A new report called "Sustainability in business today: A cross-industry view" shows that there is no single way that firms are looking to sustainability. Definitions, methods and even levels of engagement vary from company to company, but businesses are taking sustainability to heart more than ever before.

The report published by Deloitte Consulting this week found that, although most executives surveyed said that their sustainability programs focused on a triple bottom line model covering the planet, people and profit, sustainability efforts were front and center among CSR reports from those companies.

Companies were asked to identify what areas of sustainability issues were most important to their work. Across all five sectors included in the survey, energy efficiency was listed as by far the most important sustainability issue at hand, with water and land & soil falling to the bottom of the list.

Responses to the survey from all 48 companies helped to identify four key success factors that can enable companies to turn sustainability efforts into business value:

• Aligning sustainability strategy with business strategy
• Integrating sustainability into operations and processes across the value chain
• Structuring non-traditional collaborations and extending existing collaborations
• Setting up a governance structure that is supported by the right infrastructure.

The report indicates that companies approaching sustainability through ad hoc programs or isolated initiatives do not achieve their desired outcomes and goals as effectively as companies that take an integrated approach.

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