Leader Business Strategies is our latest research on sustainable development and the business case. We have found that for Leader Businesses - companies that are pushing the boundaries on sustainability - the process of rising to the challenge of sustainable development is already boosting profits. The report provides a comprehensive model of their business strategies and key approaches, and shows how your business can benefit too.

The research brings together our experience working with partners and best practice around the globe. We have found that there has been a shift in how leading companies engage with sustainable development, from risk to opportunity. They know that many ways of making money today won’t be profitable tomorrow because of the rising costs of the services and resources from the natural world and the rising expectations of the role of business. Previously companies have asked us "what should our sustainability strategy be for our business?" Now they are asking "What should our business strategy be, in the light of sustainability?"

Leader Business Strategies categorises many different case studies into one practical model of business strategies. They cover the technologies that underpin a business offer; the markets where companies make their offer and the contexts that set the rules of competition.

We have found that companies are using three key approaches:

• They plan including sustainability trends;
• they manage how opportunities are defined and selected; and
• they experiment with varied approaches to discover which yield the best results.

Leader Business Strategies demonstrates the opportunities for businesses prepared to take bold action now. This action will enable them to contribute to a profitable and sustainable future. The companies that thrive tomorrow will be those who take up the opportunity, from current incumbents to new entrant entrepreneurs.

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