Frugal Value

<p>We live in unprecedented times. Climate change and ecosystem collapse are altering our world beyond recognition and a growing global population is exacerbating the pressure on the resources that power our economies. How should the private sector respond to the new risks and uncertainties of our Crowded Planet?</p><p><em> <br><p>Frugal Value</p></em> contests the notion that companies can rise to the great challenges of our time by adopting so-called 'sustainable business' practices. Instead the acute ecological crisis requires an all-round rethink of what business does and how it does it. This book explores what business responsibility looks like today and how it could be put into practice through far-reaching changes to companies ranging from new approaches to product design and business models to reconfiguration of operations and innovative ownership structures.<em> <br><p>Frugal Value </p></em>provides practitioners and scholars with the perspective and tools they need to design companies that help drive the socio-economic changes so urgently required for a sustainable and just world.</p>