Sustainable Business Consulting - Sustainability Implementation

Sustainability Implementation
SBC recognizes that the value of a great plan is only realized once it is put into action. For this reason, our sustainability implementation plans are realistic and tailored to each client’s unique cash flow and overall corporate strategy.
Step-by-Step Implementation Road Maps Greening Your Office Employee Engagement + Green Teams		Sustainability Purchasing + Travel Policies Communications + Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting Return on Sustainability

SBC partners with businesses to efficiently and effectively develop implementation plans so they can realize the positive financial and brand impacts of sustainability. The “doing” of sustainability comes in many forms, so our work is tailored to the unique circumstances of each client, and may range from developing a road map all the way to writing a CSR report and crafting a communication plan to engage employees, customers and stakeholders.

SBC’s Return on Sustainability (ROS) framework helps clients create a prioritized implementation plan by identifying actions and evaluating their Financial, Brand, Sustainability benefits.

Examples of Our Work

Global public relations agency
SBC helped this agency produce its first-ever corporate social responsibility (CSR) report and carbon footprint. We worked to ensure that the CSR report content would be substantive, balanced, metrics-based and verifiable – not just another marketing piece. SBC advised them throughout the process, helping them hone in on the material issues and use the Global Reporting Initiative protocols to identify and quantify their environmental, social and economic impacts. The results of this process support the company’s developing sustainability goals, and will inform and improve future reporting.

One of the largest credit unions in the US
SBC is working with this multi-billion dollar organization to integrate sustainability throughout its operations. We facilitated a strategic action planning session with a cross-functional green team using our ROS process. After guiding the group to develop a list of over 160 recommendations for improved social and environmental performance, SBC helped the firm prioritize actions based on their financial, brand and sustainability benefits.

SBC also:

Created metrics to track and manage performance.
Conducted an employee survey to engage employees and gather their ideas.
Reviewed industry best practices.
Developed a sustainable procurement policy.
Identified climate partnership opportunities.
Analyzed carbon footprint performance over time to track progress and areas of concern

Our client is now able to quantify and explain both the social and environmental benefits and impacts of its financial offerings and is developing a strategy to communicate its goals and intentions to its employees and various external stakeholders.

SBC was quick to grasp our global sustainability needs and aspirations. They led with insightful inquiry and offered the expert counsel we needed to work through our first carbon footprint and CSR report. What we thought would be a complex process was made vastly easier because of their ability to help us navigate between what was and wasn’t important for our needs and available resources. The have been a joy to work with – honest, knowledgeable and committed to going the extra mile to exceed our expectations.”

Heidi Reys, Vice President, Corporate Strategy and SustainabilityWaggener Edstrom Worldwide