Sustainability Execs Gain Corporate Prominence

Environmental Leader - Sustainability officers are succeeding the diversity managers and innovation specialists of the 1990s with an equal focus on corporate responsibility, public relations and profit, reports the Los Angeles Times.

However, according to a report from the Sustainable Enterprise Institute, among companies in the Russell 1000 Index, only 125 have an executive level committee with responsibility for corporate social responsibility or environmental, health and safety oversight.