Waste to Wealth: The Circular Economy Advantage
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1137530685 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 264 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Finally a decent book on sustainability strategy There's a saying about 'sustainability strategy' books in print, known by some of us who have worked in the space more than a few years. Most such books are best viewed in terms of utility as "soft, absorbent, and exceptionally strong" to quote the 1980's BBC series "Blackadder" (the original reference is to WWI propaganda newspapers). That's really not far off the truth. Most management and strategy books, at most, do little more than repeat the utterly obvious in sonorous tones, as if none of us had heard any of it before.This book, despite being written by management consultants, is different, and extremely useful. There's. "The Best Non-fiction Book You Will Read This Year" according to Tinkerbell. Extraordinary would be an understatement. This book will be the definitive book on the circular economy for the next decade. It should be on the desk of every president, prime minister, CEO, university student - and just about anyone who wants to know how we really can turn it around for the next generation and the next. The author does an exquisite job presenting the data and the case for a circular economy. If you only read one non-fiction book this year - make it this one. Absolutely brilliant, ahead of its time and likely to influence thinkers/policies for years to come.. Exceptionally good book. Wealth of experience synthesized into a very Exceptionally good book. Wealth of experience synthesized into a very crisp concept of how to reduce waste and gain advantages from circular economy business model. Very well articulated and definitely a buzz creator book. A must have book for anyone and everyone who wants to turn things around leveraging circular economy business model and want to build a sustainable brand using this framework. highly recommended.
Waste to Wealth proves that 'green' and 'growth' need not be binary alternatives. The book examines five new business models that provide circular growth from deploying sustainable resources to the sharing economy before setting out what business leaders need to do to implement the models successfully.
Peter Lacy is Global Managing Director of Sustainability Services at Accenture and a member of the Accenture Strategy leadership team. He is a business fellow at Oxford University, a WEF Young Global Leader and co-founder of 'The Circulars', the first worldwide circular economy award for business innovation. Before Accenture he worked as a lobbyist on innovation, climate and energy and has engaged big multinationals as well as governments and ins
This book is a practical contribution to future-proof your business models in an increasingly resource-constrained world. We will need to switch from a Linear to a Circular Economy. The circular economy is part of the solution and this book will help us to take another step in the right direction.'- Carlos Fadigas, CEO, Braskem. This approach has also inspired our work in the Carlsberg Circular Community, and I believe that any company pursuing sustainable growth can find valuable inspiration in this book.'- Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, President & CEO, Carlsberg'We already use more resources than the planet is capable of regenerating so we have to find ways to utilize less energy, water, materials, and resources in general. This book shows the steps we can make. The Circular Economy is about new ways of creating value via innovation and new business models.'- Feike Sijbesma,