This how-to book explains the importance of maximizing the potential value of natural resources to deliver enormous gains for stakeholders, which includes not only investors, employees, and customers, but also the communities where these resources are found. Authors de Bruyn and Somerville describe how companies rising to this challenge find themselves in a virtuous cycle: the more they deliver on the Common Wealth triple bottom line of environmental protection, social equity, and economic gains, the more value they will realize.