In "Sustainable Value‎,‎" Chris Laszlo illustrates how the competitive strategies of some of the world‎'‎s largest businesses are changing as their leaders begin to take on a number of the world‎'‎s most important social‎,‎ environmental‎,‎ and economic issues‎.‎ Part I of the book is a management fable about a young CEO and the challenges she faces in addressing her company‎'‎s impact on society and the environment‎,‎ while remaining profitable‎.‎ Based on forward‎-thinking business leaders the author has worked with over the past twenty‎-five years‎,‎ her character reveals how a small but influential group of leaders are re‎-inventing the role of business in society by offering new solutions to global problems that the public sector has been unable to tackle alone‎.‎ Part II outlines the new competitive environment in which societal challenges are becoming huge business opportunities‎.‎ It showcases global industry leaders who are successfully integrating sustainability into their core activities as they respond to issues such as climate change‎,‎ ecosystem health‎,‎ and global povertynot only from a sense of moral correctness‎,‎ but because it makes good business sense‎.‎ It demonstrates that‎,‎ in the "new" competitive environment‎,‎ stakeholder value built on a company‎'‎s economic‎,‎ ecological‎,‎ and social impact is becoming an effective way to achieve competitive advantage‎.‎ The real‎-life sustainability stories of DuPont‎,‎ Wal‎-Mart‎,‎ Lafarge‎,‎ and Cargills NatureWorks are guided by top management with Profit & Loss responsibility‎.‎ Part III introduces the "Sustainable Value" tool‎-kita step‎-by‎-step approach to creating and managing value for stakeholders in a broad range of sectors in today‎'‎s shifting competitive environment‎.‎ The tool‎-kit is based on the authors many consulting engagements and executive working sessions in Fortune 1000 companies‎.‎ These sessions‎,‎ and this book‎,‎ are designed to equip managers with the skills to identify how and where they can do well by doing good‎,‎ thus providing them with the means to build sustainable value and compete effectively in the twenty‎-first century‎.‎ "