Companies can no longer afford to be unsustainable. While this observation has been widely accepted in the United States and Europe only recently have Latin American companies and businesses across the developing world started to integrate sustainability principles into their corporate cultures. Recognizing and responding to this emerging trend The Labyrinth of Sustainability offers a collection of carefully developed and tightly framed case studies generated through the Latin American Corporate Sustainability Analysis project an initiative convened by the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy in conjunction with the EGADE Business School in Mexico and INCAE Business school in Costa Rica and Nicaragua. The introduction by Daniel Esty the Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy at Yale University and one of the worlds leading corporate sustainability experts makes a compelling argument for what he calls the sustainability imperativethe notion that businesses must work toward sustainability to be successful in todays marketplace. It distills from the 12 case studies that follow five important sustainability strategy lessons for executives and managers on leadership vision and execution partnerships communications and inspiration. The 12 case studies focus on the sustainability strategy and initiatives of a company with business operations in Latin America drawing out key themes and highlighting both successes and challenges. The aim of The Labyrinth of Sustainability is to present the problems and prospects for corporate sustainability in a Latin American context across a spectrum of companies that ranges from small businesses to multinational enterprises. With its Latin American focus and lessons for business in a range of industry settings this volume complements previous analyses and case studies of corporate sustainability in different regional contexts. show more