The Truth Will Out: Competition

Jun 6, 2012 5:00 PM ET
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The Truth Will Out: Competition

The following post is part of a CSRHub series focusing on 10 trends that are driving corporate transparency and disclosure in the coming year. To follow the discussion of each trend, watch for posts on the CSRHub blog every Wednesday.

By Bahar Gidwani

Companies are used to competing on price, quality and service. Thanks to pressure from a wide range of corporate stakeholders, they now have to compete also on their sustainability. A sustainability program used to be something that was “nice to have” and “fun.”  These programs are now becoming vital parts of overall corporate strategy.

What percentage of the world’s large companies would you expect to have special corporate social responsibility areas on their websites? The following chart shows that 75 percent of the 5,000 companies we rate on CSRHub already have these areas.

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