Want to make your workplace more sustainable, get ahead in your career and improve your reputation? Want to help your company or organisation save money, boost profits and improve its brand? Whatever your level or industry, from sales and management to government and teaching, Climb The Green Ladder offers practical knowledge to help you make a difference. Whether you d like to transform your entire company or just get your colleagues recycling, Climb The Green Ladder will provide you with the tools and motivation to move your company (and career) towards a more successful, more sustainable future. The twin challenges of the economic meltdown and climate change means we must act quickly to evolve our businesses to weather the storm. You can ensure your company or organisation saves money, reduces environmental damage and improves its performance while you advance your personal reputation and further your career. Step by step, Climb The Green Ladder identifies the key themes that underpin successful sustainability strategies, including real-life case studies from people who ve done it, to create a comprehensive tool-kit for action. Authors Amy Fetzer and Shari Aaron undertook extensive research to find out what works and what doesn t. They surveyed hundreds of employees and employers, and interviewed over 80 sustainability specialists who have successfully changed their workplaces from within to reveal the secrets of their success.

Want to make your workplace more sustainable, get ahead inyour career and improve your reputation?Want to help your company or organisation save money, boostprofits and improve its brand?Whatever your level or industry, from sales and management togovernment and teaching, Climb The Green Ladder offerspractical knowledge to help you make a difference. Whetheryou'd like to transform your entire company or just get yourcolleagues recycling, Climb The Green Ladder will provideyou with the tools and motivation to move your company (and career)towards a more successful, more sustainable future.The twin challenges of the economic meltdown and climate changemeans we must act quickly to evolve our businesses to weather thestorm. You can ensure your company or organisation saves moneyreduces environmental damage and improves its performance while youadvance your personal reputation and further your career.Step by step, Climb The Green Ladder identifies the keythemes that underpin successful sustainability strategiesincluding real-life case studies from people who've done itto create a comprehensive tool-kit for action.Authors Amy Fetzer and Shari Aaron undertook extensive research tofind out what works and what doesn't. They surveyed hundredsof employees and employers, and interviewed over 80 sustainabilityspecialists who have successfully changed their workplaces fromwithin to reveal the secrets of their success.

Preface.Acknowledgements.Chapter 1 Why we need that Green Ladder.Chapter 2 Get the mindset.Chapter 3 Make the business case.Chapter 4 Get your colleagues on side.Chapter 5 Have two-way conversations.Chapter 6 Work together.Chapter 7 Make it part of the culture.Chapter 8 Conclusion: climb that ladder.Appendix 1 Who can help.Appendix 2 Climb the Green Ladder research.Notes.Index.