Creating a Sustainable Organization Approaches for Enhancing Corporate Value Through Sustainability

About this book

Organisations that prioritise environmental, health and safety (EHS) issues are well placed to attract better customers, better talent and attract more of today's growing number of socially responsible investors. To gain these benefits, companies must choose the right sustainability strategies and then manage and measure them well.

Now, leading business sustainability consultant Peter Soyka offers you a complete and actionable guide to driving greater value through sustainability. This book shows you how sustainability impacts today's enterprise: stakeholders, investor issues, performance management/measurement and more. This is for every environmental, health and safety professional and decision-maker who wants to drive more value from sustainability.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Background and Context 15
Chapter 3 ES&G Issues and How They Affect the Business Enterprise 57
Chapter 4 Stakeholder Interests and Influences and the Social License to Operate 109
Chapter 5 Managing ES&G Issues Within the Organization 149
Chapter 6 Investors and the Power of Markets 187
Chapter 7 The Financial Impact of Effective (or Ineffective) ES&G/Sustainability Management 267
Chapter 8 Defining, Measuring, and Reporting ES&G Performance 307
Chapter 9 Making It Happen in Your Organization 359

References 381
Index 393

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Biography

Peter A. Soyka is founder and President of Soyka+Company, LLC, a consultancy focused on illuminating and resolving issues limiting sustainable business success. With 25 years of environmental management experience, he has served private and public-sector clients focusing on improved, cost-effective environmental and sustainability performance. He has designed and executed multiple projects to drive sustainability thinking and practices into client organisations at a strategic level.