Richard Barker, Mary Johnstone-Louis

The Financial Times Guide to Sustainable Business: How to lead and deliver a sustainable strategy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

There is no more widespread,importantand timely issue than sustainability. Global economic growth has triggered a climate emergency, along with the equally existential threats arising from deforestation, overuse of freshwater and biodiversity loss. In parallel, the sustainability of economic activity is threatened by a range of social factors, including pandemic, human rights abuse, loss of data privacy, political tension, and inequalities in wealth and opportunity across gender,raceand geography.

Business leaders are increasingly being called upon to navigate these uncertain waters. They are expected to achieve dramatic reductions in carbon emissions,wasteand other environmental impacts, while also contributing a positive social impact and being held to account for their performance on equality, diversity and inclusion. Yet business education has traditionally focused on economic drivers alone strategy, marketing, operations, finance, and the generation of financialprofit and shareholder value.

The Finance Times Guide to Corporate Sustainabilityhelps business leaders to frame, understand and act upon the environmental and social challenges faced by their organisations.As with all FT Guides, the approach is comprehensive, practical, and authoritative.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson Education; Pearson
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781292435589
• ISBN-10: 1292435585
• Artikelnr.: 66222977

Autorenporträt

Richard Barker is Professor of Accounting and Deputy Dean at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. An expert in corporate reporting, Richard's research and teaching interests span financial accounting and sustainability reporting. Richard also serves on the Financial Reporting Advisory Board (FRAB, which advises HM Treasury on government financial reporting) and on the Expert Panel of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S, a Prince of Wales charity).   Mary Johnstone-Louis is Senior Fellow in Management Practice at the University of Oxfords Saïd Business School, Fellow and Advisory Board Member at the Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship, Senior Associate of Oxford Net Zero, Chair of B Lab UK, Board Member of Blueprint for Better Business, and a regular contributor to Forbes.com.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 
2. Why do corporations exist?  
3. The most urgent leadership challenge of our times  
4. Why nature matters to business, and what to do about it 
5. Making business work for everyone  
6. Walking the talk 
7. What to do next, and how  
8. Conclusion