When you see or read about excessive corporate profiteering, business malpractices, poor social welfare, and environmental and ecological disasters, do you have an urge to do something? With so many analysis reports, academic journals, news coverage, and documentaries on the subject, why is there so little action? Most management gurus and executives recognize that it is possible to achieve a triple bottom line - running a business for the benefit of the people, the planet, and profit at the same time. To achieve this, businesses have to solve their internal issues involving the leadership team, the management team, and the technical team. Drawing from leadership and management practices, practical case studies, and using energy, water, raw material, waste and its associated environmental impact as examples, People, Planet, Profit describes the ten internal issues - five technical, two leadership, and three managerial - and solutions to these issues. A coherent, joined-up, and concerted effort allows responsible businesses to initiate, gain momentum, and achieve success in reducing their environmental impact. The same tools can then be applied to other areas of a triple bottom line.
Kit Oung is an environment, social, and governance (ESG) consultant, and a management systems coach. He has 25+ years of experience in commercial and industrial companies across five continents. Kit actively contributes to developing energy, environmental, and circular economy standards, and won the Standards Maker award for chairing European and International Standards committees. He sits on the judges' panel for the annual Clean Energy Ministerial awards and IChemE awards. Kit holds a M.Sc.(Eng.) in Environmental and Energy Engineering from the University of Sheffield, and a certificate of achievement in General Management Programme from University of Cambridge's Judge Business School.
As a person who operates at such a high level of understanding Kit always manages to communicate ideas and knowledge in a way that is simple to understand and without a hint of arrogance which is why he has been so influential in a training and mentoring environment.--Carl Britton, Chief Operating Officer, Planet First Energy, UK Kit's book reflects his lived worked and academic experience but also the application of his deep knowledge to various government, not-for-profit, utilities (infrastructure) and private organizations. The reader will easily see the value in drawing from his body of knowledge to help their organization.--Michael McLean, Managing Director, McLean Management Consultants, Australia What I liked best is the meticulous ways to make complex problems understandable. At a time when I felt asset efficiency can be a tough terrain to understand for a science graduate like me, he simplified the technique and encouraged me to think out of the box.--Dr Swati Murthy, Practice Head - Sustainability, Tata Consulting, India
