Our Corporate Sustainability practice emerged with the recognition that this issue is rapidly becoming a business driver. The past perception that there can be trade-offs between environment, community and business interests is no longer sustainable. In a business context, corporate sustainability can be defined as meeting society's expectation that companies add social, environmental and economic value from their operations, products and services.
Corporate environmental and social performance is now seen as an important business issue that needs to be evaluated against other competing strategic business decisions. There is no doubt over the profound impact that business has had on the environment. Rather than perceiving new expectations and regulatory regimes as threatening, business must identify the opportunities that exist and add environmental, social and economic value, at a local and global level.
Our Australian Corporate Sustainability experts are part of a global team. We are unique in environmental and reputation consulting given the strong emphasis we place on business integration. PricewaterhouseCoopers, through its industry focus and business expertise, is in a unique position to assist our clients in meeting stakeholder expectations. Our team can offer the services to deal with the environmental and social issues that currently drive the sustainability agenda, combined with a thorough understanding of strategic planning, business management and organisational change issues.
What sets us aside is our understanding of the business implications of environmental and social issues. We help our clients to enhance shareholder value by integrating their environmental and social risks and opportunities into their core business strategy, encouraging sustainability considerations in day-to-day business management processes.
Our Corporate Sustainability practice pioneers initiatives for businesses to implement strategic environmental and social management practices as a matter of sound business practice.
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For more information, contact Andrew Petersen, Partner
Ph: +61-2-8266 6681
Email: andrew.petersen@pwclegal.com.au
