Sustainability is increasingly taking a core position in framing business strategy. But success requires more than good intentions. Sustainable transformation may call for broad changes to an organization’s business models, operations, financial practices, and partner ecosystems—an undertaking whose complexity reaches beyond the knowledge an organization may keep in-house. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to sustainable transformation. A retailer and a cement company don’t have the same needs or strategies. Even within an organization, every operation—risk and compliance, procurement and supply chain, production and operations, marketing and sales—has its own goals to meet. Meaningful transformation requires organizations to coordinate and implement measures across all business functions and throughout their value chain. They need to show the proof points through concrete performance metrics. And they need to mobilize their workforce and their business partners, applying corporate social responsibility policies that demonstrate acceptable returns on investment (ROI). But with sustainability issues becoming ever more complex, requiring ever more expert knowledge and the collaboration of many players, a go-it-alone approach may not yield optimal results. A strong partnership with a knowledgeable consultant can bring invaluable environmental, operational, and financial expertise to help create and execute a strategy that pays real dividends for the company, […]
Connect Your Sustainability Goals to Your Business Performance
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