COMPANIES MUST PUSH HARDER ON ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY GOALS

摘要

By now it's pretty well understood that strong sustainability performance positively influences financial performance. And investors are taking notice as well. In a recent report. "'Corporate Progress on the Ceres Roadmap for Sustainability." Ceres, a non-profit sustainability advocacy organization, found that while 69% of companies call on their suppliers to effectively manage their environmental and social impacts, only 34% actually provide tools and resources to incentivize action. Furthermore, compared with the 64% of the companies with commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, only 36% set time-bound, quantitative targets — and only a quarter of those targets work toward reducing emissions by at least 25% by 2020.