Books by Paul Anastas
“What they argue, and our experience at Patagonia bears this out, is that if you want to take sustainability seriously and make that integral to your business, you have to make it integral to the business model. What Sustainability Scorecard is designed to do is to integrate sustainability efforts into the production of products. If you habitually confound yourself by not buying into the existing practices and, instead, look at what will not only reduce the harm that your products cause in their manufacture but also create positive good, that creates a virtuous circle—and products that otherwise would not have been made.” Read more...
The best books on Responsible Business
Vincent Stanley, Entrepreneurs & Business People
Interviews where books by Paul Anastas were recommended
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The Six New Rules of Business: Creating Real Value in a Changing World
by Judy Samuelson -
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The Sustainability Scorecard: How to Implement and Profit from Unexpected Solutions
by Paul Anastas & Urvashi Bhatnagar -
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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist
by Kate Raworth -
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Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future
by Bill McKibben -
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The Value of Everything: Making & Taking in the Global Economy
by Mariana Mazzucato
The best books on Responsible Business, recommended by Vincent Stanley
The best books on Responsible Business, recommended by Vincent Stanley
The long-term interests of business often coincide with the long-term interests of nature and society but the short-term interests are a different story, says Vincent Stanley of Patagonia, a multi-billion dollar apparel company owned by a non-profit trust. He recommends five books on sustainable, ethical business, showing that a stock price needn’t be a company’s primary product.
