Sustainable Business

Introducing "Soap Making as a Business," the comprehensive, step-by-step guide to launching and scaling your very own artisanal, vegan soap empire! We're excited to reveal the ultimate roadmap to transform your passion for crafting delightful, eco-friendly soaps into a thriving, sustainable business. Embrace your entrepreneurial spirit as you dive into the world of handmade vegan soaps, starting with Chapter 1: Discovering Your Niche. From there, you'll explore the myriad benefits of vegan soaps before delving into ingredient sourcing and mastering essential soap-making techniques. But it ...

"Greed is good". Remember the phrase immortalised by Michael Douglas who played Gordon Gekko in the 1987 movie Wall Street? Well, the world has more than lived up to these words by pursuing the principle that excessive greed is even better. In an analysis of the principles driving modern business, Wayne Visser and Clem Sunter demonstrate that the predatory behaviour of the lion is symbolic of the way most companies are run today. But the world cannot go on like this. They argue strongly for an alternative and more positive vision involving sustainable business in both a social and an ...

No experience in farming? No problem! The Profitable Hobby Farm gives you all the tools you need to launch a thriving hobby-farm business. Based on the author's expert guidance and the motivating experiences of other small farmers, it shows you how to blend strategy, marketing, and money management in order to prosper. The Profitable Hobby Farm provides sound, friendly start-up advice on a variety of topics essential to making an initial foray into a local-foods venture. A supplemental PDF is included with this audiobook.

In The New Nature of Business: The Path to Prosperity and Sustainability, businessman Andre Hoffmann and journalist Peter Vanham describe how companies should change their ways to have continued success, and why the current modus operandi is not working. They present a template for creating "sustainable prosperity", and case-studies of companies that survived and thrived by opting for change. In doing so, they provide a way out of long-standing dilemmas, such as how to balance business needs with impact on nature, shareholders with stakeholders, and short-term vs. long-term profits.

"New Ideas for Old Problems: A Human Performance Approach to Sustainable Change" focus is on applying innovative ideas to long-standing challenges in safety and operational reliability, emphasizing the importance of Human Performance in making meaningful and lasting changes.

To be a leader in today’s world, whether in your personal or professional life, you need a simple philosophy—one with proven results. In Lead Well, leadership consultant and serial entrepreneur Ken Falke introduces you to the ten principles you need to become an impactful leader. With tactics that are easy to understand and even easier to implement, this book is packed with Ken’s insight from more than four decades in business, nonprofits, and military leadership. You’ll learn how to be the best version of yourself before inspiring others.

Best-selling author and wellness guide Grace Danielle Meek leverages her two decades of holistic business experience and marketing expertise to help entrepreneurs to get their holistic healing business started with inspiration and ease.

A common assumption about investors is that they don't care who wins as long as they're making money. For some investors, this mindset still rings true. Yet, many investors today want to make money and do good. Using a user-friendly format and insights from noted investment professionals, Sustainable Investing: What Everyone Needs to Know demystifies sustainable investing. By covering everything from the changing investment landscape and the roles of social and religious values in finance to how to build a portfolio with purpose, the authors provide an essential introduction.

Just diving into the world of bees? Have you wanted to start your own hive, but have been confused by the conflicting information on the Internet? Looking for an authoritative source on how to go about the business of bees and make money while you’re at it? Then this audiobook is what you need. With this guide, you can start your beekeeping hobby or business, knowing that you’ve got all the info you need so you won’t miss a beat!

If you’re tired of building a business that looks good but feels exhausting, The Slow Hustle is your permission slip to do things differently. This is not another high-performance productivity manual. It’s a business book for the sensitive, the intentional, the boundary-aware, and the quietly ambitious. For the people who want to grow something meaningful — but don’t want to burn out doing it. Author Eliot Sage offers a steady, soul-deep reimagining of what it means to succeed — without selling your values, overextending your body, or pretending to be louder than you are. Inside, ...

Management Is NOT Manipulation: Beyond the Illusion—Authentic Leadership for Sustainable Success Introduction to a New Era of Leadership - A Bold Challenge to the Status Quo This book dismantles the myth that manipulation is a necessary tool in management. From falsifying data to office politics and unsustainable business practices, manipulative tactics erode trust, destroy organizational culture, and lead to short-lived success. Core Themes 1. The True Purpose of Management Management is not about control but about empowering people, driving innovation, and achieving collective goals. ...

Filled with illuminating case studies and brilliant in-depth analysis, this invaluable book provides a multitude of insights that will help you weather market upheavals, adapt to disruptions, and optimize your resources to your best advantage.

What if you knew, that in a few short weeks, you could finally unlock what’s inside of you and offer a program/service to exactly the client you are meant to serve? You and the horses you work with are the catalysts to making a difference and inviting real change into the lives of your future clients and ultimately contributing to mindful, contagious kindness in every corner of the world!

"Monetizing and Pricing Sustainability - Beyond Good Intentions: Transform Your Go-to-Market for Sustainable Impact" is a comprehensive guide that aims to unite sustainability with the world of pricing and monetization. The book unites the wisdom of experts in the fields of pricing, monetization, and sustainability. With 20 enriching chapters split across six major sections, it presents a deep-dive into the intricate link between monetization and pricing strategies and sustainable impact. Monetizing and Pricing Sustainability - Beyond Good Intentions: Transform Your Go-to-Market for ...

Praise from the 1st Edition: "Principles of Authentic Business is what our world needs more than anything. Imagine a world where every business infused their practices and metrics of success with, 'how is this contributing to human connection, caring and deep service?' What we'd see is a world where every human being would be held by an infrastructure designed to support their thriving. No, no, not the smoke screen marketing rhetoric many of us are handed on a regular basis but actual, tangible and authentic thriving. George offers a practical, user-friendly and brilliant recipe for ...

Every day, a new silver bullet comes out, promising to grow your business, increase your profit margins, and make your life as a business owner easier. Unfortunately, most of them don't work, wasting your time and money. Plus, they take your attention away from other more worthwhile opportunities. The ones that do work for others just never seem to work for you. Blanket prescriptions are like that - never quite hitting the mark for all but the few with the exact symptoms.

In the last thirty years, the developing world has undergone tremendous changes. Overall, poverty has fallen, people live longer and healthier lives, and economies have been transformed. And yet many countries have simply missed the boat. Why have some countries prospered, while others have failed? Stefan Dercon argues that the answer lies not in a specific set of policies, but rather in a key "development bargain," whereby a country's elites shift from protecting their own positions to gambling on a growth-based future.

For hardworking and dedicated professional service providers, Make Them Smile offers a way out of the grind of living hour to billable hour, providing a road map for how to build a scalable, standardized brand that provides a consistent, repeatable, and high-quality customer experience.

A social enterprise is a different kind of business, one that uses a market-driven approach to address a social or environmental problem such as poverty, environmental damage, or resource scarcity, with the dual goals of helping humanity and building a profitable business. With a climate crisis, a growing population, and diminishing natural resources, the need for socially minded innovators is greater than ever. Good Business is designed to be a practical guide and tool for innovators, entrepreneurs, and dreamers.

Introducing "The Future of Quality Control" - a groundbreaking eBook that delves into the ever-expanding world of sustainability within the realms of business and industry! Are you an entrepreneur striving to make your mark in today's competitive market, or a forward-thinking manager committed to making a difference in the world of quality control? If the answer is a resounding "Yes!", then this transformative eBook is just what you need to redefine and reshape your understanding of sustainable practices and quality control. The Future of Quality Control offers an insightful journey through...