The Business Case for Sustainability

This paper highlights several new studies that convincingly demonstrate the business case for sustainability.

For example, a recent A.T. Kearney report concluded that in 16 of 18 industries, the companies recognized as sustainability-focused had outperformed their industry peers over both a three and six-month period, and were well protected from value erosion.

This paper outlines the financial metrics that many businesses use when building sustainable practices to outperform the competition:

  • Improved financial performance
  • Influence the cost of and access to capital
  • Reduce risk and have a positive return on business investments
  • Attract and retain talent, improve employee productivity

This paper is co-authored by Jeffrey Hollender, Co-founder, Executive Chairman, and Chief Inspired Protagonist, Seventh Generation, Inc., Ashley Orgain, CSR and Sustainability Education Specialist, Seventh Generation, Inc., and Ted Nunez, Director, Ethics & Corporate Compliance, 

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