Find a Corporate Sustainability Report Online

Sustainability is a buzz words these days, and not just in reference to how long companies will be in business. If you are curious about the competition or just want to know how corporations stack up in their sustainability efforts you can find out online.

Social Funds - the largest personal finance site devoted to socially responsible investing - has an online database with downloads of corporate sustainability reports.

The database includes a significant number and variety of corporations. I didn’t find an exact number but would guess around 300 or so. Some of the companies on the list include Bank of America, BMW, Green Mountain Coffee, Halliburton, Johnson & Johnson, Seventh Generation and Wal-Mart.

The information is from the companies themselves of course but it is interesting to both consumers and business owners. As a consumer I think the info is a good place to start researching and thinking about the companies behind the products we buy. As an business owner these reports show a variety of examples and approaches to dealing with sustainability and presenting it.

Of course, the reports are compiled by the companies themselves so they are far from unbiased. It’s up to the reader to find the value and determine whether these are true sustainability accounts or PR gestures.

The reports are available here: Sustainability Reports at Social Funds