Sustainability Plan
Business case
What are the primary sustainability-related threats and opportunities for your organization or sector?
Threats / OpportunitiesIf you were to approach an executive and had two minutes to explain why they should consider sustainability a key strategic issue, what would be your main talking points?
Readiness assessment
How much awareness about and support for sustainability is present in your organization?
How does sustainability relate to organizational goals, business threats and other priorities?
How does sustainability relate to past organizational efforts?
What makes you think this is the right time to move sustainability forward?
Impacts Assessment
Using the diagram as your guide, complete the table below. For each of the operational areas depicted in the diagram, list first the criteria you would use to define a sustainable version of that aspect and then list what you actually do, use or consume. Compare the two lists to determine where you are out of compliance with your definition of sustainability. Lastly make note of ideas you have for improving the performance of your organization. These ideas will be translated into projects in the next section
Aspect or function / Criteria that define a sustainable version of this aspect / Current practices / Ideas for improvementsInputs
Water
Energy (electricity, fuel, etc)
Materials (consumables, durable goods, equipment, etc)
Internal workings
Core processes
Facilities
Relationship with workforce
Outputs
Products and services
Residual (waste)
External relationships
Industry (supply chain, industry members, etc)
Community
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Project Plan
Aspect / Metric / Current Results / 1 yeargoals / 5 year
goals / 10 year goals / Target (2025)
Paper consumption / Number of reams of paper per person per year / Currently consume # reams per person / · Make all faxes electronic
· Switch to recycled plotter paper / · Establish policy for scanning documents
· Request electronic files from vendors / 95% paperless operation / One 100% recycled content ream per 10 employees (50 sheets /year/person)
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System integration
Where do you need to better integrate sustainability into your business systems?
Category / Subsystem / How to embed sustainabilityHuman Resource
Planning
Financial
Operations
Other
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