Chris Laszlo is the author of The Sustainable Company: How to Create Lasting Value through Social and Environmental Performance published by Island Press in October 2003 (paperback July 2005). A co-founder and partner of Sustainable Value Partners, he has trained thousands of Fortune 500 executives in “sustainability for business advantage” inside companies and at leading business schools around the world. He is a partner of Blu Skye Sustainability, the leading strategy consulting firm.
For nearly ten years, he was an executive at Lafarge S.A., a world leader in materials, holding positions as head of strategy, general manager of a manufacturing subsidiary, and vice president of business development. Prior to Lafarge, he spent five years with Deloitte Touche consulting.
Educated at Swarthmore College, Columbia University, and the University of Paris, Chris earned his PhD in Economics and Management Science. He is currently Visiting Professor at the Case Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio, where he is also Associate Director at the Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit. Since 2002, he has lectured at CEDEP and is a Visiting Scholar at INSEAD’s Center for Social Innovation.
“Integrating sustainability into business activities is increasingly driving innovation and entrepreneurship. Global industry leaders are leapfrogging traditional EH&S and CSR approaches in favor of new business models that create value for shareholders and for society. Sustainable Value is a bold and inspiring read for managers who want the ‘story’ of sustainability as well as compelling case studies accompanied by a structured guide to managing in the new business context.”
Luk Van Wassenhove, The Henry Ford Chaired Professor of Manufacturing, INSEAD