Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century BusinessIn Cannibals with Forks, best-selling author and green business guru John Elkington convincingly argues that future market success will often depend upon a company's ability to satisfy the three-pronged fork of profitability, environmental quality, and social justice. This lively and practical guide outlines the seven great "sustainable" revolutions that are already unfolding, showing how business leaders should respond and profiles some of the world's best-known companies including Nike, Wal-mart, Levi Strauss, Volkswagen, Texaco, Intel, Volvo, Dow Chemical, Electrolux, Novo Nordisk, and Shell. |
Contents
Executive Summary Adapting to a 7D World | 1 |
Sustaining Capitalism | 15 |
Introduction Is Capitalism Sustainable? | 17 |
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Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business John Elkington No preview available - 1999 |
Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business John Elkington No preview available - 1997 |
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21st century accounting approach argued auditing benchmarking boardroom bottom line agenda bottom line performance Brent Spar business ecosystems business leaders campaigners Cannibals With Forks capital challenge Chapter company's competitive consumer controversy corporate governance costs customers decades directors downwave eco-efficiency economic ecosystems emerging employees ensure environment environmentalists ethical example financial markets focus focused future global green Greenpeace groups growing numbers human impact increasingly industry Intel investment issues John Elkington life-cycle major McLibel ment million Monsanto natural capital NGOs operations organizations pany paradigm partnerships Paul Hawken political pollution potential pressure problems responsibility result risk ronmental scenarios sectors shareholders Shell social social capital SPOTLIGHT stakeholders strategies suppliers sustainability agenda sustainability revolutions sustainability transition sustainable corporation sustainable development tainable targets thinking tion today's tom line trends triple bottom line turn Unilever value chains value migration wave