The responsible company
Chouinard, Yvon, 1938-2012
Book
The Responsible Company, by Yvon Chouinard, founder and owner of Patagonia, and Vincent Stanley draw on the their 40 years' experience at Patagonia. In this exceptionally frank account, Chouinard and Stanley recount how the company and its culture gained the confidence, by step and misstep, to make its work progressively more responsible, and to ultimately share its discoveries with companies as large as Wal-Mart or as small as the corner bakery. In plain, compelling prose, the authors describe the current impact of manufacturing and commerce on the planet's natural systems and human communities, and how that impact now forces business to change its ways. The Responsible Company shows companies how to reduce the harm they cause, improve the quality of their business, and provide the kind of meaningful work everyone seeks. It concludes with specific, practical steps every business can undertake, as well as advice on what to do, in what order.This is the first book to show companies how to thread their way through economic sea change and slow the drift toward ecological bankruptcy. Its advice is simple but powerful: reduce your environmental footprint (and its skyrocketing cost), make legitimate products that last, reclaim deep knowledge of your business and its supply chain to make the most of opportunities in the years to come, and earn the trust you'll need by treating your workers, customers and communities with respect.
Main title:
The responsible company / Yvon Chouinard and Vincent Stanley.
Work:
Edition:
1st ed.
Imprint:
Ventura, CA : Patagonia Books, 2012.
Collation:
158 p. ; 21 cm.
Variant title:
Subtitle on cover: What we've learned from Patagonia's first 40 years
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 129) and index.
Contents:
Machine derived contents note: 1. What We Do for a Living -- 2. What Crisis? -- 3. The Responsible Company in Our Time -- 4. Meaningful Work -- 5. The Elements of Business Responsibility -- 6. Sharing Knowledge -- 7. Where to from Here? -- Appendix: The Checklists.
ISBN:
9780980122787 (pbk)0980122783
Dewey class:
381.456870973381.4568
LC class:
HD9948.5.A2
Language:
English
Added title:
Subject:
BRN:
60489
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