Lean and Green

“Congratulations, Pamela Gordon, for making green logic so clear: Every business can now see that its own interest and our planet’s are one.” —Frances Moore Lappé, Small Planet Project, and author of Diet for a Small Planet

Lean and Green proves that capitalism and environmentalism are not mutually exclusive. Pamela Gordon shows how “green” business practices can actually help organizations to save millions, even billions of dollars each year.

More than a hundred examples from prominent companies—including Intel, Louisiana-Pacific, Horizon Organic Dairy, and Polaroid—show how instituting environmentally sound practices can improve your bottom line. Gordon shows how anyone at any level of any organization—from clerks, farmers, and city employees to chemists and executives—can do their part to save the environment and the balance sheet. She details action steps that will yield immediate results and even explains how to sell your environment-saving ideas to management, describing how to make the case in no-nonsense business terms, set concrete goals, measure economic results, and make sure the right people hear about the results so that environmental initiatives continue.

Lean and Green will inspire employees, employers, customers and shareholders alike to explore creative ways to simultaneously save the planet and bolster the bottom line.

“A tremendous source for company executives, managers, employees, and others who are interested in developing innovative business practices to help protect our rich natural heritage.” —Steven J. McCormick, President and CEO, The Nature Conservancy

“A profitable guide to any business willing to lay aside the old way of working and adopt solid environmental principles into their management thinking.” —Harry W. Reid, Facilities Manager, Agilent Technologies