Who leads in embedding sustainability into their business in APAC?

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GlobeScan & ERM’s annual global "SustainAbility Leaders Survey"(1) taps sustainability specialists for their view

Key APAC findings

* Top Sustainability Business: * City Developments Limited, * Tata Group, * CLP, * Swire Properties, * Mahindra Group are leading the charge

* Region significantly lags the rest of world (EU, NorthAm, Latam, MEA) in breadth of companies pivoting with sustainability

* For NGO's, WWF tops the APAC list

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Business insights shared by APAC sustainability leaders(2)

1. Board & leadership buy-in and support is a must

2. Ignoring is a financial & business risk

3. Don't try and do all, focus on the stuff that has biggest impact (materiality

4. Be bold in vision, setting targets, measure the impact, so its tangible & accountable (ESG)

5. Push, push, push it into the operation, otherwise, it ain't real or deliver impact

6. This is a systemic challenge so think creatively about partnerships to tackle industry or system level challenges - you may need to work with your competitors on common challenges

The above things-to-do is not unreal - as the following global leaders (in the Survey) are doing exactly this, accelerating ahead and making sustainability a long term competitive advantage - Unilever, Patagonia, Natura&Co, IKEA, Interface, Danone, Tesla