Prosperity in the fossil-free economy
Prosperity in the fossil-free economy
- Yale University Press, 2021
- xi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
cooperatives and the design of sustainable businesses
Introduction: Dream from 2035, Looking Back on 2020 Part One: THEORIES, PRINCIPLES, AND LAWS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES-- Our Present Challenge-- Corporate Purpose and Governance for a Livable Planet-- Social Enterprise Design-- Cooperative Difference, Private Governance, and the Law-- Sustainable by Design-- Measuring and Reporting Sustainability-- PART TWO: CASE STUDIES: COOPERATIVE PATHBREAKERS TAKE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-- Supportive Cooperative Ecosystems in Spain and the United States-- Renewable Energy-- Food and Agriculture-- Water-- Finance: Capitalizing the Cooperative Movement-- Trade-- Findings and Lessons for a Livable Planet-- Appendix: Research methods.--
Drawing on both her extensive experience founding and directing social enterprises and her interviews with sustainability leaders, Melissa Scanlan provides a legal blueprint for creating alternate corporate business models that mitigate climate change, pay living wages, and act as responsible community members, including Certified B Corps and benefit corporations. With an emphasis on cooperatives, this book reveals the power and potential of cooperating as a unifying concept around which to design social enterprise achieving triple bottom-line results: for society, the environment, and finance.
9780300253993
HD INDUSTRIES. LAND USE. LABOR
Cooperative societies
Sustainability
Social responsibility of business
cooperatives and the design of sustainable businesses
Introduction: Dream from 2035, Looking Back on 2020 Part One: THEORIES, PRINCIPLES, AND LAWS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES-- Our Present Challenge-- Corporate Purpose and Governance for a Livable Planet-- Social Enterprise Design-- Cooperative Difference, Private Governance, and the Law-- Sustainable by Design-- Measuring and Reporting Sustainability-- PART TWO: CASE STUDIES: COOPERATIVE PATHBREAKERS TAKE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-- Supportive Cooperative Ecosystems in Spain and the United States-- Renewable Energy-- Food and Agriculture-- Water-- Finance: Capitalizing the Cooperative Movement-- Trade-- Findings and Lessons for a Livable Planet-- Appendix: Research methods.--
Drawing on both her extensive experience founding and directing social enterprises and her interviews with sustainability leaders, Melissa Scanlan provides a legal blueprint for creating alternate corporate business models that mitigate climate change, pay living wages, and act as responsible community members, including Certified B Corps and benefit corporations. With an emphasis on cooperatives, this book reveals the power and potential of cooperating as a unifying concept around which to design social enterprise achieving triple bottom-line results: for society, the environment, and finance.
9780300253993
HD INDUSTRIES. LAND USE. LABOR
Cooperative societies
Sustainability
Social responsibility of business
