“Climate Change: What's your business strategy?”
By Andrew J. Hoffman and John G. Woody
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You can’t say Harvard Business School doesn’t know how to make a buck. “Climate Change: What’s Your Business Strategy” comes in at just 97 pages, and yet it retails for $18. At that per-page rate, Leo Tolstoy’s 1,296-page opus “War and Peace” would retail for $240. But authors Andrew J. Hoffman, a University of Michigan professor of sustainable enterprise, and John G. Woody, head of a renewable energy firm, offer a concise, practical manual for guiding one’s company through the rising waters (both figurative and literal) of global warming.

The authors systematically lay out practical advice on the business implications of climate change while offering a series of action steps. Understanding carbon exposure gives way to guidelines for reducing a business’s carbon footprint, assessing business opportunities, and even influencing the policy development process. There’s also a helpful glossary at the back.

While this isn’t a detailed tome on climate change, it’s a helpful manual for negotiating its rising waters. Published by Harvard Business Press.