Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business (The Conscientious Commerce Series)

This is a definition of the ''triple bottom line'' of profit, environmental sustainability and social responsibility. It is based on the auhthor's first-hand experience with companies who have realised that these are the forces that shape the future of business. Shows How Business Needs To Help Society Achieve Three Interconnnected Goals. 1. Executive Summary: Adapting To A 7-d World -- 2. Introduction: Is Capitalism Sustainable? -- 3. The Third Wave: Storming The Boardroom -- 4. The Triple Bottom Line: Sustainability's Accountants -- 5. Markets: Going For The Triple Win -- 6. Values: Ghost In The System -- 7. Transparency: No Hiding Place -- 8. Life-cycle Technology: Conception To Resurrection -- 9. Partnerships: After The Honeymoon -- 10. Time: Nanoseconds To Go -- 11. Corporate Governance: Stakes In The Future -- 12. Sustainable Corporations: Spirit Of Zero -- 13. Mainstreaming: Market Makers -- 14. Sustainability Auditing: How Are We Doing? -- 15. Coda: Closing The Gap -- App. Notes For A Sustainable Business Phrase-book. John Elkington. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Preliminaries......Page 1 Contents......Page 6 FOREWORD......Page 8 NOTES......Page 13 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 14 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY......Page 16 PART I SUSTAINING CAPITALISM......Page 30 PART II SEVEN REVOLUTIONS......Page 112 PART III SUSTAINABLE CORPORATIONS......Page 320 PART IV TOOLBOX......Page 384 INDEX......Page 414