Treasury
& Risk’s
2012 Going
Green Survey
Green Efforts
Environmental and sustainability efforts are helping companies contain costs, according to Treasury & Risk’s third annual Go- ing Green survey, sponsored again this year by J.P. morgan. of
the more than 200 finance executives who responded to this year’s survey, 88% say their company realizes
cost savings from green efforts, up from 83% in 2011 and 79% in 2010. A little more than half (53%) say their
company is saving up to 5% of its overall costs, while 23% put the savings at 5% to 10%. Half of the executives say their company has a formal environmental policy or a sustainability program, vs. 52% in 2011,
while 44% say environmental strategies are integrated with the company’s business plan, up from 39% last
year. Just 28% say their company has assessed its carbon footprint, unchanged from last year. MORE SURVEY
RESULTS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT WWW. TREASURYANDRISK.COM
HOW COMPANIES ARE ENCOURAGING
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
0
Office recycling
Using less paper
Lighting, energy conservation
Heating, cooling efficiency
Employee transportation
Water conservation
HOW COMPANIES ARE TRIMMING
THEIR CARBON FOOTPRINT
100 0 10 20 50 60 70 80
55%
Converting to electronic
transactions
suppliers
Sustainable sourcing
of products
Focusing product development
on energy efficiency
Sustainable supply chain
87%
77%
73%
67%
20
40 60
54%
43%
39%
80
30
40
40%
36%
32%
29%
43% say senior management has responsibility for the company’s
sustainability program, while 19% cite operations and 10% the corporate governance office.
ANNUAL (OR EXPECTED) SAVINGS
FROM GREEN EFFORTS
Up to 5%
5% to 10%
10% to 15%
15% to 20%
More than 20%
None
2%
1%
12%
53%
HAS YOUR COMPANY FACTORED
CLIMATE CHANGE INTO BUSINESS
SUSTAINABILITY PLANS?
Yes
No
Don’t know
19%
