Resources and References

Sustainable Enterprise Web Resources (sites with articles and research)
A collection of implementation companies, associations, networks, and certification resources.

Implementation Support

Ecos
Business strategy services for achieving leadership through sustainable growth.

Enterprise Development Group
Sustainable Enterprise - Vision, Strategy, Design, and Implementation
Enabling companies to create extraordinary value through sustainability.

The Future 500
A global network of leadership companies who are seeking to learn how to maximize their triple bottom lines- their economic, social, and environmental performance.

McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry, LLC
Strategies, tools, and solutions to help companies generate ecological, social, & economic abundance.

Natural Capitalism Group
Education, consulting, and development partnering with businesses and communities to build a future that is socially and environmentally sustainable, as well as economically successful.

Natural Capitalism Inc.
Natural Capitalism enables organizations to increase profitability and efficiency while becoming more environmentally and socially responsible.

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Natural Logic
Strategic consulting, design services, productivity assessments & enabling technologies that help companies build profit and competitive advantage through exceptional environmental performance.

The Natural Step, US
Research, consulting and training, and networking and educational opportunities for leaders, organizations, and communities interested in creating sustainability agendas and initiatives.

Natural Strategies
Management consulting to help organizations achieve long-term, "bottom-line" results through the application of sustainability principles in strategic and tactical decision-making.

Rocky Mountain Institute
Natural Capitalism Research and Consulting

Seed Systems
Promoting sustainable development in business through the use of organizational learning and systems thinking disciplines in combination with scientific conditions for sustainability.

SustainAbility
Strategic management consultancy and think tank, dedicated to promoting the business case for sustainable development

William McDonough + Partners
Architecture and Community Design - Ecologically Intelligent Design & Planning

Associations, Networks, & Certification Resources

Alliance for Environmental Innovation

Business Environmental Network

Provides San Francisco Bay Area companies with cost-savings information, networking opportunities, and guidelines for improving environmental performance.

Business for Social Responsibility

More than 1400 member companies worldwide. Provides tools, training, advisory services and collaborative opportunities to equip companies to implement socially responsible business practices that serve business goals.

CERES (Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies)

The leading U.S. coalition of environmental, investor, and advocacy groups working together for a sustainable future. A community of forward-looking companies that have committed to continuous env. improvement by endorsing the Ceres Principles, a 10-point code of environmental conduct.

Climate Neutral Network

Helps companies, communities, and consumers to achieve a net zero impact on Earth's climate. Provides technical support and a "Climate Cool" certification.

Global Reporting Initiative

Works to elevate sustainability reporting practices worldwide to a level equivalent to financial reporting.

Sustainable Business Institute

Catalyst to enable business community to implement equitable worldwide sustainability practices - through annual CEO Forum, media projects, and the Seal of Sustainability.

Sustainovation

Sponsors speakers, seminars, discussions, and tours to introduce sustainability concepts and practices to the business community. Sponsored by the Foundation for Global Community.

World Business Academy

A research and education institution to help the global business community understand and participate in the new constructive role of business in society.

World Resources Institute

An environmental think tank that provides information, ideas, and solutions to global environmental problems.

Sustainable Enterprise Bibliography

Our favorite books pertaining to organizational sustainability and the triple bottom line.

Anderson, Ray. Mid-Course Correction: Toward a Sustainable Enterprise - The Interface Model. Atlanta: The Peregrinzilla Press, 1998.

Benyus, Janine. Bio-Mimicry. NY: William Morrow & Company, 1997.

Berry, Thomas. The Great Work: Our Way into the Future. NY: Bell Tower - Random House, Inc., 1999.

Brown, Lester R. Eco-Economy: Building an Economy for the Earth. NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 2001.

Daly, Herman and Townsend, Kenneth. Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics. MIT Press, 1992.

Dolan, Paul. True to Our Roots: Fermenting a Business Revolution. Princeton, NJ: Bloomberg Press, 2003.

Doppelt, Bob. Leading Change Toward Sustainability. Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing, 2003

Dunphy, Dexter. Organizational Change for Corporate Sustainability. London, UK: Routledge, 2003.

Elkington, John. Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business. Stony Creek, CT: New Society Publishers, 1998.

