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Our Book Review Digests summarise the best and latest CSR-related books every month. Digest downloads are free for Members. The number of free downloads varies by membership level (Standard, Silver, Gold – see more about Joining). Non-members can purchase them individually (see our Shop).
April 2013
What is Sustainable Technology? Perceptions, Paradoxes and Possibilities by Karel Mulder, Didac Ferrer and Harro van Lente (2011)
Leadership Agility: Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change by Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs (2006)
Globalization and Social Exclusion: A Transformationalist Perspective by Ronaldo Munck (2005)
January – March 2013
The Quest for Sustainable Business: An Epic Journey in Search of Corporate Responsibility by Wayne Visser (2012)
Accounting for Sustainability: Practical Insights by Anthony Hopwood, Jeffrey Unerman and Jessica Fries (2010)
December 2012
The Sustainability Champion’s Guidebook: How to Transform your Company by Bob Willard (2009)
The Why of Work: How Great Leaders Build Abundant Organisations That Win by Dave Ulrich and Wendy Ulrich (2010)
November 2012
The Ethics of Banking: Conclusions from the Financial Crisis by Peter Koslowski (2011)
The Politics of Corporate Social Responsibility: The Rise of a Global Business Norm by Ursula Mühle (2011)
October 2012
2052: A Global Forecast for the Next Forty Years by Jorgen Randers (2012)
Spiritual Capital: Wealth We Can Live By by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall (2004)
The Difference Makers: How Social and Institutional Entrepreneurs Created the Corporate Responsibility Movement by Sandra Waddock (2008)
Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility: Stakeholders in a Global Environment by William B. Werther, Jr. and David Chandler (2011)
September 2012
Greener Products: The Making and Marketing of Sustainable Brands by Al Iannuzzi (2012)
Sustainability Accounting and Accountability by Jeffrey Unermann, Jan Bebbington and Brendan O’Dwyer (2007)
August 2012
The Zeronauts: Breaking the Sustainability Barrier by John Elkington (2012)
The Social Entrepreneur Revolution: Doing Good By Making Money, Making Money By Doing Good by Martin Clark (2009)
Onward: How Starbucks Fought for its Life without Losing its Soul by Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon (2011)
July 2012
Corporates are from Mars, Charities are from Venus. The Ultimate Guide to Managing your Partnership by Kay Allen with Tanja Rasmussen (2012)
Reframing Corporate Social Responsibility: Lessons from the Global Financial Crisis by William Sun, Jim Stewart and David Pollard (2010)
Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility by Jedrzej George Frynas (2009)
June 2012
Building Social Business: The New Kind of Capitalism That Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs by Muhammad Yunus with Karl Weber (2010)
The Green Marketing Manifesto by John Grant (2007)
What Matters Most: How A Small Group Of Pioneers Is Teaching Social Responsibility To Big Business, And Why Big Business Is Listening by Jeffrey Hollender and Stephen Fenichell (2003)
The Living Company: Growth Learning and Longevity in Business by Arie de Geus (1999)
May 2012
Changing Business from the Inside Out: a Treehugger’s Guide to Working in Corporations by Timothy J. Mohin (2012)
Reality-Based Leadership: Ditch the Drama, Restore Sanity to the Workplace and Turn Excuses into Results by Cy Wakeman (2010)
April 2012
The Responsible Business: Reimagining Sustainability and Success by Carol Sanford (2011)
Embedding Global Markets: An Enduring Challenge edited by John G. Ruggie (2008)
Stirring it Up: How to Make Money and Save the World by Gary Hirshberg (2008)
March 2012
Staking their Claims: Corporate Social and Environmental Responsibility in South Africa by David Fig (2007)
Water, Inc. by Varda Burstyn (2005)
The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan (2004)
The Three Levels of Sustainability by Elena Cavagnaro and George Curiel (2012)
February 2012
Brand Valued: How Socially Valued Brands Hold the Key to a Sustainable Future and Business Success by Guy Champniss and Fernando Rodes Vila (2011)
Development and Social Action: Selected essays from Development in Practice by Deborah Eade (1999)
Making a Difference: Purpose-Inspired Leadership for CSR by Wayne Visser (2008)
Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice by Edward James Blakely, Nancey Green Leigh (2009)
January 2012
Who Cares Wins: Why good business is better business by David Jones (2012)
Women & the New Business Leadership by Peninah Thomson and Tom Lloyd (2011)
December 2011
Understanding ISO 26000: A Practical Approach to Social Responsibility by Adrian Henriques (2011)
The HIP Investor : Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World by R. Paul Herman (2010)
November 2011
Childhood Under Siege: How Big Business Targets Children by Joel Bakan (2011)
The Power of Unreasonable People: How Social Entrepreneurs Create Markets That Change the World by John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan (2008)
October 2011
Impact Investing: Transforming How We Make Money While Making a Difference by Antony Bugg-Levine and Jed Emerson (2011)
We First: How Brands and Consumers Use Social Media to Build a Better World by Simon Mainwaring (2011)
September 2011
Just Good Business: The Strategic Guide to Aligning CSR and Brand by Kellie A. McElhaney (2008)
Corporate Social and Human Rights Responsibilities: Global, Legal and Management Perspectives by Karin Buhmann, Lynn Roseberry and Mette Morsing (2011)
August 2011
Evolving Partnerships: A Guide to Working with Business for Greater Social Change by Jem Bendell (2011)
The Green Executive: Corporate Leadership in a Low Carbon Economy by Gareth Kane (2011)
July 2011
Corporate Social Responsibility: An Ethical Approach, by Mark S. Schwartz (2011)
ISO 26000: The Business Guide to the New Standard on Social Responsibility, by Lars Moratis and Timo Cochius (2011)
SEE Change: Making the Transition to a Sustainable Enterprise Economy, by Sandra Waddock and Malcolm McIntosh (2011)
June 2011
Embedded Sustainability: The Next Big Competitive Advantage, by Chris Laszlo and Nadya Zhexembayeva (2011)
Global Action Networks: Creating our Future Together, by Steve Waddell (2011)
The Voluntary Environmentalists: Green Clubs, ISO 14001, and Voluntary Environmental Regulations, by Aseem Prakash and Matthew Potoski, (2006)
May 2011
Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World, by Bruce Philp (2011)
Consumptionomics: Asia’s Role in Reshaping Capitalism and Saving the Planet, by Chandran Nair (2011)
When the Rivers Run Dry: Water – The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century, by Fred Pearce (2006)
April 2011
Coming Clean: Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance, by Michael E. Kraft, Mark Stephan, and Troy D. Abel (2011)
Eco Barons: The Dreamers, Schemers, and Millionaires Who Are Saving Our Planet, by Edward Humes (2010)
Microfranchising: How Social Entrepreneurs are Building a New Road to Development, by Nicolas Sireau (2011)
Red Alert: Saving the World with Indigenous Knowledge, by Daniel R. Wildcat (2010)
Valuing Corporate Responsibility: How do Investors Really Use Corporate Responsibility Information? by Rory Sullivan (2011)
March 2011
As One: Individual Action, Collective Power, by Mehrdad Baghai, James Quigley, et al. (2011)
Big Business, Big Responsibilities, by Andy Wales, Matthew Gorman and Dunstan Hope (2010)
One Report: Integrated Reporting for a Sustainable Strategy, by Robert G. Eccles and Michael P. Krzus (2010)
Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World, by Aron Cramer and Zachary Karabell (2010)
The Plot to Save the Planet, by Briane Dumaine (2008)
Where Have All the Leaders Gone? by Lee Iacocca and Catherine Whitney (2007)
February 2011
CSR for HR: A Necessary Partnership for Advancing Responsible Business Practices, by Elaine Cohen (2010)
Development as Freedom, by Amartya Sen (1999, 2001)
Responsible Management in Asia: Perspectives on CSR, edited by Geoffrey Williams (2011)
Street Smart Sustainability: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Profitably Greening Your Organisation’s DNA, by David Mager and Joe Sibilia (2010)
January 2011
Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, by Jeffrey Sachs (2008)
Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good the Bad and the Ugly, by Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee (2009)
The Bridge at the End of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability, by James Gustave Speth (2008)
The New Rules of Green Marketing, by Jacquelyn Ottman (2011)
