CEOs around the world are starting to see the shape of a new era of sustainability coming for future industry. “They know that improving sustainability performance translates into rapidly improving business results” (Mike Baunton, 2013). In the fact of rising global competition, technological change and the most serious economic downturn in nearly a century, corporate commitment to the principles of sustainability remains strong throughout the world: 93 percent of CEOs see sustainability as important to their company’s future success. This is one of the most significant findings of a new study from the United Nations Global Compact and Accenture, “A New Era of Sustainability.” The report — based on a survey of 766 United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) member CEOs, in-depth interviews with an additional 50 member CEOs and further interviews with more than 50 business and civil society leaders — represents the largest such study of CEOs ever conducted on the topic of sustainability (Sarat Maitin and Peter Lacy, 2011).