Tuesday, June 29, 2010

A new era of sustainability


Peter Lacy, managing director of Accenture's Sustainability Services Practice, outlines how the firm's survey of nearly 1,000 CEOs reveals that attitudes to sustainability are genuinely changing

I am in New York this week to launch the largest CEO study of its kind on corporate sustainability to date, conducted by the UN Global Compact and Accenture Sustainability Services. Nearly 1,000 CEOs, business and civil society leaders have contributed to this landmark study.

Our survey finds that commitment to environmental, social and governance issues is exceptionally strong: 93 per cent of CEOs see sustainability as critical to their company's success.

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