December 2010
Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World by Joseph E. Stiglitz (2010)
Sustainability in Austerity: How Local Government Can Deliver During Times of Crisis, by Philip Monaghan (2010)
The New Pioneers: Sustainable Business Success through Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship by Tania Ellis (2010)
November 2010
Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything, by Daniel Goleman (2009)
Sustainable Excellence: The Future of Business in a Fast-Changing World, by Aron Cramer and Zachary Karabell (2010)
The Social and Behavioural Aspects of Climate Change: Linking Vulnerability, Adaptation and Mitigation, by Pim Martens and Chiung Tang Chang (2010)
Corporate Community Involvement: The Definitive Guide to Maximising your Business’ Societal Engagement, by Nick Lakin and Veronica Scheubel (2010)
October 2010
Business Ethics and Ethical Business, by Robert Audi (2008)
The Corporate Responsibility Code Book, Revised Second Edition, by Deborah Leipziger (2010)
The Divine Right of Capital: Dethroning the Corporate Aristocracy, by Marjorie Kelly (2001)
The Ecology of Commerce: A Declaration of Sustainable, by Paul Hawken (1997)
September 2010
Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn (2009)
Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning, by George Monbiot (2006)
The Responsibility Revolution: How the Next Generation of Business Will Win, by Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breen (2010)
The Sustainable Business, by Jonathan T. Scott (2010)
August 2010
Primal Management, by Paul Herr (2009)
The World Guide to CSR: A Country-by-Country Guide to Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility, edited by Wayne Visser and Nick Tolhurst (2010)
World Inc.: How the growing power of business is revolutionising profits, people and the future of both, by Bruce Piasecki (2007)
July 2010
Climb the Green Ladder: Make Your Company and Career More Sustainable, by Amy V. Fetzer and Shari Aaron (2009)
Corporate Social Responsibility: A Case Study Approach, by Christine A. Mallin (2010)
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for our Time, by Jeffrey Sachs (2005)
June 2010
Landmarks For Sustainability: Events and Initiatives That Have Changed Our World, by Wayne Visser (2009)
The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits, by C.K. Prahalad (2006)
The Triple Bottom Line: How today’s best run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too, by A.W. Savitz with K. Weber (2006)
May 2010
Cannibals With Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business, by John Elkington (1997, 1999)
Corporate Governance and Ethics: An Aristotelian Perspective, by Alejo José G. Sison (2008)
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working And Why There Is A Better Way For Africa, by Dambisa Moyo (2009)
April 2010
Our Common Future: The Brundtland Report, by the World Commission on Environment and Development (1987)
The Bottom Billion: Why The Poorest Countries Are Failing And What Can Be Done About It, by Paul Collier (2007)
The Business of Peace: The private sector as a partner in conflict prevention and resolution, by Jane Nelson (2000)
The Top 50 Sustainability Books, by Wayne Visser (2009)
March 2010
In Search of Sustainability, by Jenny Goldie, Bob Douglas & Bryan Furnass (2005)
Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Amory Lovins, L. Hunter Lovins and Paul Hawken (1999)
The Blue Sweater: Bridging the Gap Between Rich and Poor in an Interconnected World, by Jacqueline Novogratz (2009)
The Market For Virtue: The Potential and Limits of Corporate Social Responsibility by David Vogel (2005)
February 2010
Capitalism As If The World Matters, by Jonathon Porritt (2005)
Consulting For Business Sustainability, by Chris Galea (2009)
Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make Things, by William McDonough & Michael Braumgart (2002)
The Dark Side: Critical Cases on the Downside of Business, edited by Emmanuel Raufflet and Albert J. Mills (2009)
January 2010
Agenda For A New Economy: From Phantom Wealth To Real Wealth, by David C. Korten (2009)
Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability and Survival, by Daniel Jaffee (2007)
No Logo, by Naomi Klein (2001)
The McDonaldization of Society, by George Ritzer (2000)
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