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A listed Indian company wants its managers to treat environmental and social performance as part of strategy rather than a separate compliance task. Which approach fits this aim best?

The company should embed sustainability objectives into its corporate strategy and performance measures. This makes environmental and social outcomes part of planning and accountability, rather than a separate compliance or charity task handled by one department or driven by competitors.

  1. AEmbed sustainability objectives into the corporate strategy and performance measuresCorrect
  2. BDelegate sustainability only to the legal department
  3. CDisclose sustainability only if a competitor does
  4. DTreat it purely as a philanthropic expense outside planning

Explanation

Treating sustainability as strategic means integrating it into objectives, plans and performance measurement. The other options isolate it from strategy.

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