Published May 26, 2010
by iris_author
"The Right Sustainability Strategy Can Reduce Costs, Decrease Risks and Create New Product Opportunities" according to the 2010 CEO Business Roundtable report "Enhancing Our Committment to a Sustainable Future". The report hightlights the practices of over 60 leading companies (ABB, FedEx, PepsiCo, Motorola, Siemens, Wal-Mart) and how sustainability is integrated into day to day operations and corporate culture. How does your sustainability strategy stack up to these best practices? Do you have a complete sustainability strategy? This workshop can help.
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010 from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (ET)
Location: Toronto, Ontario | Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
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An organization's sustainability strategy can have a significant impact upon its reputation with customers, employees and within the supply chain.
False starts and poorly integrated efforts hurt the creditability of the initiative, the implementation team and the company.
This workshop will provide you with experienced advice, proven frameworks, best practices and tools to simplify the sustainability process.
You will also have the opportunity to work on your own sustainability planning process and receive coaching during the workshop. Our sustainability workshops are also a great place to build sustainability networks and communities of practice.
What you will Learn:
Using examples, case studies, best practices and hands-on activities, you will:
· List the steps in developing a sustainability strategy and begin to customize them for your organization.
· Develop a business case for sustainability including drivers, opportunities, risks, issues and challenges.
· Develop a process for a definition, vision and goals for sustainability for your organization.
· Create a plan to assess the impact of sustainability on our organization's economic, environmental and social performance.
· Identify methods for determining sustainability metrics.
· Discuss methods for prioritizing and implementation of sustainability initiatives.
· Understand and analyze case studies and best practices for integrating sustainability into corporate governance, operations and the culture of the organization.
· Establish a draft plan for tracking progress toward targets; and reporting achievements and progress towards sustainability goals.
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Expert Workshop Leader:
Anthony Watanabe, Ph.D. President & CEO, Innovolve
Dr. Watanabe has been helping leading organizations successfully adopt sustainability strategies for more than 10 years. Working with organizations like Procter and Gamble, The Minto Group, Sustainable Buildings Canada, and World Wildlife Fund he uses the processes of integrative thinking to build sustainability strategies that align with core business drivers and crafts "truly ownable" sustainability agendas.
Dr. Watanabe is an accomplished speaker having delivered presentations on sustainability to business, government and civil society organizations in Canada, the United States and Europe.
Innovolve Website: http://www.innovolve.com
Registration Information
Date: Thursday, May 27, 2010 from 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (ET)
Location: Toronto, Ontario | Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
CBSR Members: $ 299
Regular Registration: $ 375
Graduate and Undergraduate students can register for $ 75 (plus GST).
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