poverty.
  9. The CERES motto is "Mobilizing Business Leadership for a Sustainable World." See 2013 conference topics for a roster.
  10. Trucost does sustainability accountability and programming within large companies.

Industries

Energy must be resolved to build a sustainable world.

  1. Is Peak Oil over? The Oil Drum covers this beat. Track oil prices over last decades.
  2. Peak Coal, an essential concern, is not on the horizon.
  3. Tax changes can improve the energy industry's sustainability.
  4. Renewables are competing. See Brown. The proposed shift to clean energy provides an imposing challenge.
  5. The Resource Curse hits Nigeria. Ecuador sells its forest to China for oil exploration.

Food, agriculture, forests resonates with students and many other sustainers.

  1. The Forest Stewardship Council has had success. See also Forest Ethics and Rainforest Coalition.
  2. GMOs have led to the mass suicide among Indian farmers.
  3. Paul Bitman covers food for the New York Times. Read his Manifesto.
  4. Ecuador sells its forest to China for oil exploration.
  5. McKinsey takes this sector seriously.

Education takes the lead in sustainability.

  1. The Journal of Sustainability Education stays abreast of developments in education.
  2. AASHE takes the lead in higher education.

Electronics is varied but high value added.

  1. The Electronics Industry Citizens Coalition offers collaboration.
  2. HP's supply chain claims to support sustainability.

Green Jobs and Careers

  1. Where are the good jobs? asks the New York Times

Legacy and Tasks

  1. Gather materials from legacy BATE.
  2. Discover whether sustainability scales up in corporations or this is only greenwashing.
  3. Review books like Triple Bottom Line

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