Through this book, Stuart McLachlan and Dean Sanders – proven business leaders in ESG and sustainability – help leaders reset their ambitions for sustainability and organisational performance, showing the insufficiency of “business as usual” models that place maximisation of shareholder value above other stakeholders and natural resources. Leaning into their experiences of working with the C-Suite of some of the world’s largest multi-nationals, they argue powerfully – and with practical case studies and illustrations – how organisations need to build “total value systems” for all stakeholders, ensuring the transition of value-creating assets into the economy of the future.
The book starts by highlighting the reality of now. Then, by guiding the reader through the challenges of ESG compliance, it presents this new landscape as a platform for value creation. Finally, it uncovers the opportunities of net-zero, circular business models as well as highlighting how a more just and inclusive capitalism has a huge potential in a new emerging era.
Through storytelling and interviews from many international leaders in business and sustainability, including from Nespresso, ServiceNow and Heinzel Group, plus sustainable start-ups and ventures like Made Of Air and Lanzatech, the authors cover:
- The avalanche of new regulations and changes to the compliance landscape
- The opportunity for value creation beyond compliance box ticking
- Inspirational stories on how ambitions can be reset
- A destination that supports ongoing prosperity for humanity from sustainable performance models
- How purpose-driven brands generate superior value
- The relationship between sustainability, talent and customer attraction
- How digital will play an increasingly important role as the world pivots in response to the climate crisis.
This practical guidebook – from authors who work with leaders at the vanguard of this transition in large multi-national organisations, the public sector, and start-ups – sets out an exciting invitation to remind us that the real spirit of enterprise is creativity, courage and vision.
The Adventure of Sustainable Performance: Beyond ESG Compliance to Leadership in the New Era, by Stuart McLachlan and Dean Sanders is published by Wiley, priced £24.99, and is available wherever books and ebooks are sold.
