Why Irresponsible Companies do not Have a Future?

III SEEGCLN Forum GLOR UNGC Challenges and THE SEE Business Solutions Network Bulgaria WHY "IRRESPONSIBLE" COMPANIES DO NOT HAVE A FUTURE BECAUSE THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK WILL LIMIT THEM: TRANSPARENCY AND INTEGRATED REPORTING – THE EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE ON NON-FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE WILL REQUIRE FROM MORE THAN 16000 COMPA- NIES IN EUROPE TO REPORT FROM 2016 ONWARDS. RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT THROUGH PUBLIC TENDERS IS SPREADING - THE PUBLIC TENDERS MAKE MORE THAN 19% OF THE EUROPEAN GDP, € 2 TRILLIONS EVERY YEAR. THE CARBON FOOTPRINT IS ALREADY REPORTED, AS WELL AS THE ORIGIN OF EVERY PRODUCT COMPONENTS. / BECAUSE CONSUMERS REQUIRE MORE RESPONSIBILITY FROM COMPANIES: 70% 77% 90% OF THE BUYERS OVER THE WORLD OF US BUYERS OF THE BUYERS IN CHÍNA FEEL RESPONSIBLE TO REACT OVER THE "IRRESPONSIBLE COMPANIES" THROUGH THEIR CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR 86% OF THE WORD CONSUMERS OF THE CONSUMERS BELIEVE THAT COMPANIES PREFER TO BUY FROM 67% SHOULD PAY EQUAL ATTENTION COMPANIES WHO SHARE O BOTH TO THEIR BUSINESS AND THEIR VALUES SOCIAL INTERESTS 8 OF 10 OF THE CONSUMERS IN MEXICO AND CHINA EXPECT FROM THE COMPANIES TO DONATE PART OF THEIR INCOME TO SOME SOCIAL CAUSE 76% TT OF THE CONSUMERS BELIEVE THAT 7 OF 10 EMPLOYEES IN AMERICA, WHEN STATE AND BUSINESSES HAVE AN CHOOSING BETWEEN 2 EMPLOYERS EQUAL ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IN 1111 PREFER THE RESPONSIBLE COMPANY THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIETY 74% OF THE SURVEY PARTICIPANTS BELIEVE THAT THE MORE RESPONSIBLE AND DIA- LOGICAL A COMPANY IS, THE MORE SUCCESSFUL IT IS 76% |STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT IN THE FUTURE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES WILL BE THE ONES THAT HAVE ESTABLISHED THEIR BUSINESS MODEL ON SUS- TAINABLE AND RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES BECAUSE THE CASH FLOW WILL RUN TOWARDS RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS EFAMA, WHICH REPRESENTS AROUND €15 TRILLION IN ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT THROUGH ITS MEM- BERS, HIGHLIGHTS THAT RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT ACCORDING TO THE EUROPEAN FUND AND ASSET WAS BECOMING AN “INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT FEA- MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION (EFAMA) THE EURO- TURE" OF THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT PEAN UNION SHOULD SUPPORT SELF-REGULATORY INDUSTRY. € 15 INITIATIVES ON TRANSPARENCY AND HIGHLIGHT THE BENEFITS OF RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT. TRILLION RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENT MARKET IN EUROPE IS INCREASING BY ABOUT €1 TRILLION FOR THE PERIOD 2009 – 2011 AND IS EXCEEDING €6 TRILLION. THE SO CALLED "IMPACT INVESTMENT" IS EXPECTED TO REACH $1 TRILLION INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN 2020 WITH $ 667 BILLION IN PROFITS TO BE MADE .. 67% OF SOCIAL IMPACT START UPS IN THE USA ARE PROFITABLE. 90% TABLE OF ENVIRONEMNTAL IMPACT START-UPS IN THE USA ARE PROF- OF THE COMPANIES IN THE USA SEEKING IMPACT INVESTMENT 91% OBTAIN IT. SOURCES: JP MORGAN INSIGHT INTO THE IMPACT INVESTMENT MARKET 2011 INFOGRAPHIC: UNITED NATIONS GOBAL COMPACT NETWORK EUROPEAN SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT FORUM (EUROSIF) MCKINSEY QUARTERLY MARCH 2014 EURO RSCG WORLDWIDE, THE CONSUMER CONSCIENCE STUDY HTTP://BLUEANDGREENTOMORROW.COM/2014/03/17/REPORT-RESPONSIBLE-INVESTMENT-INCREASINGLY-IMPORTANT-FEATURE-ACROSS-EU COMPACT