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Sustainability Leaders: Year 20

The 2017

Mark Lee, SustainAbility Eric Whan, GlobeScan @markpeterlee | @ericwhan

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Who We Asked

1035 qualified sustainability experts completed the online questionnaire from March 6th to April 26th, 2017.

Experience

Respondents have the following experience working

• n sustainability issues:

Geography

Experts surveyed span 79 countries in the following regions:

Sectors

Respondents were drawn from the following sectors:

28%

North America

40%

Europe

8%

Asia

12%

Latin America

8%

Africa

4%

Oceania

5%

Government

26%

Service & Media

21%

Academic & Research

29%

Corporate

12%

NGO

7%

Other

67% 25% 8%

More than 10 years 3 to 4 years 5 to 10 years

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Non-State Actors Lead

Performance of types of organizations in contributing to sustainable development progress

Question: How would you rate the performance of each of the following types of organizations in terms of its contribution to

progress on sustainable development since the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio?

All respondents, 2017

9 12 17 23 26 34 35 38 46 48 59 58 60 40 37 29 24 23 18 15 15 9

National governments Your own national government International financial institutions Private sector City/local governments Citizen-led mass social change movements The United Nations Multi-sectoral partnerships Independent research/academic organizations Social entrepreneurs NGOs

Excellent (4+5) Poor (1+2)

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Leadership Recognition Is Concentrated

Companies leading on integrating sustainable development

Question: What specific companies do you think are leaders in integrating sustainability into their business strategy?

All Respondents, Unprompted, Total Mentions, 2017

45

Unilever

23

Patagonia

3

BASF

3

GE

3

Nike

7

Tesla

7

M & S

7

Natura

11

Interface

6

Nestlé

8

IKEA

5

Unilever and Patagonia Increase Leads

Companies leading on integrating sustainable development

All Respondents, Unprompted, Total Mentions, %, 2010–2017

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Unilever (45) Patagonia (23) Interface (11) IKEA (8) M&S (7) Natura (7) Tesla (7) Nestlé (6)

Question: What specific companies do you think are leaders in integrating sustainability into their business strategy?

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Performance on Vision and Goals More Important

Performance of leading companies on attributes

“Excellent” (5), 2014–2017

28 29 29 31 36 51

23 26 28 29 30 33 41 58

Alignment (internal teams agree and act together on the importance of sustainability) Transparency (ability to inform and influence stakeholders) Business Model (ability to innovate and apply new sustainable business models) Offer (ability to innovate and demonstrate impact via core business) Advocacy (ability to lead and mobilize change among others) Brand (ability to connect and engage) Goals (ability to define relevant, ambitious targets and motivate achievement) Vision (ability to articulate a focused and inspired direction)

2017 2014 n/a n/a

Question: Please rate the performance of [insert specific company] on each the following attributes of corporate sustainability

leadership.

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Integration Defines Future Leadership

Characteristics that will define leading organizations in the next ten years

Question: In thinking about the future of sustainability leadership, please describe the characteristics that you think will most

define leading organizations a decade from now.

All Respondents, Unprompted, Total Mentions, 2017

7 7 8 8 12 13 13 14 21 21 22 23 35

Ethical/caring/values/empathy Environmental consciousness / climate change Purposeful/tenacious/commitment Carbon-neutral / renewable energy / zero waste Leadership / management Results / walk the talk / verifiable targets Collaborative/cooperative Non-profit business models / B corporations / triple bottom line Socially responsible / human rights / employee welfare / inclusive Communication/engagement/advocacy Honesty/transparency/trust Innovative/visionary Integrated sustainability strategy/vision

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Contact

GlobeScan

Toronto: +1 416 962 0707 San Francisco: +1 415 874 3154 London: +44 20 7253 1450 Cape Town: +27 21 782 5541 Hong Kong: +852 3952 7300 GlobeScan.com

Eric Whan Director eric.whan@globescan.com

SustainAbility

London: +44 20 7269 6900 New York: +1 718 210 3630 San Francisco: +1 510 982 5003 SustainAbility.com

Mark Lee Executive Director lee@sustainability.com