How Sustainability Literacy Enhances Performance

When we ask companies committed to sustainability what percentage of their employees really understand the idea in a holistic, triple-bottom-line sense—as opposed to just going green—nearly every one of them responds with a distressingly small number (typically 2 – 10 percent). In most cases, only a small cadre of green team members and employees with sustainability responsibilities--such as EHS managers tasked with tracking environmental metrics—are conversant in a systems-based concept of sustainability and grasp its importance for the company’s strategy and operations.

Low levels of sustainability literacy are a weakness that, with each passing year, will render companies less competitive. Consumer and customer expectations, investor requirements and regulatory demands are changing the marketplace. For business to be both profitable and sustainable will require effort by all employees in an organization. Many business leaders acknowledge the risks and potential lost opportunities associated with a gap in literacy.

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