The Corporate Energy Strategist’s Handbook

Frameworks to Achieve Environmental Sustainability and Competitive Advantage
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-36837-1
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 548 g

In an era in which scientists say we are approaching a point of no return in terms of climate change, companies are looking for ways to improve productivity of innovations that reduce environmental footprints. Among the questions they are looking to answer are: How can financial tools be leveraged for positive energy outcomes? How can the energy strategy be integrated into board responsibility?

This book provides answers to these questions and more, presenting a selection of decision-making frameworks for strategy and sustainability management. Comprehensive in scope, its 120 frameworks—some well-known while others are original—provide a thorough, practical guide to inform the sustainability strategy of your organization. In addition to learning how to green your organizational strategy, you will also learn how to communicate your strategy to your teams.

An essential source for executives desiring to be more responsible in energy performance and to decarbonizetheir operations, this book will prove useful in your day-to-day organizational work.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jia, Jimmy Y.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Energie- und Umweltmanagement
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Prologue: Why Create a Toolkit of Frameworks?.- 2. Introduction to Part I: What Is Energy-as-Strategy?.- 3. Strategy Literacy: Seeking Competitive Advantage.- 4. Energy Literacy: The Energy Balance for Business Decisions.- 5. Financial Statements: The Universal Language of Business.- 6. Energy Statements: Mediating Decision Cycles.- 7. Carbon Strategies: De-risking Exposures.- 8. Introduction to Part II: What Is a System?.- 9. Systems Literacy: How to Think in Systems.- 10. Metrics Systems: Managing Resource Flows.- 11. How to Create Your Own Framework.- 12. Introduction to Part III: What Is a Leader?.- 13. Organizational and Decision-Making Tools.- 14. Communication: Using Structures to Send Information.- 15. Communication: Perceiving Structure When Receiving Information.- 16. Introduction to Part IV: What Is Innovation?.- 17. How to Ask Questions.- 18. Micro-Innovations: Incremental Process Improvements.- 19. Meso-Innovations: Creating Serendipity for Emergent Ideas.- 20. Macro-Innovations: The Discipline of Scaling Adoption.- 21. Introduction to Part V: What Is Governance?.- 22. Influence of Energy on Internal Reporting.- 23. External ESG Reporting Frameworks.- 24. Epilogue: Advice to an Energy Strategist.

Über Autor(innen)

Jimmy Y. Jia is Managing Partner of the Jia Group and an entrepreneur, author and strategist, who uses energy as an indicator of corporate governance and strategy. His approach helps corporations “right-size” consumption, thereby reducing waste. In acting as a virtual “Chief Utility Officer," executives improve deployment of capital towards climate-resilient infrastructure, saving money, reducing exposure to volatile pricing and improving competitive advantage.

He sits on the boards of the Center for Sustainable Energy and the CleanTech Alliance, is an Adjunct Professor at Presidio Graduate School and a Visiting Scholar at George Washington University. He graduated from MIT and Oxford.