"While the book lays down the business case of sustainable and
responsible companies succinctly, it also gives key pointers on the
way leadership is set to change in the coming years. "
?
CNBC.com, April 1, 2010
"Hollender?s access combined with Breen?s reporting
skills produce unusually detailed and thoughtful profiles."
?Inc. Magazine, April 2010
"While outwardly your business is driven by your social mission,
what happens inside your company is an expression of that mission
as well. That means also focusing your passionate energy inward to
create a fair and beneficial work environment for your employees.
In his new book, The
Responsibility Revolution, Hollender describes
this principleas striving to be authentically good, by building
the mission into every part of your
business."?Inc.com, March 31, 2010
"Most companies understand that pursuing a laudable mission can
amount to a land of rich opportunity. But to successfully travel
the road to corporate responsibility, an enterprise must navigate
around six daunting land
mines?"?HuffingtonPost.com, March 15, 2010
"Entertaining and
thought-provoking."?JustMeans.com, March 15, 2010
"In his new book, Jeffrey shows companies how to surpass
sustainability and makes a clear case that going beyond
sustainability is a competitive
advantage."?CauseCapitalism.com, March 15, 2010
"Unlike many of its companions on the shelf in the business
section, this book is a pleasure to read. Much of the over-used CSR
jargon is absent, the authors have jettisoned ?bloodless
buzzwords like ?corporate responsibility? and
?accountability? in the first steps of their
revolution. The writing is vibrant, pointed, and succinct, much
like the advice it imparts."?The CSR Digest, March 15,
2010
"Hollender is at his best when evangelizing and encouraging
vision. He likes to tell the story of how his company came to be
called Seventh Generation, quoting from the founding document of
the native American Iroquois confederacy, ?In our every
deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the
next seven generations.? Thinking like that would truly make
for a responsible?and sustainable?business
revolution."?Business Ethics, March 18, 2010
"Hollender, chairman of clean household company Seventh
Generation, shares his own company's process of redefining its
mission and values, and makes an unimpeachable argument for how
sustainable business practices protect both the environment and
employees."?Publishers Weekly, March 2010
Articles, excerpts, interviews, Q&A, and mentions with
the authors also from:
?Harvard Business Review blog, March 31,
2010
?Forbes.com, March 31, 2010
?CNNMoney.com, March 29, 2010
?TheDailyGreen.com, March 29, 2010
?Harvard Business Review, March 2010
"Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breen give us the inside scoop on
how truly responsible companies out-think and out-perform their
conventional-minded competitors. Part manual and part manifesto,
The Responsibility Revolution delivers a truckload of
examples for growing a company that benefits society as well as
shareholders. I only wish we had The Responsibility
Revolution?s real-world lessons when we launched Ben
& Jerry?s."?Ben Cohen, co-founder, Ben &
Jerry?s
"Jeffrey Hollender is a true master of the arts in unifying
business with ecology. A rarity indeed, he is one who practices
what he teaches."?Horst M. Rechelbacher, founder,
Intelligent Nutrients
"My hat is off to Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breen for their
daring new book, The Responsibility Revolution. Drawing on their
personal experiences in building the highly successful company,
Seventh Generation, and on a wealth of other material, they show
with force and eloquence what?s required for corporations to
transcend the failed promise of ?corporate social
responsibility? and give real leadership in building a new
economy where people and planet flourish. No more hype and
platitudes, The Responsibility Revolution is the real
item?a Baedeker for businesses that want to be part of a
future that works."?James Gustave Speth, author of The
Bridges at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and
Crossing From Crisis to Sustainability
"The Responsibility Revolution is a welcome, hopeful, and
timely road map for truly sustainable 21st-century
commerce in which people and the planet actually count, and profits
are the means but not the ends. Cynics beware?their
optimistic analysis derives from real evidence that we may in fact
be getting commerce right. Their guidance is visionary and their
vision gives great guidance. This is a must-read
21st-century primer for investors, entrepreneurs,
consumers, and policy-makers alike."?Gary Hirschberg,
president and CE-Yo, Stonyfield Farm, Inc.
"Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breen have collaborated to produce a
remarkably detailed road map for businesses that are searching
sincerely for the path to good reputation, high purpose, and deep
respect. Read this book for a new clarity about the power of all
three qualities, and the path to authentic realization
thereof."?Ray C. Anderson, founder and chairman,
Interface, Inc.
