The sustainable Frontiers presents eight keys to unlocking transformational change – through leadership, enterprise, innovation, transparency, engagement, responsibility, integration and future-fitness. Far from being another tame review of corporate social responsibility and sustainable business initiatives. It dispels the myths of sustainability and challenges us to let go of old systems that are failing to deliver economic, social and environmental transformation.
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The book presents eight keys to unlocking transformational change – through leadership, enterprise, innovation, transparency, engagement, responsibility, integration and future-fitness. Far from being another tame review of corporate social responsibility and sustainable business initiatives.
Book dispels the myths of sustainability and challenges us to let go of old systems that are failing to deliver economic, social and environmental transformation.
This book of Wayne visser Sustainable gets to the heart of why the sustainability and CSR movements have failed in the past and offers a new view of how sustainable business practices can shape-shift to make a genuine difference inside and outside organisations.
It gathers together experiences from across the globe and shows to the reader what can be achieved with the right vision and leadership. Expect to be challenged, engaged and inspired to join the revolution on the sustainable frontier.
Making a successful transition to a more sustainable future depends on letting go. Sustainable Frontiers shows how we must find ways to let go of an industrial system that has served us well, but is no longer fit for purpose. How we will need to let go of old styles of leadership and out-dated models of business, high-impact lifestyles and selfish values. How we must learn to let go of cherished ideologies that are causing destruction and beliefs about ways to tackle problems that are failing to resolve crises.
Praise For Sustainable Frontiers
If you want to sort the wheat from the chaff, then Wayne Visser is your man – Jonathon Porritt, Founder Director, Forum for the Future
An out-of-the-box, transformative, holistic vision of future Earth – William C. Frederick, Professor Emeritus, Katz Graduate School of Business
Wayne Visser has done it again. Inspiring and thought-provoking – Maria Irigoyen, Director, ReporteSocial
Combines the latest developments with scholarly and wide-ranging business examples – Laura J. Spence, Professor of Business Ethics, Royal Holloway University of London
A ‘wonder-full’ quilt of ideas on where sustainability has brought us – and could take us– Dr Puvan J. Selvanathan, Head: Food and Agriculture, UN Global Compact
Brings fresh thinking to very complex issues in the 21st Century. A must read. – Suzanne Derok, Author and Director Executive Talent Consulting
Authored by one of the pioneers & distinguished experts on CSR and sustainability – Dr Aparna Mahajan, Director, Resource Mobilization and Partnerships, S M Sehgal Foundation
This book is a breath of fresh air and a must read for anyone who is is passionate about striving for transformational change – Dr Colin Higgins, MBA Director, Centre for Sustainable & Responsible Organisations, Deakin University
Another must-read from one of the true thought leaders. It not only defines, it also pushes the leading edge – John Friedman, Huffington Post Sustainability Blogger and Author
On CSR and sustainability – he does not miss a thing! – Ruby Sandhu, Lawyer, Mediator, Facilitator and Founder of RS Collaboration
Inspiring, critical and insightful. If our politicians had read it – our situation would be quite different– Nikolaos J. Pentsas, Head of International Business Development, Apson
A useful resource for both experienced CEOs and those new to sustainability – Dr Veronica Broomes, Sustainability Consultant & CSR Specialist
Describes a new & exciting path for business that truly sustains the planet and all its inhabitants – Bob Doppelt, Author and Executive Director, The Resource Innovation Group
Offers a radically different approach about how to handle change– Clem Sunter, Author and Scenario Planner
Book in A Nutshell
Sustainable Frontiers throws down the gauntlet to business to step up and be the catalyst for a sustainable future. It presents eight keys to unlocking transformational change – through leadership, enterprise, innovation, transparency, engagement, responsibility, integration and future-fitness. Far from being another tame review of corporate social responsibility and sustainable business initiatives, the book dispels the myths of sustainability and challenges us to let go of old systems that are failing to deliver economic, social and environmental transformation.
Sustainable Frontiers gets to the heart of why the sustainability and CSR movements have failed in the past and offers a new view of how sustainable business practices can shape-shift to make a genuine difference inside and outside organisations. The book gathers together experiences from across the globe and shows to the reader what can be achieved with the right vision and leadership. Expect to be challenged, engaged and inspired to join the revolution on the sustainable frontier.
Dr Wayne Visser is Director of the think-tank and media company, Kaleidoscope Futures. His work as a strategy analyst, sustainability advisor, CSR expert, futurist and professional speaker has taken him to over 70 countries in the past 20 years to work with over 130 clients, ranging from companies like Coca-Cola, Dell, DHL and HSBC to international organisations like the UNEP, the World Bank and WWF. Wayne is the author of 23 books and a guest columnist for The Guardian newspaper. He has been recognised as one of the world’s top thriveability’ leaders. He is also the Founder of CSR International and previously served as Director of Sustainability Services for KPMG and Strategy Analyst for Capgemini in South Africa.