Corporate America Sees Sustainability as a Strategic Imperative
A new report from Siemens and McGraw-Hill Construction shows that corporations across the U.S. are continuing to accelerate sustainability efforts and increase efficiencies as part of their overall business plans.
In fact, the percentage of firms at the highest levels of engagement has doubled over the past three years –rising from 18 percent to 37 percent.
The new report, titled “2009 Greening of Corporate America; The pathway to sustainability—from strategy to action,” offers comparative statistics, trend analysis, and thought-leader interviews with corporate sustainability officers at Microsoft, AT&T, and Owens Corning. Plus, it confirms what I have been seeing for quite some time now: leaders of our country’s largest and most influential organizations are firmly committed to sustainability as a strategic imperative.
In particular, the report found that: (more…)
