Embedding Sustainability

How to Drive Organizational Transformation
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-3986-1627-1
Verlag: Kogan Page

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 693 g

Embedding Sustainabilityis a practical, solutions-focused guide for sustainability managers and leaders to embed sustainability in organizations and drive improved performance.
For organizations to truly embody sustainability, it must infuse all operations. Sustainability change agents need to be the conductors of the orchestra, making sure everyone has the same objective, is working with the same goals and is moving at the same pace.
Embedding Sustainability
charts the journey from purpose, scope and assessment to strategy, implementation and integration. It outlines the steps required to engage and commit employees to deliver to the same goals, creating a workplace where success is achieved through collective effort.

Drawing on impressive experience, the authors share valuable tools and tips, lessons and coaching, factoring in different organizational maturity levels, international contexts and cultural differences and stakeholder mapping.

It explores leadership principles, values, culture, strategies and engagement methods.
Embedding Sustainability
provides mid-senior sustainability professionals with guidance and encouragement to continue with their work and avoid common mistakes, while also prioritizing their own wellbeing. It will help sustainability change agents navigate the unique challenges of this role, find solutions to problems and maintain a positive outlook.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cook, Pia Heidenmark

Wirén, Lisen

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Energie- und Umweltmanagement
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter - 00: Introduction;Section - ONE: Sustainability change agents;Chapter - 01: The evolving role of sustainability;Chapter - 02: Comnon sustainability challenges and frameworks to solve them;Chapter - 03: Key principles of successful sustainability management (implementation and tools);Section - TWO: The sustainability change journey in practice: from purpose to effective implementation;Chapter - 04: Define Your Scope;Chapter - 05: Assessment;Chapter - 06: Strategy;Chapter - 07: Stakeholder management and mapping; Chapter - 08: Follow up, measurement and reporting;Section - THREE: Sustainable leadership;Chapter - 09: Leading yourself and leading others to drive change;Chapter - 10: Inspiration from others;Chapter - 11: Conclusions and lessons learned

Über Autor(innen)

Wirén, Lisen
Lisen Wirén is a sustainable business leader with over 15 years of industry experience. Her extensive background includes tackling labour migration and human rights issues in South East Asia and advancing sustainability in product design and working with social entrepreneurship. Her leadership led IKEA to win the most sustainable retailer award and a nomination for Wirén for the prestigious Sustainability Manager of the Year award in the Netherlands. Key to her approach is the seamless integration of sustainability into every function and team to reach the set organizational goals. She is based in Helsingborg, Sweden.

Cook, Pia Heidenmark
Pia Heidenmark Cook is a senior ESG and sustainability leader, executive and advisor with over 25 years of global industry experience spanning multiple sectors, including professional services, healthcare, sports retail, sustainable materials and hospitality. She was IKEA's Chief Sustainability Officer between 2017-2020, which under her tenure become one of the top three sustainability brands ranked by Globescan and managed to decouple growth from C02 emissions. She is also a frequent keynote speaker at high-profile conferences and events including for the UN, World Economic Forum and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. Heidenmark Cook has been named one of the top 10 female leaders in sustainability by the WBCSD, one of the top 5 influencers on climate change agenda by the Climate Group, one of the top 100 climate influencers on Twitter and one of the top 20 sustainability influencers on LinkedIn by the CEO Magazine. She is based near Höganäs, Sweden.

Pia Heidenmark Cook
is a senior ESG leader and executive with over 25 years of global industry experience. Under her former tenure as IKEA's Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA became one of the top three sustainability brands ranked by Globescan. Heidenmark Cook has been recognized by multiple outlets as a top sustainability leader and influencer. She is based near Höganäs, Sweden.


Lisen Wirén
is a sustainable business leader with over 15 years of industry experience. Her leadership led IKEA to win the most sustainable retailer award and a nomination for Wirén for the prestigious Sustainability Manager of the Year award in the Netherlands. She is based in Helsingborg, Sweden