Urvashi Bhatnagar, DPT, MBA, is a healthcare executive and
population-health and sustainability leader. She works with clients
to advance health outcomes in underserved communities by addressing
barriers to care, advancing health equity, and leveraging
data-driven approaches to reduce the cost of life-altering
high-quality care.
Paul Anastas, PhD, is the Teresa and H. John Heinz III Professor in
the Practice of Chemistry for the Environment at Yale School of the
Environment and director of the Center for Green Chemistry and
Green Engineering at Yale. He is the recipient of the 2021 Volvo
Environment Prize and formerly served as the assistant
administrator for the US Environmental Protection Agency.
“Our society faces many challenges, ranging from lack of
access to healthcare to climate change and depletion of natural
resources. The response from corporates should be strategies that
are sustainable (and not a sustainability strategy that isn’t
embedded in the company strategy), and this book should help
managers develop such sustainable strategies.”
—Robert Metzke, Head of Sustainability, Royal Philips NV
“There are increasing policy and market drivers for safer,
more sustainable products, and the evidence is clear that these are
growing faster in the marketplace than the incumbents. In The
Sustainability Scorecard, Urvashi Bhatnagar and Paul Anastas team
up to provide a simple and commonsense approach for firms to
evaluate their journey toward sustainable products. Through a
flexible yet holistic set of principles, design criteria, and KPIs
that firms can readily understand and measure, they provide a
framework for companies to identify and address hazards, repair
externalities, and build toward ‘unexpected solutions’ that benefit
both the planet and the bottom line. The book provides a tool kit
and examples that can inspire both current and future business
leaders.”
—Joel Tickner, ScD, Professor of Public Health, University of
Massachusetts Lowell, and founder of Green Chemistry & Commerce
Council
“The Sustainability Scorecard is unique and amazingly useful.
It has pulled the best from science, industry, and improvement
methodology to show the moral imperative and the business case for
a smarter, stronger future. Great insights and many clear pathways
will help any reader not just learn but take action.”
—Jeff Thompson, MD, CEO Emeritus, Gundersen Health System
“They say what gets measured gets done. Urvi and Paul’s book pulls
back the fog of vague words and concepts enveloping the practice of
corporate sustainability and provides a practical framework to make
meaningful progress. This book is essential reading for companies
constructing a sustainability strategy and for those looking to
improve performance.”
—Tim Mohin, Chief Sustainability Officer, Persefoni AI, and author
of Changing Business from the Inside Out
“ESG is a major area of focus for most corporations and their
boards, with the E being recognized as an imperative as companies
identify the role their products or services may be having in terms
of negatively impacting the environment. The challenge, however, is
that the work on sustainability is usually seen through the lens of
risk management and the assumption that solutions will often be
costly. The Sustainability Scorecard presents a strong case that
sustainability and profitability can go hand in hand and that
sustainably designed products can perform better than traditional
ones and bring increased efficiency and quality resulting in
profitability. The Sustainability Scorecard provides real-life
examples utilizing the Four Principles of Managing and Scaling
Sustainability to demonstrate that the future can be sustainable
and profitable for companies and for the environment.”
—Joyce Roche, former corporate board member, Macy’s, Tupperware,
and AT&T
“Paul Anastas and Urvashi Bhatnagar have created an essential
handbook for companies that have graduated from the why and are
ready for the how. The Sustainability Scorecard is chock-full of
expert advice, analysis, and examples that are both relatable and
inspiring. This is an essential guide for moving all companies, big
and small, past being part of the problem—toward being part of the
solution.”
—Christine Bader, author of The Evolution of a Corporate
Idealist
“The Sustainability Scorecard challenges corporate leaders to check
their assumptions about what’s possible when it comes to the
perceived limits of sustainable business practices. Backed by
science and a wealth of innovative examples, the scorecard offers
small and large ventures a scalable pathway to revolutionary
solutions to the global environmental crisis. It underscores that
we can (and must) think systemically when we think about profit and
the finite resources that impact our collective future.
—Laura Calandrella, author of Our Next Evolution
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