Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profitability and Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy

by Kevin Wilhelm

"Climate change is the challenge of our generation. Wilhelm offers hope, and his new Return on Sustainability is a groundbreaking process that demonstrates to businesses the qualitative and quantitative benefits of taking action today." Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

"The only hope for dealing with this biggest of problems is if we all--and I mean all--pull together. Here's an important reminder that the all includes our businesses and industries." Bill McKibben, Co-founder and Director, 350.org

"Wilhelm provides a comprehensive full-systems perspective that enables executive, managers, and employees to understand how their job is tied to climate change - both from a risk and an opportunity perspective." Gifford Pinchot, Co-founder, Bainbridge Graduate Institute

"A perfect balance between inspiration and instruction, this is a practical, how-to guide for any business leader looking to green their business." Laurie David, StopGlobalWarming.org

"Inspiring, practical, a must-read for any executive wondering how climate will impact their company." David Johnston, President of What's Working, and a co-founder of the Green Building movement in the United States

Genres: Sustainability, Business, Nonfiction

274 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2009

About the author

Kevin Wilhelm is an expert and thought leader in the field of business sustainability and climate response. He recently authored Return on Sustainability: How Business Can Increase Profitability & Address Climate Change in an Uncertain Economy . He is the CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting, a Seattle-based consulting firm that works with multinational businesses on practical solutions that deliver profit improvement through the use of sustainable business and climate reduction practices.

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Reviews

[Carter Wells · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading Kevin Wilhelm's nonfiction book, Return on Sustainability, concurrent with Kim Stanley Robinson's science fiction novel, 2312, it appears Wilhelm's how-to guide for business leaders interested in "greening" their businesses reads more like a warning shot across the bow with a message on the importance of addressing climate change today lest we "dither" too long and SciFi becomes reality.