Business Resources

Defining Business Sustainability

• Benefits of Becoming a Sustainable Business
• What is Sustainability?
• What is a Sustainability Consultant?
• Green Teams
• Corporate Sustainability Officers

Recommended Books

Of the many books on sustainable business, the following are highly recommended:

A Simple Path to Sustainability: Green Business Strategies for Small and Medium Sized Businesses

The business guide to Sustainability
by Darcy Hitchcock
and Marsha Willard

Leading Change Toward Sustainability
by Bob Doppelt

Natural Capitalism
by Hunter Lovins & Amory Lovins

Green to Gold
by Daniel Esty

The Sustainability Advantage
by Bob Willard

Biomimicry:
Innovation Inspired by Nature
by Janine Benyus

The Sustainable Revolution:
Portrait of a paradigm shift
by Andres Edwards

Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things
by William McDonough

Recommended e-newsletters

The following are highly regarded e-newsletters that cover a wide-variety of topics on sustainable business and business best practices.

• CSR Wire
• Environmental Leader
• GreenBiz
• Sustainable Business
• Sustainable Life Media

Directories

• Green Products and Services Directories

Sustainable Conferences, Workshops, Training and Events

• Alliance for Sustainable Colorado - Business sustainability events for the local Colorado area.
• BSR - Annual conferences that focus corporate sustainability.
• GreenBiz Calendar - National listing of conferences, tradeshows and events related to sustainable business.
• NetImpact - Annual conferences that educate and provide networking opportunities for young professionals in sustainability.
• Sustainable Brands - International conferences that focus on sustainable brand, communications and marketing.