The impact challenge : reframing sustainability for businesses / Alessia Falsarone.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chapter 1.The Impact Enterprise, Chapter 2.Organizational Learning for Impact, Chapter 3. Are Novel Datasets the Solution?, Chapter 4. Taking Impact a Step Forward, Chapter 5. The Data-Enabled Sustainability Mindset, Chapter 6.Culture and Climate Change, Chapter 7. Building Inclusive Networks, Chapter 8. The Informal Organization. Chapter 9. The Impact of Data on Human Rights, Chapter 10. The Next Decade: Innovation to Impact

"This book provides a roadmap for organizations that are seeking to address data challenges regarding sustainability impact and explains how the collection, measurement, and strategic integration of new alternative data sources on material, social, and environmental issues enable faster adoption of a sustainability-oriented thinking. Through case studies from organizations that have successfully adopted effective learning behaviors and leveraged sustainability initiatives using data-based business innovations, this book helps readers understand that social innovation, sustainable development, and organizational behaviors are extremely helpful in exploring, creating, and sustaining impactful organizations"-- Provided by publisher

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Alessia Falsarone, SASB FSA, is a sustainable finance expert and a fellow of the Aspen Institute Business and Society Program. Her work bridges the gap between sustainability, financial innovation and risk management. A sought-after commentator for media outlets and academic programs, Ms. Falsarone is a member of high-level advisory groups that promote environmental and climate finance, including the G7 Environmental Ministerial, the London Stock Exchange, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (Value Reporting Foundation) and the UN Principles for Responsible Investment. In recognition of her innovative vision for business and society, she has received an Honoree Award from the Women's Venture Fund. She is an alumna of Stanford University, the MIT Sloan School of Business and Bocconi University. Ms. Falsarone holds certified director status with the National Association of Corporate Directors. An avid advocate of sustainability in business education, she has contributed to educational initiatives on the topic at the Asian University for Women, the Society of Corporate Compliance, the Swiss Sustainable Finance Initiative, the United Nations, Stanford University and New York University, including delivering training on climate risk and green finance in Asia Pacific and Latin America.

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