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Title:
The new brand spirit : how communicating sustainability builds brands, reputations and profits
Author:
Conrad, Christian A., 1966-
ISBN:
9781409465775

9781409465782

9781306170048
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiii, 232 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Foreword / from Hamish Pingle -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- The interviews -- Communicating corporate sustainability : the civil society perspective -- Communicating corporate sustainability : the public sector perspective -- Communicating corporate sustainability : the supplier perspective -- Communicating corporate sustainability : the employee perspective -- Communicating corporate sustainability : the customer perspective -- Sustainable consumption and the social responsibility of marketers and advertisers -- Communicating corporate sustainability : the shareholder perspective -- Communicating CSR : the media perspective -- Communicating CSR the academic and expert perspective -- The best practice cases -- The civil society perspective : best practice cases -- Best practice case 1: Lifebuoy's global handwashing behaviour change programmes -- Best practice case 2: Fairtrade -- The public sector perspective : best practice cases -- Best practice case 3: German bio label -- Best practice case 4: The French environmental labeling experiment -- The supplier perspective : best practice cases -- The employee perspective : best practice cases -- The customer perspective : best practice cases -- Sustainable consumption and the social responsibility of marketers and advertisers : best practice cases -- The shareholder perspective : best practice cases -- The media perspective : best practice cases -- The academic and expert perspective : best practice cases -- Best practice : two benchmark cases for communicating corporate sustainability -- Summary and outlook -- The 10 commandments of effective communication -- Appendices -- Appendix I: Summary charts -- Appendix II: List of interviewees -- Index.
Abstract:
Effective sustainability communication can deliver business value. Get it wrong, however, and the reputational damage will be costly. Stakeholders, and the general public as well as activists, are unforgiving of companies whose products, services, business practices or culture fall short of their socially responsible rhetoric. Based on close to one hundred in-depth interviews with leading experts, this book helps corporate communications and marketing professionals tackle this conundrum by providing a first-hand view of eight distinct and relevant stakeholder perspectives. Nineteen comprehensive and well-researched best practice cases from sustainability leaders like IBM, Unilever, Marks & Spencer and Puma will inspire all those tasked with communicating sustainability with practical and applicable tools and lessons learned. The result is a book that will enable senior executives, corporate communication professionals and brand managers to decide when, to whom and how to communicate sustainability related messages - and when not to. -- Edited summary from book.
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