The document outlines an assignment focused on analyzing a company's commitment to sustainability, including its mission statement, actual practices, product types, supplier treatment, and corporate social responsibility performance. It also requires a financial analysis of the company's stock performance and competitive data, presented in graphs. Additionally, the assignment asks for a personal evaluation of whether the company's sustainability efforts have impacted its financial performance.

1. Part B: Written assignment
Provide a written analysis of the company’s attention and
commitment to the concepts of sustainability as we have
discussed in class, or as the company has defined them. You
should include the following:
1. What is the company’s statement about sustainability? Is it
part of their mission statement or strategic plan?
2. What evidence can you find about how they are actually
performing with regard to their philosophy? For example, what
are they doing with regard to reducing their own waste (think
Starbucks)? What type of brands do they produce or sell that
may either support or contradict their philosophy? How do they
treat their suppliers, or their source of goods, i.e. is there
evidence that child labor is used by a supplier?
3. Do they sell “green” or “fair trade” products? If so, describe
them.
4. Is there any evidence of publicity regarding their
performance on Corporate Social Responsibility issues?
5. Finally, how would YOU rate this company with regard to
CSR and Sustainability performance?
Part C: Financial Analysis
Access the Hoover’s database in the school library. Search
for your company and find their financials. Provide data for the
STOCK performance during the last 5 years in graph form.
Also, provide COMPETITIVE data for the most recent (2014)
annual sales and net profit. There will be two graphs.
Save these graphs as PDFs and include in the report.
Write a statement of whether or not you think the
company’s attention to sustainability has harmed their

2. performance. Do you think it could have contributed to their
performance?