Sustainability and corporate evolution: Integrating vision and tools at Norm Thompson Outfitters
✍ Scribed by Smith, Derek ;Brown, Michael S.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 179 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1531-1864
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
It's not easy to run a successful mail‐order business – and Norm Thompson Outfitters has
voluntarily made it even more difficult. The company is determined to be not only profitable, but as
environmentally responsible as possible. This latter goal has meant steep learning curves – in how to
design and construct the company headquarters building, in how to make catalogs from recycled paper, and, most
ambitiously, in how to work with suppliers toward products that have the least adverse environmental impact. And
they are sharing that hard‐won learning as they go, with whoever is willing to follow a path that
minimizes environmental damage. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.