Giving Compass' Take:

• TriplePundit analyzes a new study revealing that business leaders view ethics, inclusion, climate change and human rights among the top four priorities for sustainability efforts. 

• What are the best practices to achieve these goals? How can nonprofits seek out collaboration along these lines?

• Read about the business benefits of sustainability partnerships. 

The past 10 years have seen incredible progress in sustainable business. There are global multi-stakeholder commitments on climate action and the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals, collaborations driving systemic change across value chains, and tremendous improvements in corporate and investor practices toward a more sustainable world.

The BSR and GlobeScan State of Sustainable Business 2018 Survey is a great testament to the progress of corporate action and provides insight into how companies are preparing for the next 10 years as they respond to a rapidly changing world.

The survey includes responses from business leaders representing 152 global companies — more than 60 percent of BSR’s global membership network. These are people who do sustainability and corporate social responsibility work every day inside some of the largest and most influential companies in the world.

In recognition of our 10th year and the fact that BSR sees a changing global agenda, we updated the list of corporate sustainability priorities that we track. Interestingly, ethics/integrity and diversity/inclusion were on the list for the first time and jumped straight to the top two priorities for sustainability efforts during the next 12 months.

While these are of course longstanding corporate issues, they are now increasingly viewed as part of the sustainability agenda, perhaps a reflection of global attention on these topics.

Read the full article about how business leaders view sustainability by Laura Gitman at TriplePundit.