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

Andrew J. Hoffman (Author), John G. Woody (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 15, 2008

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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

...explores a critical management challenge and offers authoritative counsel and practical insight... Excellent read for anyone who wants to understand the basics of climate change and how to manage the challenge from the ground up. --Green Business

Short enough to read on your next transcontinental or international flight...read it, have your management team read it, and then decide what your company needs to do to stay ahead in the game. --The Green Skeptic

In the 97-page book the authors smartly project that regulations that raise the cost of emissions are beginning to affect how businesses operate. --Environmental Leader

...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

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

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

About the Author

Andrew J. Hoffman holds multiple appointments at the University of Michigan, including Associate Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise. John G. Woody is Deal Associate at MMA Renewable Ventures, a renewable-energy firm in San Francisco, California.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 138 pages
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Press (April 15, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1422121054
• ISBN-13: 978-1422121054
• Product Dimensions: 4.7 x 0.7 x 7.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #972,433 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Andrew J. Hoffman is the Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan; with joint appointments at the Ross School of Business and the School of Natural Resources & Environment. He is also Director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise. Professor Hoffman is a leader in using organizational, network and strategic analyses to assess the implications of environmental issues for business. He has published 10 books and over 100 articles/book chapters. He holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, awarded jointly by the Sloan School of Management and the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering. His current research focuses on corporate strategies to address climate change, the interconnections between for-profit and non-profit entities and the network structure of the environmental movement. Please visit his web page at: http://www.andrewhoffman.net

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

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

By Rolf Dobelli HALL OF FAMETOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Hardcover

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.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars A review on a book I bought for a book review. November 13, 2012

By Justin I

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Had to report for a class. Has become irrelevant in 2012+, while it provides a guide directed at CEO/Business leaders, its recommendations are so basic, any CEO/ C level, or any level of senior management should have a comprehension of what this book is recommending. Intro to GHG based sustainability. Academic purposes only.