Sustainability Watch – Ben Eavis, Sainsbury’s
By: Ben Cooper | 31 August 2010
Corporate sustainability is seen by sceptics as too often being 'more talk than action'. In this month's Sustainability Watch, Ben Eavis, head of corporate responsibility at Sainsbury's, spoke with Ben Cooper about how the various steering groups, reporting processes and stakeholder discussions at Sainsbury's facilitate action rather being an end in their own right.
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Corporate sustainability is seen by sceptics as too often being 'more talk than action'. In this month's Sustainability Watch, Ben Eavis, head of corporate responsibility at Sainsbury's, spoke with Ben Cooper about how the various steering groups, reporting processes and stakeholder discussions at Sainsbury's facilitate action rather being an end in their own right.

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