Corporate Sustainability Management: Best Practices - By: Yudelson Associates

Sustainable business practices can open up new markets and improve a company’s reputation. In this way, leaders in corporatesustainability are securing a unique competitive advantage. In fact, a recent article in Harvard Business Review claimed, “in thefuture, only companies that make sustainability a goal will achieve competitive advantage.”i Even the Great Recession has notslowed down the push for sustainability in most companies. A recent survey found that more than 75 percent of respondents hadkept their commitments to corporate sustainability during the downturn.iiYudelson Associates developed a simple and straightforward approach to sustainability planning through numerous consultingprojects with trade groups, manufacturers, development firms, and universities. In this white paper, we present some generalizedexamples and provide a few resources. However, for our clients, sustainability planning and implementation services are alwaystailored to meet each organization’s unique needs.