Sustainability Reporting 101: How to Start a Sustainability Reporting Structure in Your Organization

Description

A 1-day workshop-based foundation course on how an organization can start to develop, establish, and improve a Sustainability Reporting system.  The course will contain lectures and presentations designed to lead into a workshop focused on a process-oriented approach.

1. Introduction: What is Sustainability?
   1. The history of sustainability in business
   2. The ecological impact of business
   3. What it means to your business, to the community, to the world

2. Your Corporate Philosophy:  Where does Sustainability Fit in?
   1. Your company’s Vision/Mission dissected
   2. The needs of your customers, of consumers, against the needs of your organization
   3. The needs of the global community

3. Identifying Sustainability Goals
   1. Sustainable Development Goals (understanding its impact in the global community)
   2. The foundation of your sustainability philosophy
   3. Creating your process and managing your measures
   4. Your corporate governance and operational integrity

4. Workshop for a process-oriented Sustainability structure
   1. Identifying your strategy and objectives
   2. Developing your operational system

Objectives

At the end of the training, the learners will:

1. Understand, absorb, and appreciate the main essence of sustainability and how it defines and molds today’s business.
2. Appreciate how a focus on sustainability will ensure a more productive approach to maintaining a business.
3. Learn how to build a framework on which a Sustainability Reporting method can be best utilized across their organization.
4. Gain insights on the importance of maintaining a Sustainability program through reporting and how it can improve in the achievement of business goals and objectives.