Frugal Value, Carina Millstone
Frugal Value, Carina Millstone
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Frugal Value
Designing Business for a Crowded Planet

Author: Carina Millstone

Narrator: Henrietta Meire

Unabridged: 6 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 05/01/2018


Synopsis

We live in unprecedented times. Climate change and ecosystem collapse are altering our world beyond recognition, and a growing global population is exacerbating the pressure on the resources that power our economies. How should the private sector respond to the new risks and uncertainties of our Crowded Planet?

Frugal Value contests the notion that companies can rise to the great challenges of our time by adopting so-called 'sustainable business' practices. Instead, the acute ecological crisis requires an all-round rethink of what business does, and how it does it. This book explores what business responsibility looks like today, and how it could be put into practice through far-reaching changes to companies, ranging from new approaches to product design and business models to reconfiguration of operations and innovative ownership structures.

Frugal Value provides practitioners and scholars with the perspective and tools they need to design companies that help drive the socio-economic changes so urgently required for a sustainable and just world.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bibhu Ashish on July 10, 2023

Listened to the audio version of the book due to my curiosity about building sustainable products in this ever changing world. What blew my mind was the definition of sustainability as propagated by the author. As per the book, sustainability is a mindset that closely examines the impact of our prod......more

Goodreads review by B on January 21, 2019

This was a very practical, well-researched and accessible read for those who are working on designing the business of the future. I particularly appreciated the author's emphasis on solutions as opposed to rehashing the known problems, although she offers sufficient consideration of the problems to a......more

Goodreads review by Vanmeera on January 23, 2022

Frugal Value habe ich im Rahmen einer Univeranstaltung gelesen und es sehr gemocht. Carina Millstone beschreibt klar und konkret wie Unternehmen sein sollten, um eine nachhaltige Wirtschaft zu ermöglichen. Das Buch ist gut zu lesen und gibt viele Denkanstöße dazu, wie die Wirtschaft heute aufgebaut......more