Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy? (Memo to the CEO) (Hardcover)

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...an excellent read...tailored for time-starved executives...tackles climate change as the business issue that it has fast become. --Green Business, May 2008<br /><br />Chief executives can no longer brush off concerns about climate change but need to start figuring out how global warming -- and regulations intended to curtail it -- will affect their businesses. --Reuters, April 24, 2008<br /><br />Andrew Hoffman and John Woody's new business book...tells corporations and businesses to get out from under the desk. It's time to start counting carbon. --CBCnews.ca, May 21, 2008

Andrew Hoffman and John Woody's new business book...tells corporations and businesses to get out from under the desk. It's time to start counting carbon. --CBCnews.ca, May 21, 2008

Chief executives can no longer brush off concerns about climate change but need to start figuring out how global warming -- and regulations intended to curtail it -- will affect their businesses. --Reuters, April 24, 2008

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Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges facing the world today. And increasingly, it's become a crucial business issue. How will you and your company respond?

In Climate Change: What's Your Business Strategy? Andrew Hoffman and John Woody provide concise and reliable advice to help you answer this question. Drawing from their extensive experience working with organizations to address issues of environmental sustainability, the authors explain the impact of climate change on businesses and present a three-step process for developing an effective climate-change strategy:

Determine your company's "carbon footprint" and the ways in which potential changes in policy and markets will affect how you position your products and services.

Reduce your carbon footprint in ways that create new strategic advantages.

Gain a seat at the policy-development table so you can begin influencing policy decisions that will affect your company.

Packed with cogent advice and examples of how organizations in a wide range of industries are adopting this process, Climate Change is your playbook for strategically addressing a complex problem that no company can afford to ignore.

From our new Memo to the CEO series--solutions-focused advice from today's leading practitioners.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 138 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (April 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1422121054
• ISBN-13: 978-1422121054
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #505,547 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Business-savvy alert on climate change, October 26, 2009

By	Rolf Dobelli "getAbstract.com" (Switzerland) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Don't waste time debating the science of global warming argue Andrew J. Hoffman and John G. Woody in this slim volume, part of the Memo to the CEO series. Instead, think about how climate change can harm your company or give you a business edge. The authors build a compelling case that addressing climate change is the right thing to do - from a fiduciary perspective. They look at the impact of global warming and describe concrete actions corporate leaders should consider. Their guide covers the regulatory and scientific basics of climate change and offers real-world examples of companies responding to this threat. Hoffman and Woody talk directly to executives and managers about this daunting challenge.