“It’s becoming increasingly apparent that sustainable management is not confined to a limited segment of ‘green jobs’. Every job confronts sustainability issues,” said David Schejbal, dean of the University of Wisconsin-Extension Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning division. “Educating all business executives about protecting the environment—not just those in ‘green jobs’— is the key to our sustainable future.”
The Sustainable Leadership Census shows the American public supports the need to retool and learn more about the environment:
- A vast majority (82 percent) of U.S. adults agree that company leaders need to learn more about the environment in order to make better decisions.
- Nearly four out of five U.S. adults (78 percent) agree that it's time for Corporate America to go back to school and retrain in the basics of how to protect the environment.
- About four out of five people (82 percent) agree that educating business executives about sustainable management will help America remain competitive with the rest of the world.
- Only one third (32 percent) of the employed respondents reported that their managers have had some training on the subject of sustainable management business practices.
“To compete as this new economy surges forward, today’s corporate leaders must be environmentally agile, eco-literate, and able to respond quickly,” said Schejbal. “We must educate executives already on the job. Future success rises and falls on access to education. Our job as educators now is to focus on delivering environmental and sustainability education to leaders across a company – not just to those in ‘green jobs’.”
