ABSTRACT
We live in unprecedented times. Climate change and ecosystem collapse are altering our world beyond recognition, and a growing global population is exacerbating the pressure on the resources that power our economies. How should the private sector respond to the new risks and uncertainties of our Crowded Planet?
Frugal Value contests the notion that companies can rise to the great challenges of our time by adopting so-called 'sustainable business' practices. Instead, the acute ecological crisis requires an all-round rethink of what business does, and how it does it. This book explores what business responsibility looks like today, and how it could be put into practice through far-reaching changes to companies, ranging from new approaches to product design and business models to reconfiguration of operations and innovative ownership structures.
Frugal Value provides practitioners and scholars with the perspective and tools they need to design companies that help drive the socio-economic changes so urgently required for a sustainable and just world.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|28 pages
The Crowded Planet
part 2|29 pages
Products and services
part 3|37 pages
Activities and business models
part 4|30 pages
Operations and supply chains
part 5|28 pages
Ownership structure, financing and legal form
part 6|24 pages
The purpose, scope and limits of business