Certain sustainability challenges are common to all types of enterprises. As with any business function, sustainability has its own particular hurdles and obstacles that tend to emerge with consistency across the landscape of planning, integrating, managing, measuring and communicating sustainability in the corporate context. For sustainability leaders, understanding that typical challenges will occur at certain stages of program maturity, or in specific parts of the business, makes it easier to solve problems by reaching for the right tools.
Six challenges that are likely to occur along the maturation curve in the sustainability strategy of almost every large company include how to:
Set the next “Rev 2” generation of sustainability goals
Drive sustainability strategy into the business units and help them to create value
Innovate to meet high-hurdle or long-term goals, such as the transition to sustainable energy
Build an effective communications platform that earns credit for performance and enhances reputation
Harness employee energy, skills, and enthusiasm to grow the benefits of a green culture and execute on sustainability
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Grow the capabilities of the Chief Sustainability Officer and the organization, by developing cutting edge leadership skills and knowledge in sustainability management
Each of these problem-and-solution sets represents potential enterprise value, but each is complex and requires leadership and alignment across the organization. Viridis offers sustainability executives a set of efficient, experienced, framework-based approaches for developing that value, built around proven materials and methods, customized for the individual client. To learn more, click on the individual Solutions links above.