The Sustainable Business Framework provides an overall structure to integrating sustainability considerations into organisation's decision making process and practices.
The framework above outlines a process to assist organisations to:
- understand what sustainability means to their organisation
- develop an appropriate sustainability vision and policies
- integrate sustainability considerations with a "whole of company" approach
- build capacity to ensure buy-in from all levels and functions of the organisation
- engage with key stakeholders and clearly communicate the process and journey the organisation is taking to move towards sustainable business practices
The framework consists of:
Strategy
We assist organisations establish a coherent approach to sustainability by building awareness of the benefits of integrating sustainability in the business. This approach includes:
- Identifying emerging stakeholder trends and issues consider risk and opportunity implications
- Understanding how sustainability considerations are impacting the organisation's shareholder value by identifying sustainability value drivers
- Developing a process to facilitate the organisation’s ability to identify and appropriately respond to sustainability risk and opportunities
- Development of a sustainability vision, policy, strategy and objectives
- Links to SBP experience in strategy
Management
We assist the translation of sustainability strategy into decision making processes and practices across the whole organisation. This is facilitated by:
- Translating sustainability vision, policy and strategy into measurable and quantifiable objectives at the appropriate and corresponding parts of the organisation and divisions
- Management understanding of how their respective divisions/functions can contribute towards the overall value creation across the organisation
- Development of measurement and reporting frameworks
- Development of appropriate management systems and controls
- Development of performance indicators
- Links to SBP experience in management
Operations
We help identify sustainability risks and opportunities and facilitate the implementation of initiatives that promote innovation and operational efficiency. Some of the key components include:
- Sustainability innovation and efficiency is driven from all levels across all aspects of the organisation
- Ability for staff to understand how their divisions can contribute towards the organisation sustainability vision, strategy and objectives
- Evaluation of opportunities for innovation and efficiency improvements
- Engagement with key stakeholders and development of cross divisional activity and partnerships
- Links to SBP experience in operations
Communication
We help organisations communicate their sustainability commitment and performance to internal and external stakeholders. Some of the key elements of this component include:
- Development of a communication strategy for internal and external stakeholders
- Engagement with key stakeholders
- Consistent messaging across the organisation
- Feedback loops from staff, management and executive levels
- Development of communication tools and mediums
- Internal and external reporting of environmental and community performance
- Links to SBP experience in communication
Culture
We help integrate sustainability management in the culture of organisations to build capacity to respond to risks and opportunities. This process is facilitated by:
- Increasing awareness and understanding of what does sustainability mean to the whole of the organisation
- Sustainability awareness, training and education
- Increasing awareness and understanding of what other areas of the company do and how they collectively contribute towards the achievement of the organisations sustainability vision, strategy and objectives
- Building capacity at all levels of the organisation to identify areas for improvement and innovation
- Links to SBP experience in culture
