Overview
- Links traditional business tools to a growing focus on energy within and across organizations
- Contributes to a growing interest in the role of business in society
- Links strategy, finance, and operations
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Table of contents (24 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Energy as Strategy
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On Innovation
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About this book
In an era in which scientists say we are approaching a point of no return in terms of climate change, companies are looking for ways to improve productivity of innovations that reduce environmental footprints. Among the questions they are looking to answer are: How can financial tools be leveraged for positive energy outcomes? How can the energy strategy be integrated into board responsibility?
This book provides answers to these questions and more, presenting a selection of decision-making frameworks for strategy and sustainability management. Comprehensive in scope, its 120 frameworks—some well-known while others are original—provide a thorough, practical guide to inform the sustainability strategy of your organization. In addition to learning how to green your organizational strategy, you will also learn how to communicate your strategy to your teams.
An essential source for executives desiring to be more responsible in energy performance and to decarbonizetheir operations, this book will prove useful in your day-to-day organizational work.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
He sits on the boards of the Center for Sustainable Energy and the CleanTech Alliance, is an Adjunct Professor at Presidio Graduate School and a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University. He graduated from MIT and Oxford.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Corporate Energy Strategist’s Handbook
Book Subtitle: Frameworks to Achieve Environmental Sustainability and Competitive Advantage
Authors: Jimmy Y. Jia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36838-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-36837-1Published: 31 January 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-36838-8Published: 30 January 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 264
Number of Illustrations: 136 b/w illustrations
Topics: Popular Science in Business and Management, Sustainability Management, Business Strategy/Leadership