Sustainable Business - Insights From the Field of Sustainability Engineering

This book stands on the shoulders of sustainability engineering insights to identify blind spots in conventional business, engineering, and environmental school curricula that result in substantial missed opportunities.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. The Business Case for Sustainability 3. Sustainability's Foundation: The Three-Legged Stool 4. Sustainability Skills Bootcamp: Sustainability Applied 5. Resource Conservations Skills 6. Implementing Change 7. The Power of Purpose

About the author

Bruce Taylor is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering and the founder of Enviro-Stewards Inc., which is a Best for the World classified B Corporation, recipient of Global Compact Canada's SDG award, and the only Canadian company to win a Global SDG award. Enviro-Stewards' sustainability engineering work for Bimbo Canada, Maple Leaf Foods, Campbell Soup, Southbrook Winery, Andrew Peller, Maple Lodge, Dextran, North York General Hospital, 50 Food Processors, Credit Valley Conservation Authority, and Tim Hortons have each won national awards. Bruce also founded the safe water social venture project in South Sudan and Uganda that has won an international globe award and was featured in B the change magazine, MEDA magazine, and a TEDx talk (entitled "Better than Charity").

Summary

This book stands on the shoulders of sustainability engineering insights to identify blind spots in conventional business, engineering, and environmental school curricula that result in substantial missed opportunities.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Taylor
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2025
• EAN: 9781032334714
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3233471-4
• No. of pages: 98
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development, Business and Management, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, Business & management, Applied ecology, Other manufacturing technologies, Engineering: general, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology