Will Northeast Ohio be the nation's home of leading sustainable businesses?

Michael Porter, notable business strategist from Harvard Business School, has no doubt that doing things differently than your competitors is the key to achieving a sustainable competitive advantage.  The double entendre of "sustainable competitive advantage" is exactly what many leaders in Northeast Ohio see as the strategy for growth by embracing sustainable business practices.  They expect growth for their businesses and growth for the region.  And, they have reason to bet on that strategy because companies with sustainable strategies (the broadest definition that includes humanity as much as environment) are generating higher performance targets than others (don't believe me? Read Green to Gold by Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston).

Two of ANEO's newest partners, Entrepreneurs for Sustainability and the Corporate Sustainability Network are leading the discussion both within corporate board rooms and in the civic space here in Northeast Ohio.  They will be great additions to the ANEO Partner network, bringing a perspective on business growth and attraction that integrates all areas of the region's action plan around common goals of increasing income, increasing jobs and decreasing poverty.