Many organisations talk about Sustainability and recognise its importance, but how many are really taking action? It’s easy to include Sustainability buzzwords in a business plan, but making real change requires an ongoing commitment to measuring, adapting, communicating and reviewing business processes.
Setting Sustainability goals and communicating them to stakeholders is no longer just good practice, it’s now a non-negotiable aspect of doing business. Modern businesses see the opportunity to use Sustainability as a differentiator and are happy to share their goals with their stakeholders, but how many are sharing the details of how they are working towards those goals, and their actual progress?
There are three main steps for a manufacturing business to consider when taking action on Sustainability:
Setting ambitious goals for the short and mid-term: It is important that these goals are not “easy wins” but ambitious goals that may require organisational transformation over time to achieve results that will make a significant impact.
Developing a Sustainability Roadmap: Using Sustainability goals as a framework for a step-by-step roadmap, utilising digitalisation, human resources and other tools to move towards an end result.
Measurement and re-evaluation: It is critical that the organisation implements ongoing measurement of its progress and can stop and re-assess at regular intervals, remaining flexible enough to make adjustments as needed.
If an organisation is following these steps at all levels – from the board of directors and senior management to the manufacturing floor, then they are really “walking the talk” when it comes to Sustainability.
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