January 2, 2009—Deloitte and Kyoto Publishing recently released the second edition of The Sustainable Enterprise Report: Turning Awareness into Action. The report contains peer-reviewed white papers and case studies that share a range of thinking on the latest trends and issues related to corporate responsibility and sustainability.
The Sustainable Enterprise Report is segmented into four chapters: Accountability, Facilities Management & Energy, Risk Management & Offsets, and the Extended Enterprise. Together, this report frames key issues of today’s changing world, provides pragmatic knowledge, and makes a business case for continued focus and investment in corporate responsibility and sustainability to manage risks and opportunities in a carbon-constrained world.
The report begins with an introduction by Andrew Winston, co-author of Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value and Build Competitive Advantage. His introduction, “Green Business Is Good Business,” outlines the mega-forces driving sustainability as the new business norm.
“This report identifies various approaches to identifying sustainability drivers and aligning them with business priorities to help companies anticipate and prepare for sustainability challenges and opportunities,” said Katie Pavlovsky, co-lead of Deloitte’s Enterprise Sustainability group. “Organizations that are thinking ahead in terms of such issues will be better positioned to generate growth and stakeholder value and address pending changes in regulatory oversight and transparency.”
