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Planet Water: Investing in the World’s Most Valuable Resource

November 20, 2009 By investing 2 Comments

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Named a top investment book of the year by the Stock Trader’s Almanac 2010. “The book. . . might well guide some very satisfactory investments. . . Mr. Hoffmann does an able job of laying out the basics of water scarcity and delivery, and he presents a persuasive case for water’s looming importance, rivaling oil as the most important commodity this century. . . A strong current of the investing advice in “Planet Water” is Mr. Hoffmann’s contention that water uti…
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The Green Book: The Everyday Guide to Saving the Planet One Simple Step at a Time

November 6, 2009 By investing 3 Comments

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Environmental matters get the star treatment in The Green Book. Rogers and Kostigen address the fact that Americans endanger the balance of the ecosystem by the amount of waste we produce, the amount of water we use, and the amount of energy we consume, and celebrities, including Robert Redford, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Aniston, Faith Hill, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., contribute observations and suggestions for living green. In the hope that the glamour of the A-list w…
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Ethics, CSR, & Sustainability:: An Aristotelian Vision, Mission, And Strategy For The Global Economy And A Sustainable Planet

September 5, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, & Sustainability is a practical guide to business ethics, offering universal guidelines on strategies, choosing a professional board, establishing sound oversight practices, and being a good environmental neighbor. The book illustrates how Classical philosophies and the spirit of Eudaimonia can be incorporated into corporate principles.

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Positively Responsible: How Business Can Save the Planet

September 3, 2009 By investing Leave a Comment

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At last a book about ‘business and sustainability’ that treats business as an integral part of society (not some disconnected alien force) and business people as real people with real feelings, doubts and contradictions. That makes Positively Responsible a much more satisfying and illuminating read.Jonathan Porritt,Forum for the Future “Whether business can be part of the solution to our ecological crisis is perhaps the great question of our age. This book will be indispensab…
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