Measurement for Environmental Effectiveness
Most major businesses spend more than two percent of sales on environmental, health, and safety (EHS) performance. Yet, remarkably, most of them measure that performance only to the extent required by regulation. Worse, at a time when increasing accountability means rising risk, the measures they do take don’t give their line managers the information they need to do their jobs. To carry out their responsibility … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Author: Stephen Poltorzycki | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subjects: Management, Social Responsibility (ESG)
Sustainable Development: The Next Generation of Business Opportunity
Industry is showing unprecedented interest in the business potential of sustainable development, an approach to developing long-term prosperity by integrating strategies for economic success, environmental quality, and social equity. In a recent Arthur D. Little survey on business and sustainable development/ for example, 95 percent of companies responding viewed sustainable development as genuinely important, and 83 percent saw business value in implementing sustainable initiatives. At … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Gilbert Hedstrom, Peter Stroh, Stephen Poltorzycki | Source: Prism (Arthur D. Little) | Subject: Social Responsibility (ESG)