The Sustainability Leader's Playbook 101: Written for leaders who don’t just talk sustainability, they deliver it.($16.35Value)

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Newtons third law states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. I have always been fascinated by this concept and see it as a valuable principle to apply to everyday life; I look at it like this - everything has a consequence. Consequences can be both positive, and negative. Anthropogenic is a great adjective described by the oxford dictionary as caused by humans or their activities and it originates from the Greek word Anthropos; this means human and genic meaning produced by. Wow, this is kind of the application of Newtons third law - the consequence of people. Climate change is the new term for global warming, which, we rightly moved away from as global warming doesn’t reflect how our meteorological systems are changing. Honestly, I am not a fan of the term climate change either, I think this poorly describes anthropogenic activities. Take for example the introduction of invasive species, this could be terrible for biodiversity but have no impact of greenhouse gas emissions. Why does this matter and why should you care? Well, this book is more than one person’s ramblings on climate change, the environment and regulations. This is a book authored by a group of scientists, leaders, experts and changemakers who decided to put their collective knowledge down, and whose credibility is not in what they say but what they have done. You will see this demonstrated with case studies at the end of each chapter. Sustainability is not a single subject, it is a group of topics that when combined give a coherent understanding of our, our organisations and their products impact on the environment. This book does not cover all aspects ( for example, Soil health is excluded ) but instead focuses on key areas that are fundamental in a sustainability strategy. Not wanting to overlook key areas they are acknowledged in our last chapter. Sustainability is much easier when pulled opposed to pushed, that is why this book starts with what in my opinion is the most fundamental step – Leadership. It then meanders through Regulation, Carbon, Biodiversity, Water, AI, Brand, Genetics and finally What have we Missed. I would like to personally thank all the authors who have dedicated their time to making this book a reality with the purpose of supporting sustainability professionals. As a closing remark, like Newtons Third Law if there is a consequence to every action then there will be consequences from how we treat the environment. Simply – we need you.