Greider, William. The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy. NY: Simon & Schuster, 2003.

Harvard Business Review, Ed. Business and the Environment. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.

Hawken, Paul. The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainability. NY: HarperBusiness, a division of HarperCollins Publishers, 1993.

Hawken, Paul; Lovins, Amory, & Lovins, L. Hunter. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1999.

Hollender, Jeffrey. What Matters Most. NY: Basic Books, 2004.

Kiuchi, Tachi, & Shireman, Bill. What We Learned in the Rainforest: Business Lessons from Nature. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc., 2002.

Korten, David. The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism. San Francisco: Berrett- Koehler Publishers, 1999.

McIntosh, Malcom; Leipziger, Deborah; and Coleman, Gill. Living Corporate Citizenship: Strategic Routes to Socially Responsible Business. London, UK: Financial Times Management Publishers, 2003

McDonough, William. Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. NY: North Point Press, 2002.

Robert, Karl-Henrik. The Natural Step: A Framework for Achieving Sustainability in our Organizations. Waltham, MA: Pegasus Communications, Inc., 1997.

Waage, Sissel. Ants, Galileo, and Gandhi: Designing the Future of Business Through Nature, Genius, and Compassion. Greenleaf Publishing, 2003

Willard, Bob. The Sustainability Advantage: Seven Business Case Benefits of a Triple Bottom Line. British Columbia, New Society Publishers, 2002.

Articles

Some Good News on the Corporate Front - Timeline #73 January/February 2004
With all the news about corporate corruption - accounting scandals, outright theft by senior officers, political contributions made to get relaxation of environmental and other restrictions - it's nice to hear that some companies are doing things right. Here is a report on efforts to achieve sustainability on the part of several major silicon valley firms.

The Divine Right of Capital - Timeline issue #69 May/June 2003
Review of the book by Marjorie Kelly, publisher of Business Ethics, discussing the assumptions underlying our economic capitalistic system, with suggestions for making what she sees are some needed improvements.

The New Economy of Nature: The Quest to Make Conservation Profitable - Timeline #66 November/December 2002
Review of the book authored by Gretchen Daily and Katherine Ellison noting that, whether we like it or not, we need to put a price tag on Nature to get the attention of decision-makers who live in a wholly economic world. Includes success stories showing that "good economic policy is always good environmental policy."

A Truly Sophisticated Economy Would Pursue More Than One Goal - Timeline #64 July/August 2002
An editorial by Beth Sawin of the Sustainability Institute on the crisis of an economy "which operates with insufficient information and a fundamental inability to pursue any goal beyond price." Her theme: "Instead of exhausting ourselves pushing against such a system, perhaps it is time to redesign it."

The End of Our War Against the Earth - Timeline #59 September/October 2001
Amory and Hunter Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute describe the Second Industrial Revolution and its four principles: Radical Resource Productivity, Biomimicry, the Service-and-Flow Economy, and Reinvesting in Natural Capital. Includes information on the Hypercar being developed by the Lovins.

Solar Power Shines - Timeline #59 September/October 2001
How a hardware store installed a 30 kW photovoltaic solar system on its roof, taking advantage of a 50 percent rebate from the city utility, ending up doubling its hardware store business while saving $6000 on its first month's electric bill. Also describes how a group of hardware dealers work to help the ACE chain go green.

Book Review: Profit Beyond Measure - Timeline #59 September/October 2001
by H. Thomas Johnson and Anders Broms. Describes a shift in management methods from managing by results to managing by means using Toyota and Scania, a Swedish truck manufacturer, as examples. Discusses the three principles these companies use to improve their production processes.

William McDonough on Designing the Next Industrial Revolution - Timeline #58 July / August 2001
Excerpts of a talk by this noted designer outlining what an industrial system for world culture would be like that allows humanity and nature to coexist.

Five Strategies for Reinvention in Business - Timeline #58 July / August 2001
Jacquelyn Ottman, president of a consulting firm that advises companies on "eco-innovation," presents a new model for developing better products, one based on sustainability.

Biotech is Pushing the Possibilities Past the Breaking Point - Timeline #58 July / August 2001
An editorial by Tom Abate, who covers the news that streams from the biotechnology industry for The San Francisco Chronicle.