Endorsements
… The Sustainable MBA, offers a refreshing, straight-forward and highly readable tour of the challenges and opportunities facing businesses and employees in a rapidly changing and swiftly unfolding 21st century. …This book offers the kind of advice people from all walks of life can appreciate and offers it in a down to earth and practical way. ….”. Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary General and Executive Director UN Environment Programme
“… this books should be read by CEOs, CFOs, CSOs (the new breed of Chief Sustainability Officers) and everyone else in – or aspiring to enter – the C-Suite.” John Elkington, Co-Founder of Environmental Data Services, SustainAbility and Volans. Co-author of The Power of Unreasonable People (Harvard Business School Press, 2008).
“ Giselle has provided practicing managers with this helpful and thought-provoking green business guide.” Sir Andrew Likierman, Dean, London Business School
“This book … presents a comprehensive overview of business and sustainability issues structured around the core business functions from accounting through to strategy. Giselle’s book reminds us that jobs and age are not barriers to sustainable business practices – everyone can make a difference. “Katherine Madden, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
“… “The Sustainable MBA” will be a valuable guide for young graduates. It will give them the tools they need to embed sustainability into their day to day business practices in a way that is profitable both to their companies and to society as a whole”. Paul Polman, Chief Executive, Unilever
“If ‘people’ are central to the purpose of a business, then corporate responsibility or sustainability cannot be an add-on. …Giselle Weybrecht, in her comprehensive book, perhaps first of its kind, has shown how this can actually happen. The book is a must for management students, researchers and practitioners”. Anant G. Nadkarni Vice President – Corporate Sustainability – Tata Group
“The Sustainable MBA… is a highly relevant and utterly useful guide for executives and managers seeking to redefine business value in the spirit of sustainability.” Georg Kell, Executive Director of the UN Global Compact
“An essential read for managers and entrepreneurs alike,…” Tom Szaky, CEO Terracycle
“This groundbreaking book … is full of useful tips and advice for those looking to apply sustainability to their job, whatever job or business that may be.” Liz Maw, Executive Director, Net Impact
“…I hope the Sustainable MBA book becomes a prerequisite text for all MBA programmes as ’sustainability’ is a key issue that the next generation of managers cannot afford to miss.” Prof Eric Cornuel, Director General & CEO, EFMD
…. This book is a timely resource which will enable and empower many sectors of society to ‘fast forward’ their sustainable journeys. Martin Hancock Chief Operating Officer, Westpac London and Former Chair United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
“…. Young people are the leaders of today who will deliver on the promise of tomorrow. This means that sustainability is no longer a passing trend for us but one we all must embrace. This book provides an excellent and necessary toolkit to guide young people in making a difference through their careers….”Aman Jain, President AIESEC International
… Tomorrows business leaders will need to understand the global sustainability debate so that their business’s may benefit from it. Many of those leaders will come through the MBA education process and this book will provide a excellent resource for them on that journey.” Will Oulton, Director Responsible Investment, FTSE Group
The global recession has highlighted the need for managers to build a more sustainable future; one that takes into account environmental and social issues and the potential devastating effects of climate change. “The Sustainable MBA – The Managers Guide to Green Business” will help the business leaders of tomorrow meet these challenges and build the sustainable future that we are all striving for.” Robert Tacon, Chair, UNEP Finance Initiative
“… The Sustainable MBA presents a timely and important case for comprehensively integrating ESG issues into business training.” Ernst Ligteringen, Chief Executive, Global Reporting Initiative
“The role of business is to make the world a better place….The Sustainable MBA will help us along this road with its abundance of thinking, tools, and resources.” Kevin Roberts, CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi





