12 questions to scrutinize any sustainability strategy
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TO EVALUATE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM
12 QUESTIONS
Only 37% trust they have a clear
business case for sustainability
12 questions to evaluate your sustainability program Source: MIT Sloan, Sustainability’s next frontier
1.ONLY PHILANTHROPY, NO BUSINESS FOCUS
2.NOT KNOWING THE KEY MATERIAL ISSUES
3.NO REAL ROADMAP FOR IMPLEMENTATION
FAIL FACTORS IN SUSTAINABILITY
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To help out, we have developed a dirty
dozen of questions, based on 20
years of experience
Feedback on this slide deck is more than welcomed via [email protected]. Of course we like compliments too
Asking questions is useful too
12 questions to evaluate your sustainability program
1. How did you involve your stakeholder in strategy development?
2. Is your governance level up to industry standards?
3. What key sustainability risks were identified?
4. Is your strategy based upon a validated materiality matrix?
5. How did you align the sustainability strategy with overall business?
5. How many levels between your sustainability Director and the CEO?
So far, fair enough
But what about your numbers?
12 questions to evaluate your sustainability program
7. What was the financial payback of the initiatives developed?
8. Are you measuring impact on your corporate reputation?
9. In what way is your supply chain impacted?
10. What is your annual investment for internal capacity building?
11. What percentage of R&D is available for sustainable innovation?
12. Did you benchmark on sustainability against your competitors?
Did you answer all questions easily or
could you use support to improve
your sustainability program?
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website.
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12 questions to evaluate your sustainability program
TO EVALUATE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM
12 QUESTIONS