In my last blog I covered Step 2, the policy and strategy building stage.
The main thrust of that blog was around the importance in investing in the process, taking time to do your strategic thinking and getting it down on paper. Everything flows from the policy position; which should articulate the material issues and how you are going to approach them.
In a time when organisations are meticulously searching for greater efficiencies in all facets of their work, waste management seems to be overlooked in many cases.
Andy Cartland, Founder of Acre, talks to Dan Botterill, CEO of Rio, about his experience in the industry and the songs and gadgets he would take with them into a hypothetical doomed 2050 Britain.
In my previous blog I talked about the importance of developing the sustainability baseline; this involved looking at materiality, data quality and data analysis.
I also talked about the importance of getting buy-in to the plan early on from the C-suite or senior managers where appropriate. If you don’t get this, you probably need a better, more financially focused plan.
I’ve said this in numerous posts before - learning is a key component of our activity at Ditto Sustainability; it changes behaviour, it improves personal and business performance, and it drives success across our customer base.
''Sustainability is essential to delivering our business plan and growth profile, particularly within our increasingly global footprint. Environmental and social...
Valpak, the UK’s leading provider of environmental compliance and producer responsibility services have entered a new multi-year agreement with Ditto Sustainability to provide their Rio software platform across its international customer base.
I will caveat now (and this remains for all six steps) that the complexity of this exercise will be linked to the scale and range of activities undertaken by your organisation.