Environmental Sustainability & Social Performance In Business

Environmental Sustainability & Social Performance In Business

Below is a select list of books that not only imbibe the spirit of Investing for the Soul, but also are highly informative and inspirational. The titles are linked to booksellers (mostly Amazon.com) where they may be purchased. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

  • The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Social Responsibility,

    “[The} issues [of corporate social responsibility] encompass broad questions about the changing relationship between business, society and government, environmental issues, corporate governance, the social and ethical dimensions of management, globalization, stakeholder debates, shareholder and consumer activism, changing political systems and values, and the ways in which corporations can respond to new social imperatives… This Oxford…

  • Sustainable Value: How the World’s Leading Companies Are Doing Well by Doing Good

    “Read Sustainable Value, dispel the myth that environmental responsibility is expensive, and form a new vision of industry as part of the solution rather than a part of the problem; and more profitable at that, not less.”—Ray Anderson, Founder and Chairman, Interface, Inc. For more information, visit Sustainable Value: How the World’s Leading Companies Are…

  • When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line

    “A balanced and optimistic account of how companies can benefit from the Corporate Social Responsibility movement. Geoffrey Heal makes a persuasive argument that doing the right thing can also boost the bottom line.”—Joseph E. Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate in economics. For more information, visit When Principles Pay: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Bottom Line, by Geoffrey Heal,…

  • The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Complete Reference Guide to Concepts, Codes and Organisations

    “A complete reference guide…offers an invaluable combination of lessons learned and best practice for the future…provides first-hand insights”—Forum CSR International, October 2008. For more information, visit The A to Z of Corporate Social Responsibility: A Complete Reference Guide to Concepts, Codes and Organisations, Wayne Visser (Author), Dirk Matten (Author), Manfred Pohl (Author), Nick Tolhurst (Author), Katja…

  • Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts

    “Moves CSR from the theoretical to the practical, offering real-life tools, processes, and metrics for creating a true corporate framework for sustainability.”—Brad Shaw, Senior Vice President, The Home Depot. For more information, visit Making Sustainability Work: Best Practices in Managing and Measuring Corporate Social, Environmental and Economic Impacts, by Marc J Epstein, Berrett-Koehler Publishers 2008.

  • Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy

    “Hazel Henderson uses her flawless systemic analysis, great eloquence, and her unique gift for provocative, yet disarming aphorisms to show us not only that the transition to a sustainable future is possible with existing technologies and conceptual models, but also that it is already well on its way.”—Fritjof Capra, author, The Web of Life and…