Ahsan said the committee considered student input on this issue.
"There was some effort from proactive student groups," he said.
Environment
Badaracco was among the supporters of the principles, but he said Ceres's shift in focus and the decline in participating companies were both concerns.
"It might be useful to have some set of common reporting standards so that everybody on the outside could compare how companies are doing, but to have this happen a lot of companies have to sign up," he said.