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<p>Preface xi</p> <p>Acknowledgments xv</p> <p>Foreword xvii</p> <p>Chapter 1 The Call for a Sustainable World 1</p> <p>Chapter 2 Perspective: The Foundation of Sustainability 23</p> <p>Chapter 3 From Perspective to Purpose: eROI and the Three Phases of Sustainability 43</p> <p>Chapter 4 The Tone at the Top: Executive Leadership and Management 67</p> <p>Chapter 5 Leadership Throughout the Organization: 48,000 Strong and Counting 89</p> <p>Chapter 6 Creating a Sustainable Product Pipeline 111</p> <p>Chapter 7 Acquisitions: Sustainability Through Addition 135</p> <p>Chapter 8 Divestiture: Sustainability Through Subtraction 155</p> <p>Chapter 9 Catalyzing Sustainability Through Multi- Stakeholder Partnerships 175</p> <p>Chapter 10 Looking Forward to Ecolab’s Second Century 199</p> <p>Notes 217</p> <p>About the Authors 231</p> <p>Index 233</p>

<P><B>PAUL C. GODFREY, P<small>H</small>D</B>, is the William and Roceil Low Professor of Business Strategy in the Marriott School of Management at Brigham Young University. He is the author of <i>More Than Money</i> and <i>Strategic Risk Management</i>. He is also the co-author of <i>Ethics and Business</i> and <i>Strategic Management</i>. <P><B>EMILIO R. TENUTA</B> is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Ecolab, a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that help protect people and the resources vital to life. Over the past decade, Tenuta has led Ecolab’s sustainability journey and has been actively involved in helping customers advance their global sustainability and ESG practices, with a focus on water stewardship and climate action.

<p><b>A simple and effective approach to implementing sustainable business practices in your organization</b> <p><i>Clean: Lessons from Ecolab’s Century of Positive Impact </i>delivers a holistic and comprehensive sustainability toolkit designed to prepare organizations of all sizes for the twenty-first century and what lies ahead. Distilling key lessons that executives and leaders in any firm can understand and apply immediately, the book offers readers a more economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable way of doing business. <p>The authors demonstrate two models that frame the story of Ecolab, a leading sustainability organization that helps companies around the world achieve their business goals, while improving their corporate re­sponsibility, environmental stewardship, and social impact. The first model represents the individual levers that executives can pull to improve on relevant sustainability measures and weave sustainability into the strategic and operating fabric of the company. The second model considers the organization’s focus on sustainability over time. <p>Combined, the models described in <i>Clean: Lessons from Ecolab’s Century of Positive Impact </i>offer business leaders a new and exciting path to revenue and profit growth that doesn’t rely on exploitative or time-limited strategies. It’s an indispensable guide that will earn a place in the libraries of corporate and organizational leaders everywhere.

<p>“In a world struggling to use natural resources wisely, and water in particular, few companies can claim a century of doing exactly that. In <i>Clean</i>, Tenuta and Godfrey tell the story of how Ecolab integrated business and sustainability long before it was popular to do so. And along the way, they demonstrate how the company has aligned environmental stewardship with financial outperformance, an enviable combination of values and value. It is a story that is as inspiring as it is instructional, a case study of what it takes to lead in today's warming and wobbly world.”<br />--Joel Makower, Chairman and Co-founder, GreenBiz Group</p> <p>“This book presents a powerful framework and case for a ‘shift in mindset’ when tackling today’s sustainability challenges. Under Emilio’s leadership, Ecolab is addressing the root cause of issues with nature-based interventions and a systems-thinking approach to improve and positively impact people and planet.”  <br />--Mary Jane Melendez, Chief Sustainability and Global Impact Officer, General Mills</p> <p>“The world is waking up to what Ecolab already knows: that business success and sustainability are two sides of the same coin. As a result of climate change and other threats, sustainability has become essential to the survival of every business. And society depends on the private sector achieving sustainability because of its global reach and scale. <br />     Fortunately, <i>Clean</i> provides concrete strategies for building a sustainable corporation. Offered in the form of hard-fought lessons from a corporate leader, <i>Clean</i> moves beyond simple accounting to address the root cause of problems and build solutions based on solid science. <br />     For those already on the sustainability path and those now turning to it, <i>Clean</i> is a critical resource for corporate change-makers. The health of our planet, the just cause of vulnerable people and places, and the success of the economy turns on their efforts.”<br />--Dr. Jessica Hellmann, Executive Director & Ecolab Chair for Environmental Leadership, Institute on the Environment, University of Minnesota</p>

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