The adoption of sustainable business practices is incredibly seen as a significant factor in business success and competitiveness. We help business build a strategic approach to becoming a responsible organisation.
Sustainability is gaining momentum as we enter into a period of fluctuating commodity prices, climate change and a growing scarcity of key energy, water, land and mineral resources, with resulting effects on society and the environment.
How our communities and societies deal with these growing issues is critical. Organisations – be it business, government or non-profit – play a critical role in adopting greater social, environmental and economic responsibility in addressing them.
Organisations deal with a wide range of stakeholders within their sphere of influence – including staff, customers, suppliers and the community at large – all with a growing level of awareness. Consumers alike are becoming increasingly concerned about the same issues.
Growing stakeholder expectations will not go away. Many organisations recognise that ignoring these signals is a risk they cannot take, and that taking proactive measures will safeguard against these risks. They also lead to valuable opportunities, and new ways of thinking and operating.
Sustainability is much, much more than just ‘doing more with less’. It needs to be integrated as a way of thinking into an organisation’s strategic and operational activities, and feature among the key principles that drive its culture and decision-making. Ideally, it will end up as ‘business as usual’.
We can help you with:
examining the drivers and business case for sustainability- sustainability baseline assessment – identifying issues and risks
- gap analysis of strategy, planning and operations
- developing and integrating sustainability strategies and programmes
- assessing/pricing resource use, waste and emissions
- identifying opportunities to eliminate or reduce resource use and waste
- engaging with your internal and external stakeholders
- managing your supply/value chain
- monitoring/evaluating strategies and plans
- embedding a culture of continuous improvement into your organisation (management systems approach)
- developing communication strategies
- reporting, using a wide range of methods
- certification, benchmarking and assurance