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Prosperity in the fossil-free economy

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Yale University Press, 2021Description: xi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780300253993
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Introduction: Dream from 2035, Looking Back on 2020 Part One: THEORIES, PRINCIPLES, AND LAWS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES-- Our Present Challenge-- Corporate Purpose and Governance for a Livable Planet-- Social Enterprise Design-- Cooperative Difference, Private Governance, and the Law-- Sustainable by Design-- Measuring and Reporting Sustainability-- PART TWO: CASE STUDIES: COOPERATIVE PATHBREAKERS TAKE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-- Supportive Cooperative Ecosystems in Spain and the United States-- Renewable Energy-- Food and Agriculture-- Water-- Finance: Capitalizing the Cooperative Movement-- Trade-- Findings and Lessons for a Livable Planet-- Appendix: Research methods.--
Summary: Drawing on both her extensive experience founding and directing social enterprises and her interviews with sustainability leaders, Melissa Scanlan provides a legal blueprint for creating alternate corporate business models that mitigate climate change, pay living wages, and act as responsible community members, including Certified B Corps and benefit corporations. With an emphasis on cooperatives, this book reveals the power and potential of cooperating as a unifying concept around which to design social enterprise achieving triple bottom-line results: for society, the environment, and finance.
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Introduction: Dream from 2035, Looking Back on 2020 Part One: THEORIES, PRINCIPLES, AND LAWS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISES-- Our Present Challenge-- Corporate Purpose and Governance for a Livable Planet-- Social Enterprise Design-- Cooperative Difference, Private Governance, and the Law-- Sustainable by Design-- Measuring and Reporting Sustainability-- PART TWO: CASE STUDIES: COOPERATIVE PATHBREAKERS TAKE CLIMATE ACTION AND ADVANCE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT-- Supportive Cooperative Ecosystems in Spain and the United States-- Renewable Energy-- Food and Agriculture-- Water-- Finance: Capitalizing the Cooperative Movement-- Trade-- Findings and Lessons for a Livable Planet-- Appendix: Research methods.--

Drawing on both her extensive experience founding and directing social enterprises and her interviews with sustainability leaders, Melissa Scanlan provides a legal blueprint for creating alternate corporate business models that mitigate climate change, pay living wages, and act as responsible community members, including Certified B Corps and benefit corporations. With an emphasis on cooperatives, this book reveals the power and potential of cooperating as a unifying concept around which to design social enterprise achieving triple bottom-line results: for society, the environment, and finance.

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