Book description
Future-proof your business with a credible net-zero transition plan for the new economy.
Net Zero Business Models: Winning in the Global Net Zero Economy delivers a breakthrough approach to transition from business models contributing to climate disaster to Net Zero Business Models crucial to sustainability and profitability.
Based on the authors' business advisory expertise and insights from their research with over 200 best-in-class global companies, this book is an indispensable guide for executives, corporate directors, and institutional investors.
Discover how to implement a bona fide net zero transition plan and processes to:
- Identify new Board and Investor expectations for Net Zero Transition Plans (Beyond ESG)
- Ensure the Five eco-efficiency plans, processes and value drivers are in place as the foundation for a credible transition plan
- Select one of Four Pathways to a Net Zero Business Model as strategic options
- Apply the Three Domains for Systems Thinking required by leaders for Net Zero strategic leadership
- Align key metrics, targets, and incentive designs to accelerate business model transition
Metrics and Targets are not a plan, and a commitment to net zero is not a business strategy. Net Zero Business Models has been endorsed by C-Suites, Boards and Institutional Investors representing over $ 80 trillion in assets under management. This is the playbook you need to win in the Net Zero Global Economy.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Additional Praise for Net Zero Business Models
- Title Page
- Copyright
- List of Exhibits
- List of Appendices
- Prologue
- Foreword
- Preface
- INTRODUCTION: HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
- Part I: Setting the Context for Net Zero
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Part II: The Technical Foundations of Net Zero Business Models
- 2 AN OVERVIEW OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
- 3 APPLYING A CARBON SHOCK TEST
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4 SCIENCE‐BASED EMISSIONS‐REDUCTION TARGETS
- THE FOUR OBJECTIVES OF THE NET ZERO STANDARD
- GENERALLY ACCEPTED GHG ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING PRINCIPLES
- FIVE STEPS TO SET SCIENCE‐BASED TARGETS
- SCIENCE‐BASED TARGETS UNIQUE TO THE POWER SECTOR
- SCIENCE‐BASED TARGETS UNIQUE TO THE FOREST, LAND, AND AGRICULTURE (FLAG) SECTOR
- UPDATING AND COMMUNICATING TARGETS
- THE VALIDATION PROCESS
- SUMMARY: SCIENCE‐BASED TARGETS ARE NOT A TRANSITION PLAN
- NOTES
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Part III: The Four Pathways to Net Zero
- 5 THE FOUR PATHWAYS TO NET ZERO: AN INTRODUCTION
- 6 PATHWAY ONE: ECO‐EFFICIENCY
- 7 PATHWAY TWO, OPTION ONE: INCREMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE BUSINESS MODEL—ZERO‐CARBON PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
- 8 PATHWAY TWO, OPTION TWO: COMPLETE TRANSFORMATION OF THE BUSINESS MODEL
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9 PATHWAY THREE: ECO‐STARTUPS, NEW VENTURES, SPINOUTS, AND INDUSTRY DISRUPTORS
- CLIMATE TECHNOLOGY AND ECO‐STARTUPS
- INNOVATION AND INDUSTRY DISRUPTORS
- ABOUT DISRUPTION
- THE DISRUPTION OPPORTUNITY MATRIX
- INCREMENTAL INNOVATION VERSUS EXPONENTIAL INNOVATION
- CHARACTERISTICS OF PATHWAY THREE
- PATHWAY THREE RISK FACTORS
- CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR PATHWAY THREE COMPANIES
- SUMMARY
- NOTES
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10 PATHWAY FOUR: INDUSTRY ECOSYSTEM(S) TRANSFORMERS
- THE FOUR STAGES OF INDUSTRY ECOSYSTEM(S) TRANSFORMATION
- THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
- TESLA THE DISRUPTOR
- TESLA: A PATHWAY FOUR INDUSTRY ECO‐SYSTEM(S) TRANSFORMATION LEADER
- THE RISE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- TESLA'S BUSINESS MODEL
- CHARACTERISTICS OF PATHWAY FOUR
- PATHWAY FOUR RISK FACTORS
- CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR LEADING AN INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
- SUMMARY
- NOTES
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Part IV: Implementing a Pathway to Net Zero
- 11 A FOUNDATIONAL FRAMEWORK TO CHOOSE A PATHWAY
- 12 PREPARING TO LEAD THE TRANSFORMATION: KEY ELEMENTS OF SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATIONS
- 13 THE THREE DOMAINS OF SYSTEMS THINKING
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14 TELLING THE NET ZERO STORY
- COMPANIES NEED GOOD DATA TO TELL THEIR NET ZERO STORIES
- THE EVOLUTION OF VOLUNTARY ESG AND CLIMATE‐RELATED DISCLOSURE—THE ALPHABET SOUP
- THE CONSOLIDATION OF VOLUNTARY CLIMATE‐RELATED DISCLOSURE INTO UNIVERSAL STANDARDS
- THE EVOLUTION OF MANDATORY CLIMATE‐RELATED DISCLOSURE
- TELLING THE NET ZERO STORY BEFORE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANDATORY CLIMATE‐RELATED DISCLOSURES
- OTHER KEY ROLES FOR DISCLOSURE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT
- SUMMARY
- NOTES
- 15 OBSTACLES TO NET ZERO
- Part V: Beyond Net Zero: Systems Change
- Appendices
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: Net Zero Business Models
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2023
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781119895060
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