Jul 27, 2009 0
Corporate Social Responsibility – The Bottom Line
It’s hard to ignore corporate social responsibility, now that most students and professionals have embraced it as a necessary component of their organization’s brand. In addition to doing good for the environment, several studies show that employers with CSR initiatives do well financially—often better than employers that have paid little attention to their social and environmental responsibilities. A Goldman Sachs study showed that companies with strong environmental and social governance policies outperformed the stock market by 25 percent, and 72 percent of the companies on the list outperformed their industry peers.

