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 # Align Financial Performance and Sustainability at HBS

 


 

 Nov 14, 2012 10:15 AM ET

  Campaign:  [Innovating for Sustainability](/news/campaign/innovating-sustainability-0) Challenged by mounting pressure to act with greater transparency, businesses across the globe are struggling to balance the demands of shareholders with the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns of society. To help companies align financial reporting and ESG performance, Harvard Business School Executive Education offers [Innovating for Sustainability](http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/3bl-ifse/).

This intensive program explores the vital link between financial performance and sustainability initiatives. Topics will include:

- Why a strategy that incorporates sustainability is necessary
- The sustainability landscape: challenges and opportunities
- Innovating to build a more socially sustainable company
- The role of information intermediaries
- Creating and using integrated company reporting

**Related Information**

[Top 1,000 Companies Wield Power Reserved for Nations](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-11/top-1-000-companies-wield-power-reserved-for-nations.html)

 In this *Bloomberg News* article, Robert Eccles and George Serafeim—faculty cochairs of Innovating for Sustainability—share how the Global 1000 hold the key to creating a sustainable society for future generations. By improving their performance in addressing environmental, social, and governance issues, these top companies also will improve their profitability.

[Learn more or apply](http://www.exed.hbs.edu/redirects/3bl-ifse/).



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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