State of Green Business Report 2015

This year’s report, produced in partnership with Trucost, a leading research firm focusing on natural capital and sustainability metrics, offers a sobering reality.

For all the impressive work that companies are doing to embed sustainability into their operations, from the planetary perspective it’s not really changing much.

The details can be found in the pages in this report.

It’s not all doom and gloom.

The world of sustainable business remains vibrant, innovative and maturing, as companies take on new and bigger challenges.

Notable in our annual depiction of 10 trends for the year ahead are both risks (stranded assets could wreak havoc on some companies’ balance sheets) and opportunities (open and distributed energy, agriculture and other technologies stand to disrupt markets, creating sizeable opportunities for innovators).

And there are continued signs of hopeful progress, such as the growing number of corporate commitments around renewable energy purchases, and the burgeoning trend of companies adopting science-based sustainability goals.

All of which makes the world of sustainable business fascinating and dynamic.

This report reveals a hive of activity among companies taking these practical steps along the way to developing more sustainable business models.

In particular, more and more companies are using the concept of natural capital in order to integrate sustainability into their businesses.