ONE colleagues,
If you haven't seen it, I thought you might be interested in a new survey that looks at companies' perceptions of the need for employees (and by extension, prospective employees, i.e., business students) to be educated and trained in environment and sustainability. I became aware of this through the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) weekly e-newsletter.
Gordon Rands
Western Illinois University
Survey Shows Businesses' Need for Students Educated in Green Issues
In a recent survey completed by National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), 65 percent of business surveyed said they value environmental and sustainability knowledge in job candidates and 78 percent said that that value will appreciate as a hiring factor in the next five years. NEEF surveyed 1,354 people from businesses in 20 industry sectors, from NGOs, and from government organizations as part of the project. The findings have been released in a report titled, "The Engaged Organization, Corporate Employee Environmental Education Survey and Case Study Findings."
http://www.greenbiz.com/news/2009/03/19/companies-value-environmental-smarts
See also: The Engaged Organization (pdf)
http://www.neefusa.org/BusinessEnv/EngagedOrganization_03182009.pdf