Ants, Galileo, and Gandhi : Designing the Future of Business through Nature, Genius, and Compassion

Preface1. Introduction: envisioning the prototypical company of the 21st centuryRay Anderson, Interface Inc., Atlanta, GA, USAPart 1: The transition to sustainability-oriented enterprises2. Understanding nature's services to societiesGretchen Daily, Stanford University, California, USA, and Katherine Ellison, Investigative Journalist, California, USA3. Reconsidering business from a systems perspective: the paradigm shift to sustainability-oriented enterprises and financial servicesSissel Waage, The Natural Step, California, USA4. Integrating sustainability into business strategy and operations: applying The Natural Step approach and framework and backcasting from principles of sustainabilityKarl-Henrik Robèrt, Blekinge Technical University and The Natural Step, SwedenPart 2: Case studies of evolving business initiatives5. Sustainability and dematerialisation at Hewlett PackardDavid Hudson, Consultant to Hewlett Packard, USA, and Lynelle Preston, Sustainability Manager, Hewlett Packard, USA6. Engaging in change management: transformation through sustainability strategy at Norm Thompson OutfittersDerek Smith, Norm Thompson Outfitters, Oregon, USA7. Recreating natural-resource-based businesses: sustaining the land and communities in the US New NorthwestCecilia Danks, University of Vermont, USA, and Martin Goebel and Karen Steer, Sustainable Northwest, Oregon, USA8. Growing a sustainable business: establishing and financing new ecologically and socially restorative venturesMatthew A. Klein, Verdant Power, Washington, DC, USAPart 3: Case studies from the financial services sector9. Screening for sustainability: a case study of the Dow Jones Sustainability IndexAlois Flatz, SAM Sustainable Asset Management, Switzerland10. Banking on sustainability: A case study of Shorebank Enterprise PacificJennifer Sokolove, University of California at Berkeley, USAPart 4: Reporting and accountability11. Improving sustainability disclosure: the Global Reporting Initiative GuidelinesAllen L. White, Special Advisor to the Global Reporting Initiative, USAPart 5: Pathways forward to organisational and societal change12. Organisational change for sustainability within enterprises and financial servicesSissel Waage, The Natural Step, California, USA, and Juli Torok, Independent Consultant, Berkeley, California, USA13. Catalysing action and organisational change: the role of personal and group (re)vitalisation in sustainability initiativesHilary Bradbury, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, USA14. Conclusion: a shift toward sustainability within companies and the financial services sectorSissel Waage, The Natural Step, California, USA