While not intended to be a book about the patagonia company, it naturally draws heavily from what patagonia has learned. The book shows companies how to live up to patagonias own motto. Jakob browning were wasting our brains and our only world on the design, production, and consumption of things. The responsible company is also available as an audio book wherever audio books.
What weve learned from patagonias first 40 years paperback published may 25th 2012 by patagonia paperback, 160 pages. The responsible company samantha cutler, colin smith, sherona coy, quinn madonia any group of people going about their business can come to realize their environmental and social responsibilities, then begin to act on them any successful business strategy had to engage the. When he falls in with nick and his friends, frasier ends up going along as the group bullies and threatens their way through the school. Patagonia, named by fortune in 2007 as the coolest company on the planet, has earned. Principles in the company have performed in highly successful executive capacity at iconic companies, startups, and early adopters of technologies across a wide range of industries. The book let my people go surfing led me to read the responsible company, by yvon chouinard, founder, and owner of patagonia, and vincent stanley, coeditor of patagonia the footprint chronicles. The responsible company yvon chouinard, vincent stanley. The responsible company readers guide by patagonia the. Some of our holidays have been postponed due to covid19. Vincent stanley, coauthor with yvon chouinard of the responsible company, has been with patagonia on and off since its beginning in 1973, for many of those years in key executive roles as head of sales or marketing.
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Simple but powerful advice on how to create responsible, green business practices in difficult times from the leader of patagonia, inc. The responsible company kindle edition by chouinard, yvon. As we are in the early stages of forming our companycommunity i found the book to be both very inspiring and highly thoughtprovoking. The responsible company, what weve learned from patagonias. View notes chapter 4 summary the responsible company from ecology 23210 at hiram college. In the responsible company, yvon chouinard, founder and owner of patagonia, and vincent stanley, coeditor of its footprint chronicles, draw on their 40 years experience at patagonia and knowledge of current efforts by other companies to articulate the elements of responsible business for our time. The responsible company focuses on what makes a company responsible. If you are looking for a book with sustainable business principles and practices that have been tried and. The responsible company, by yvon chouinard, founder and owner of patagonia, and vincent stanley, coeditor of its footprint chronicles, draws on their 40 years experience at patagonia and knowledge of current efforts by other companies to articulate the elements of responsible business for our time. The book, the responsible company explores how a business can exercise social corporate responsibility and do their part to contribute and give back to the community. Build the best product, cause no unnecessary harm, and.