Beyond the Triple Bottom Line

Eight Steps toward a Sustainable Business Model

Author  Francisco Szekely and Zahir Dossa Foreword by  Jeffrey Hollender
Beyond the Triple Bottom Line

A pragmatic new business model for sustainability that outlines eight steps that range from exploring a mission to promoting innovation; with case studies.

Many recent books make the case for businesses to become more sustainable, but few explain the specifics. In this book, Francisco Szekely and Zahir Dossa offer a pragmatic new business model for sustainability that extends beyond the traditional framework of the triple bottom line, describing eight steps that range from exploring a vision and establishing a strategy to implementing the strategy and promoting innovation.

Szekely and Dossa argue that businesses and organizations need to move away from the business case for sustainability toward a sustainable business model. That is, businesses should go beyond the usual short-term focus on minimizing…