How to Make Sustainability Everyone's Job?

How to Make Sustainability Everyone's Job?Dave StangisVice President CSR/Sustainability

How to Make Sustainability Everyone's Job? A QuizA. Create the sustainability business case?B. Train everyone on the importance of

Sustainability in today’s business?C. Identify sustainability champions in the

business?D. Share sustainability best practices of your

competitors?E. Think like a CEO?F. Act like a CEO? Photo Source

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My Bet: You can find a role here

How do you define Sustainability?UN Brundtland Commission (1987)• Development that meets the needs of the present without

compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

How do I define these concepts• CSR & Sustainability are approaches to business operation and

innovation that build employee engagement, improve environmental performance, create positive social impacts, enable operational efficiency, reduce cost, foster innovation, strengthen relationships with customers and consumers and ultimately… create business advantage.

Creating the Foundation

• Recruiting• Hiring• Orientation• Employee and

Leadership Development• Enlistment and Engagement

Enabling & Driving Execution• Clear goals and targets• Personal performance

objectives & competencies• Green, CSR, Sustainability

teams• Innovation systems• Incentive compensation• Recognition programs

Characteristics of 3rd Generation Sustainability Strategies• Integrated into culture• Integrated into innovation cycle• Integrated into recruitment and leadership development• Integrated into performance management and compensation• Differentiating and identifiable to employees, customers, suppliers

and consumers;• Integral to Mission, Values and Strategies• Reflects discipline and distinctions between “participation” and

“demonstrated leadership”• Provides strategic, policy and operational focus • Leverages unique strengths and Intellectual capital

How to Make Sustainability Everyone's Job?Dave StangisVice President CSR/Sustainability