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Companies around the world are combining environmental and social responsibility to achieve improved financial performance. Yet, with the many elements that go into a strategic sustainability plan, businesses and their employees often get mired in the details. The first part of this book shows step-by-step how to define a sustainability plan that fits your organization. The second part is a choose-your-own-adventure reference guide to environmental and social initiatives that will help improve your bottom line.Adam Hammes weaves together easy-to-understand models, business examples, and personal stories from his years of experience. Drawing from his time as the first manager of sustainability for Kum & Go, an independent sustainability consultant, and the executive director of the Iowa Sustainable Business Forum, the book explains what sustainable business means and documents the well-researched ways in which environmental and social responsibility programs unfold inside companies. Over thirty case studies from responsible Iowa businesses illustrate exactly what you can do to assess your organization and take the next successful step. Some of these examples you will recognize, and hopefully many will be new.Sustainable Business in Iowa provides a simple framework for any professional who is committed to environmental and social performance, but who feels stuck and unsure of where to go next.The 5 Stage Journey - Learn the five stages of corporate sustainability initiatives. Know where you stand, so you can prepare for a successful move to the next stage.Related Issues - Learn how environmental and social issues develop in their later stages. Discover how working on related issues separately can severely limit success.Moving Stages - Learn what moves a company from one stage of an initiative to the next. Grasp how to facilitate that transition, generate momentum fast, and save time.Envision an Iowa where every business professional understands how to lead financially, environmentally, and socially responsible change in the workplace.Envision an Iowa where more and more of our local companies are seen as national and global leaders in sustainable business.Sustainable Business in Iowa shows you how that future is possible. For every paperback sold, $1 is donated to Net Impact and ENACTUS (Entrepreneurship Action Us). Thank you for helping future generations lead environmentally and socially responsible businesses of tomorrow.

Stop struggling and stressing yourself out. Stop being miserable because you think it is required to make the world a better place. Stop being a martyr. You can be happy... and a passionate advocate. You can fight for a better world... and have fulfilling relationships with people who disagree with you. You can be a total bad-ass for social and environmental causes... and still sleep well at night. In fact, you better start, or you'll burn out before you accomplish all the cool stuff you've been dreaming about.This is not your typical sustainability book. It doesn't waste time throwing the usual suspects under the bus, blame them for all of our problems, and leave you feeling angry. Instead, it asks you directly to accept that there will always be people to blame for why things aren't the way we wish... and helps you become a master at dealing with them anyway!Michele Beschen of Remake.Life and B.Organic said, "This is not another preachy book about sustainability that makes you feel even more overwhelmed, confused, and small. It's a book that puts YOU and YOUR ROLE at the forefront of it all. Read vigorously and enjoy!"Marc Angelo Coppolla of Valhalla Movement Foundation and Collective Evolution said, "Finally, a sustainability book that isn't putting me to sleep. Barely cracked this open and already loving it!"Adam Hammes weaves together personal stories from two decades of advocacy as a world traveler, environmental educator, non-profit founder, business professor, corporate manager of sustainability, and sustainability consultant in ways that connect with our own personal journey. With stories from other social and environmental advocates, you can see some universal experiences that open us all up to realizing where we're holding ourselves back.GreenBiz loved the book, and published a free excerpt here: https://www.greenbiz.com/article/secrets-stress-free-sustainability For every paperback sold $1 is donated to both Net Impact and the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) because Adam believes his work is only useful if it also inspires and empowers future leaders of tomorrow to solve the social and environmental problems of today.