The Labyrinth of Sustainability

Green Business Lessons from Latin American Corporate Leaders

Daniel C. Esty

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9781783089130
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781783089154
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Strategy
• Index: Business

'The Labyrinth of Sustainability' offers the first comprehensive effort to analyze corporate sustainability systematically in the Latin American context—and to extract lessons for companies across the developing world. Featuring an introduction by the prizewinning author and Yale professor Daniel Esty, the book starts off with examining the "sustainability imperative"—the notion that businesses must work toward sustainability to be successful in today's marketplace. The 12 chapters that follow present a collection of carefully developed and tightly framed case studies from companies across Latin America highlighting how they are addressing this imperative. Contributions from leading experts around the region bring a freshness and authenticity as well as a nuanced and grounded approach that make this volume a must-read for business leaders, government officials, non-governmental organization advocates, journalists and academics in Latin America and across the world.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Endorsement
• Half Title
• Series Information
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• Acknowledgments
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Water Conservation in Scarcity Conditions: Corporate Sustainability at Mexico’s FEMSA Group
• Chapter 2 Walmart Mexico: Clean Energy to Reduce Costs and Improve Corporate Image
• Chapter 3 Grupo Vanguardia Revitalizes Plastics Recycling in Honduras
• Chapter 4 Nissan Mexicana’s Renewable Power Partnership
• Chapter 5 Tecnosol Follows the Sun
• Chapter 6 Rizek Pushes the Dominican Republic Cocoa Industry toward Sustainability
• Chapter 7 Centrosur Leads the Way to Sustainability in Ecuador
• Chapter 8 A Resilient World: Bavaria Builds Its Case on Water
• Chapter 9 Grupo Herdez Takes the Initiative in Mexico’s Food Market
• Chapter 10 Chile’s Las Palmas Avocado Orchard: Water Consumption Reduction in Agriculture
• Chapter 11 Mabesa: Increasing Global Competitiveness with Eco-friendly Disposable Products
• Chapter 12 Water Use Efficiency Initiatives in Nestlé’s Value Chain and the Implications of the Company’s Business Model
• Notes
• Index