Uwe G. Schulte

Gebundenes Buch

Sustainable Business

Executive Insights on Shaping Sustainable Corporate Practices

Beschreibung

This book presents discussions with corporate practitioners on several topics around sustainability. Between May 2019 and November 2022, the author engaged in dialogues with Senior Executives representing major multinational corporations, overseeing their corporate sustainability endeavours. The thematic spectrum of these conversations encompassed diverse topics such as The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, Water-stressed regions, Ocean Plastic, Chemical Recycling, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Tourism, and the Just Transition, among others, with each episode concentrating on a singular subject. In this book supporting illustrations and graphs together with background references enrich the insights the conversations convey. The reader will learn about the sustainability challenges companies are facing and how they approach them. The book gives examples of sustainable solutions and international collaborations around greenhouse gas reduction, circular economy, restorative tourism as well as reducing plastic pollution and other global sustainability challenges.

Autor

Uwe G. Schulte is a chemist by training. His career at Unilever spanned from product developer, plant manager, general manager of supply chain, to vice president of global supply management. He led up to 1500 employees introducing a unified global procurement function. During his time at Unilever, he had postings in Germany, the UK, Brazil, and Switzerland. For two years, he managed the INSEAD Social Innovation Centre (France) as executive director. His current focus is on sustainability and strategy as CEO and owner of Prosolvo GmbH (Germany) and as senior advisor for the Conference Board Global Sustainability Centre and as a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Ecovadis.

Produktdetails

• CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
• Verlag: Springer / Springer Nature Switzerland / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-031-58595-1
• 2024
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 684g
• ISBN-13: 9783031585951
• ISBN-10: 303158595X
• Artikelnr.: 70183827