2Sustain

Reinforcing results reported in earlier studies, new research from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants shows that most companies fully appreciate the relationship between social and environmental stewardship and business performance.

CIMA, AICPA, and CICA surveyed organizational leaders from their respective memberships and found that more than three-fourths (79 percent) of larger companies currently have a formal sustainability strategy. One-third (33 percent) of smaller companies do, too, and an additional 23 percent of smaller companies have plans to formulate a sustainability strategy within the next 2 years.

In addition, the study also found that: (more…)

I was invited to speak at the Forbes Ethisphere Conference in New York last week – an intimate “roundtable” style conference hosted by Steve Forbes and Forbes Magazine. The event was focused on business ethics, CSR and sustainability and attracted CEOs and senior executives from a wide array of companies ranging from Waste Management and Kelloggs to Pepsi and Mattel. I spoke about sustainable supply chains, and in particular the trends we’re witnessing around large enterprises using their leverage to enforce compliance, ethical and social responsibility standards upstream to their suppliers.

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