Giving Compass' Take:

• Sustainability is something businesses need to incorporate both in the short and long term. Companies of all backgrounds need to take initiatives to help their communities, consumers, employees and our environment in 2019. 

• How can businesses achieve successful sustainability? How can the government and communities collaborate with companies to tackle important sustainable measures?

• Here's an article on the next phase of business sustainability. 

What would you do if you only had 12 years to stop catastrophic climate change? At COP 24 in Poland earlier this year, 200 nations formed plans to collectively tackle this issue, and their message is clear: as nations, we will go beyond our commitments and ambitions from the 2015 Paris Agreement to further reduce emissions and tackle one of the world’s greatest challenges.

Multinational agreements are a fantastic way to spark progress, but as HP’s own commitment to the pledges set out in Paris shows, the torch must also be carried by business leaders, who can set an even higher bar to reduce their footprint and create a sustainable impact which is larger than themselves and their companies.

Everything from day-to-day business practices to more energy efficient ways of designing, building, and delivering products or services should be under review. Why? Because it’s not only the right thing to do, but sustainability can be a business driver and differentiator.

Read the full article about business sustainability by Nick Lazaridis at TriplePundit