Learn English – Use of ‘ing’ after to

word-usage

"With our commitment to working towards finding alternatives for reducing environmental footprints….."
or should it be "…. to work towards…"
Got confused. Please guide me which one of these two would be the correct formation.

Best Answer

Both are grammatical, but have different structures, and pull out two slightly different meanings of commit.

We commit to work towards ...

with a verb (work) can be paraphrased as We commit that we will work .... It expresses a strong intention to do something.

We commit to working towards ...

with a noun phrase (working towards ...) has a vaguer meaning, that might be paraphrased as We will strongly support the process of working towards .... It is not necessarily committing that we ourselves will do the work (though we might), but expresses a strong intention that the process should happen.