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Profitable Socially Responsible Investing: An Institutional Investor's Guide |
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Marc J. Lane This book reports on the author's original research establishing that (1) when investors shun sinful securities, such as the stocks and bonds of tobacco companies or defense contractors, they tend to sacrifice risk-adjusted returns, but (2) when they actively select virtuous companies, their portfolios' performance is not likely to be impaired at all. |
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What Matters Most: How a Small Group of Pioneers Is Teaching Social Responsibility to Big Business, and Why Big Business Is Listening |
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Jeffrey Hollender This book provides evidence for those trying to promote socially responsible business practices, hope for those feeling disillusioned and inspiration for those trying to put the business community back on to a sustainable foundation. It is comprehensive, informative, and a great book for anyone looking to green business as a way of working all the time, not just an ideal to be gabbed about at cocktail parties. |
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Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World's Most Difficult Problems |
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Stuart L. Hart Capitalism is indeed at a crossroads, facing international terrorism, worldwide environmental change, and an accelerating backlash against globalization. This book doesn't just point the way to a capitalism that is more inclusive and more welcome: it offers specific techniques to recharge innovation, growth, and profitability. |
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Cause for Success: 10 Companies That Put Profit Second and Came in First |
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Christine Arena Cause for Success makes a compelling case that the great companies of the future will be companies that have integrated the motive for profit with the imperative to care about their community and environment. |
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The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits |
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C. K. Prahalad An important and insightful work showing persuasively how the privatesector can be put at the center of development, not just as a rhetoricalflourish but as a real engine of jobs and services for the poor. |
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Accounting for Sustainability: Practical Insights |
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Anthony Hopwood This book is indispensible for all business leaders, accounting professionals and others seeking to embed sustainability into the DNA of their organizations in the pursuit of both better business and better sustainability performance. |
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