12 questions to scrutinize any sustainability strategy
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TO EVALUATE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM
12 QUESTIONS
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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
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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
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Asking questions is useful too
12 questions to evaluate your sustainability program
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1. How did you involve your stakeholder in strategy development?
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2. Is your governance level up to industry standards?
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3. What key sustainability risks were identified?
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4. Is your strategy based upon a validated materiality matrix?
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5. How did you align the sustainability strategy with overall business?
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5. How many levels between your sustainability Director and the CEO?
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So far, fair enough
But what about your numbers?
12 questions to evaluate your sustainability program
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7. What was the financial payback of the initiatives developed?
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8. Are you measuring impact on your corporate reputation?
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9. In what way is your supply chain impacted?
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10. What is your annual investment for internal capacity building?
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11. What percentage of R&D is available for sustainable innovation?
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12. Did you benchmark on sustainability against your competitors?
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Did you answer all questions easily or
could you use support to improve
your sustainability program?
Contact us at [email protected] and check out our free checklist for a solid sustainability strategy at the Finch and Beak
website.
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12 questions to evaluate your sustainability program
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TO EVALUATE YOUR SUSTAINABILITY
PROGRAM
12 QUESTIONS