For anyone who hasn't seen this study, McKinsey released a survey of executives and their insight on which societal issues will have the greatest impact on shareholder returns. Not surprisingly, the environment and climate change tops the list for 2007, overtaking outsourcing and job loss, which was the tops in 2005. The survey also provides an overview on how executives believe companies incur costs and benefits to society.
http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/article_print.aspx?L2=21&L3=114&ar=2077
Also, the survey was referenced by the dean of the Darden School of Business, who posted an extremely comprehensive blog about the impact of sustainability. He set specific goals for "greening" their school, as well as how it will affect recruiting if business students are not armed with this knowledge and skillset. I know we are making great strides at UCLA, but we should continually benchmark other schools and share ideas of how we can continue to try and be a leader in this space.
http://www.darden.edu/html/DeansBlog.aspx?blogday=1&blogmonth=12&blogyear=2006
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