March 4, 2009
Survey: Recession Slows Corporate Sustainability Efforts
The economic recession is postponing some sustainability-related corporate spending, according to a new Booz & Co. survey, reports Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine. The good news: there are signs of a continuing focus on sustainability in the manufacturing sector.
A new survey, Why Some Companies Are Making the Wrong Moves, conducted in December 2008 by Booz & Company of 828 senior managers, finds that companies are losing confidence in their leadership’s ability to withstand the current economic crisis.
One key finding indicates that “green” efforts will be significantly delayed due to the….
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Reader Comments
Dear Sir,
I read your story entitled “Survey: Recession Slows Corporate Sustainability Efforts”. Well I would like to mention here that Vedanta Group is going ahead with its Corporate Social Responsibility plans rather more aggresively. Not only the onging CSR programmes are strengthened, new initiatives are also being launched. I would be more than happy to share the information on the same.
Pavan Kaushik | March 5th, 2009