Bøker av Keesa C. Schreane

Are you an investor who wants to make the world a better place while getting stronger returns? Are you an executive building a sustainable business and seeking increased revenue? Are you curious about ESG and what it means for your community or organization? Then this book is for you!In Gambling on Green: Uncovering the Balance between Revenues, Reputations, and ESG, veteran financial services executive Keesa Schreane delivers a straightforward and practical guide for business leaders and investors navigating the world of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. As ESG debates and scandals find their way to both newspapers and 10-Ks, many managers feel lost and unclear about how to drive a sustainable approach. Readers will learn to identify corporate sustainability, recognize good corporate governance and social responsibility, and understand what makes a company an exemplary steward of the environment.You'll also discover:* Why ESG investing is increasingly important and how the most successful asset managers are building their sustainable portfolios* How a business commitment to creating products with ESG in mind can benefit revenue efforts and increase customer loyalty* How to cut business costs through sustainable operations* Different sustainable bonds and how to leverage each to promote ESG while maintaining positive returns* How some companies have incorporated ESG with spectacular success and others have ignored it completely--sometimes, to their perilWith compelling case studies and thoughtful analysis, Gambling on Green is a must-read for anyone interested in how investors and corporations are shifting their focus toward environmental, social, and governance issues. This book will earn a place on the shelves of retail and institutional investors, executives, and board members looking for a roadmap to some of the defining corporate and social issues of our time.

Provides guidance on creating a sustainable, inclusive, equitable, and compassionate business model that will thrive in businesses globallyDiversity, equity, and inclusion programs are a must for today's corporations, yet many corporations worldwide have failed to establish real equality in an actionable, measurable way. Corporations Compassion Culture: Leading Your Business toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion takes a new and more effective approach to driving equity and inclusion in the corporate world, focusing on how a culture of compassion can lead to more vibrant, higher performing teams. You'll learn how many standard corporate activities actually damage employees' well-being and engagement--and how to dismantle those practices. You'll also learn how to build a new and better corporate environment that responds to all employees' needs and meets shareholders' demands for stability and risk mitigation.Author Keesa Schreane delivers insight into what it takes for businesses to drive real social and corporate change toward inclusion and equity, while sharing her personal story about the challenges of being a woman of color in today's corporate environment. Through hard work, talent, and--you guessed it--compassion, she has risen to become one of today's luminaries in the area of responsible leadership in global corporations. Business executives, HR directors, diversity and inclusion professionals, and sustainability leaders will value her direct, no-nonsense approach. Learn to:* Identify behaviors, practices, and activities that may be damaging your employees' well-being, engagement, and productivity* Measure and continuously evolve culture promoting risk mitigation, reputation preservation, employee retention, customer satisfaction, and profit generation.* Adopt new approaches to treat employees, customers, and shareholders compassionately and equally, and dismantle the old ways* Retain the best talent and survive new realities, all while creating tremendous loyalty, innovation, and financial payoffThis book will enable you to create strategies and tactics for integrating racial, cultural and gender equity, inclusion, and compassion into businesses in a way that enriches society, employees, and the corporate entity itself.