{"id":4255,"date":"2009-03-04T09:36:27","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T15:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=4255"},"modified":"2009-03-04T09:36:27","modified_gmt":"2009-03-04T15:36:27","slug":"sustainability-focused-companies-out-perform-competitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/sustainability-focused-companies-out-perform-competitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability-Focused Companies Out-Perform Competitors"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n In cases where it is integrated into a company to deal with human and natural resources in a sustainable manner and sell products that have low environmental impact, those companies are outperforming their industry piers in the financial markets by as much as 15%. According to the report, \u201cin 16 of the 18 industries examined, companies recognized as sustainability-focused outperformed their industry peers over both a three and six-month period, and were well protected from value erosion.\u201d Not insignificant in these difficult economic times.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n These companies share certain traits, which investors have rewarded, according to the research:<\/p>\n Sustainability focused companies in media and automobiles did particularly well, exceeding the industry average by 20% and 28%, respectively. Retail products and financial services that integrated sustainable strategy beat their competitors by 17% and insurance companies did 15% better than the average.<\/p>\n The bottom line? A company shouldn\u2019t scrap its sustainability initiatives during difficult economic times. If anything, it should increase and better integrate them to see a competitive edge and to exceed market expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" According to research by consulting firm A.T. Kearny, compiled in their \u201cGreen\u201d Winners Report, \u201ccompanies committed to corporate sustainability practices are achieving above average performance in the financial markets during [ … ]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":3655,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nAccording to research by consulting firm A.T. Kearny, compiled in their \u201cGreen\u201d Winners Report<\/a>, \u201ccompanies committed to corporate sustainability practices are achieving above average performance in the financial markets during this slowdown.\u201d The key is that the commitment to sustainability be authentic.<\/h3>\n