PRACTICAL HELP for BUSINESSES, MANAGERS, and STUDENTS

As a manager, Jonathan Scott tripled productivity, reduced costs by up to 40%, and increased net profits by over 50% at the businesses in which he served. He also pioneered multi-million dollar projects in parts of the world where they previously did not exist and improved one business so much it was later acclaimed (and documented) as ‘the best in the country’. To date, Scott has accumulated over 28 years of work experience in eight different countries, turning around three insolvent businesses along the way (one occurred in a war zone). Now, as an award-winning university lecturer and business educator, he is working to spread the message of industrial sustainability in order to help businesses around the world cut costs, create jobs, and minimize waste.

If you are interested in having Jonathan Scott add to your university curriculum or workplace training program, click onto the Management Education Services icon at the top of this page for information about the Center for Industrial Productivity and Sustainability.

To learn how CIPS helps businesses generate long-term wealth, create jobs and optimize resources (while minimizing environmental degradation) click here or on the logo!









NEW EDUCATION/APPLICATION MATERIAL!

Now Published in a PDF Format! Click here for the Free Download.

New Standards for Long-Term Business Survival.

Available in English, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, and Arabic!




Also available, the acclaimed book The Sustainable Business!

The Sustainable Business - A Perfect Introduction for Understanding the Fundamentals of Sustainability in a Business Context.

Recommended for managers, employees, teachers, and students, this readable and informative guide explains the importance of waste minimisation as a first step toward sustainability. Within its pages, the breadth and depth of long-term, profitable business practices are explored with an emphasis on optimizing resources (including labor and markets) and maximizing purchases and investments while minimizing the costs of non-product (waste), unemployment, short-term thinking and environmental degradation. As proof of its potency, The Sustainable Business has recently been disseminated to over 1.3 million people around the globe and it is now being translated into Mandarin for distribution across China. Bottom Line: If you’re looking to gain insight on the future of business, this is it!

Download a PDF copy of the book.
Order a printed copy of the book from Lulu
Click here to download the shortened version in Mandarin Chinese

Download your free copy of the acclaimed, peer-reviewed book Managing the New Frontiers


Managing the New Frontiers is also available as a free PDF download from:


  1. the University of Surrey (Guilford, UK) www.ces-surrey.org.uk
  2. the Birla Institute of Management Technology (New Delhi, India) www.bimtech.ac.in
  3. the Product-Life Institute (Geneva, Switzerland) www.product-life.org
  4. Kozminski University (Warsaw, Poland) www.kozminski.edu.pl/index.php/en/
  5. The Global Text Project (USA) http://globaltext.terry.uga.edu/
    (the GTP distributes academic books free of charge to students in underdeveloped countries)



If you have a question or would like information about seminars, workshops, and courses (at your business or university) on the subjects of efficiency, sustainability, and waste minimization, contact:


Student Internship Program

In conjunction with the Product-Life Institute (Geneva, Switzerland), approximately 10 to 12 carefully vetted students are being offered the chance to enroll in an internship program designed to provide hands-on experience with waste minimization as a means of understanding the importance (and broadness) of sustainable business development.

To date, we have shown over 100 businesses (the majority are SME's) in eleven countries how they can save millions of dollars per year by reducing waste and wasteful practices (a first step toward sustainability).

Would you like to join us?

Qualifications for entry into the internship program include:

  1. maintaining a high grade point average,
  2. successful completion of a basic course in sustainability,
  3. a profound and dedicated interest in the subjects of efficiency, sustainability, and waste elimination,
  4. a willingness to commit to hard work, and,
  5. the proven ability to conduct (and complete) individual assignments as well as perform with others as part of a team.

Please note that this internship program is assignment-based, which means that students are assigned work challenges that are expected to be completed over the course of one year in compliance with a given deadline.

In general, the work involved encompasses two stages.

Stage 1: students are required to conduct research and/or translate research documents, case studies, and education information into other languages for the world's business communities. (students may also be asked to help market, distribute, and promote this material.)
Stage 2: includes the completion of a comprehensive training program that involves conducting efficiency and waste reduction evaluations in a variety of business settings (manufacturing, retail, office, etc...).

The overall purpose of the program is to help businesses help themselves reduce waste and energy needs, cut costs and raw material use (without decreasing quality), and create the potential for job growth -- with the added bonus of reducing pollution and toxic emissions.

Please contact the program director (Jonathan Scott) for more details. Click here for a list of students who have accepted the PLI Internship challenge. Because of their proven interest and commitment they are the first to be selected for this program.