According to GreenBiz.com, the report brings mixed news: “While companies continue to think bigger and longer-term about sustainability, even during economically challenging times, the overall improvement of environmental impacts is slowing, or even reversing.”

At the same time, there are some significant trends taking place in business, including:

• More companies are engaging their Chief Financial Officers in sustainability, as they recognize the potential for environmental issues to affect risk, investments, and even mergers and acquisitions
• More attention is being paid to sustainable consumption by mainstream companies
• Companies that tap into rich data streams are finding opportunities to improve efficiencies and reduce impacts
• Sustainable city design is on the rise, with big implications for companies

The report follows on the in-depth daily editorial output of GreenBiz.com, tracking the big-picture sustainability trends that corporations are adopting, while also digging in to hard data to measure whether or not those companies, and the U.S. as a whole, are making any real progress.

Read the report at GreenBiz.com »