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Practical Sustainability: Circular Commerce, Smarter Spaces and Happier Humans Paperback – January 25, 2022
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Enterprises are vital to our green future and fundamental to modern life, yet they fall short of their sustainable promise. The big question is not if we should address sustainability, but how. Practical Sustainability shows how we can solve half the wicked sustainability challenge in five years, using today’s technology – and then the rest through data-driven R&D. It also provides insights from carbon-neutral journeys and award-winning achievements. How? A heavy dose of science, systems design and digital twins, together with human factors and behavioral psychology that drive adoption.
Award-winning Practical Sustainability provides the first guide for sustainable business in the post-Covid age. It is an Amazon #1 best-seller, a Forbes' “must read,” and adopted by leading universities to anchor their sustainability curricula. Co-authors Corey Glickman and Jeff Kavanaugh are well-known as thought leaders in the field; they have been published in Harvard Business Review, presented at leading forums like the World Economic Forum and United Nations, and Kavanaugh previously authored the books The Live Enterprise and Consulting Essentials.
Practical Sustainability is the result of three years of research and collaboration. The authors interviewed dozens of global business, tech, and policy leaders, and also drew upon extensive original research and corporate data. They also detail how Infosys achieved carbon neutrality in 2020, a full 30 years ahead of the Paris climate agreement. Practical Sustainability contains specific recommendations and over 50 frameworks to help leaders implement their own sustainability journeys. It also contains over 340 annotated references for further study and action. Whether designing strategy, launching initiatives, or correcting course, Practical Sustainability will help readers deliver the ESG results and the bottom-line profitability we need for a sustainable future.
- Print length358 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 25, 2022
- Dimensions6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
- ISBN-10154452742X
- ISBN-13978-1544527420
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Editorial Reviews
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- Dr. Mariana Bozesan, Europe's Leading Female Investor 2019 and author of Integral Investing: From Profit to Prosperity
"We are at the dawn of the ESG revolution. Corey Glickman and Jeff Kavanaugh have done the hard job of simplifying a very complex topic and giving enterprise leaders an actionable playbook for a practical sustainability model. For every stakeholder looking at ESG, this is the strategy and playbook you've been looking for."
- R "Ray" Wang, CEO of Constellation Research and two-time bestselling author of Disrupting Digital Business and Everybody Wants To Rule The World
"Ideas are to human action what steel is to the skyscraper. Corey Glickman and Jeff Kavanaugh expand our practical imagination, inspiring those of us with power to stop the impending ecocide. Read this book and do something!"
- John Sviokla, Senior Executive and Partner at Manifold Group, a venture holding company
"Practical Sustainability is required reading for universities, government and community leaders, and students looking to fulfill the promise of smart region initiatives."
- Diana Bowman, ASU Associate Dean and Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Smart Cities and Regions (CenSCR)
"There is an urgency to provide next-generation workplaces that are safer, healthier, more collaborative, and more productive. In their book Practical Sustainability, Glickman and Kavanaugh present how to deliver resiliency."
- Scott Rechler, Chairman and CEO of RXR Realty
About the Author
Jeff Kavanaugh is Vice President and Head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research and thought leadership arm of Infosys, a leading tech and consulting company. Jeff is an adjunct professor at the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas and author of the books The Live Enterprise and Consulting Essentials. Jeff has been published in Harvard Business Review and other leading business publications.
Product details
- Publisher : Houndstooth Press
- Publication date : January 25, 2022
- Language : English
- Print length : 358 pages
- ISBN-10 : 154452742X
- ISBN-13 : 978-1544527420
- Item Weight : 1.2 pounds
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #4,048,942 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #469 in Environmental Economics (Books)
- #1,515 in Sustainable Business Development
About the authors

Corey Glickman is Vice President at Infosys and leads their sustainability and design business, delivering smart space initiatives for clients globally. Corey is a member of both the World Economic Forum Pioneer Cities group and the MIT Technology Review Board and is a faculty expert at Singularity University. The American Institute of Graphic Arts named Corey one of the one hundred most influential designers of the decade.

Jeff Kavanaugh is the global head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research and thought leadership arm of Infosys, a leading digital services and consulting firm. Over the last 25 years, he has advised many of the world’s leading manufacturers and high-tech companies. Jeff is also an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Dallas. He serves on the board of the Institute of Business Analytics at Indiana University and the Marketing Analytics Board at the University of Texas at Dallas.
Jeff is a teacher, history buff, and tennis player. He grew up as a farmer and proud Indiana Hoosier, and has lived for many years in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. You can follow his insights at jeffkavanaugh.net and on Twitter at @jeffkav.
