Corporate Headquarters’ Perspective on Sustainability

RUNNING HEAD: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
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Sustainable
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STUDENT’S DETAILS-
2020

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 1

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2
Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Corporate Headquarters’ Perspective on Sustainability.............................................................3
Motivating Factors for Sustainable Approach........................................................................3
Adoption of Programs and Policies........................................................................................4
Future Sustainability Plans.....................................................................................................5
Organizational Level Perspective of Sustainability (USA).......................................................5
Motivating Factors for Sustainable Approach........................................................................5
Adoption of Programs and Policies........................................................................................6
Future Sustainability Plans.....................................................................................................7
Organizational Level Perspective of Sustainability (UK)..........................................................7
Motivating Factors Sustainable Approach.............................................................................7
Adoption of Policies and Programs........................................................................................8
Future Sustainability Plans.....................................................................................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................10

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 3
Introduction
Sustainable development is regarded as the process of meeting the human
development goals which makes sure that the future needs of the generations are not
compromised. This sustainable practice can be adopted by the business enterprises for
serving the needs of the stakeholders and also making the protective approach for enhancing
and sustaining of the human and natural resources which will be needed for the future
(Sachs, 2015). Also, for the automobile industry, the sustainable approaches are undertaken
through the mitigation and control of the damages being caused with respect to the actions
undertaken for the environment protection. Here, the report is based on the sustainable
development of General Motors which is the American Multinational company that designs,
manufactures and makes the selling of the vehicles and vehicle parts with the corporate
headquarters in Detroit. As per the ninth annual sustainability report of the company, the
company has kept the promises of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion for
making updates from the employees, investors, advocate group and the policy makers
(Korail, 2019). The report will highlight the sustainable approach by corporate headquarters.
Also, the report will throw light on the sustainability perspectives of General Motors in USA
and UK.
Corporate Headquarters’ Perspective on Sustainability
General Motors is the automobile company which is committed to facilitate the
people with safe and better delivery of the sustainable ways to get around. The company has
released sustainability report in 2018 ‘Transformation in Progress’ in which the company has
elaborated their approaches for the stakeholders and making the aggressive moves to achieve
the vision and cope up with the disruptions into the technology which can occur in
automobile industry (GM Sustainability, 2018). Also, the company has accounted for the
inclusive and customer focused culture that can lead to strong corporate image and increasing
transparency with the stakeholders.
Motivating Factors for Sustainable Approach
Sustainability has become important aspect for the businesses in which the businesses
takes into account the sustainability factors into the operations. There are factors that
motivate the sustainable factors of the company. Particularly, General Motors has created the
sustainable practices for the sticking with their corporate vision and gaining of the corporate