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Where will your company focus its sustainability initiatives in the year ahead?

New survey results from corporate sustainability research and advisory firm Green Research show that, looking ahead to 2012, the majority of the businesses polled have decided to devote significant time and financial resources on two initiatives above all others: employee engagement and supplier sustainability performance.

The in-depth survey of nearly 50 top North American and European senior sustainability executives found that:

• 88 percent of companies plan to invest in employee engagement in 2012.
• 73 percent said they will focus on improving sustainability performance of their suppliers.

In addition, Green Research discovered that sustainability spending will rise significantly in 2012.

• 50 percent of those polled said their firms will increase spending on sustainability initiatives.
• 33 percent plan to add staff to their sustainability departments.
• 25 percent reported they will increase budgets of sustainability departments.

The report also includes insights regarding: (more…)

Once your company has made a commitment to “go green,” where do you go from there? How do you translate your values into actions and create a sustainability plan that aligns your triple bottom line? Are there certain steps that you should follow to engage and educate your employees on environmental issues?

The National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF) recently researched issues like these and compiled the findings in a new report titled, "The Engaged Organization: Corporate Employee Environmental Education Survey and Case Study Findings (March 2009)." 

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