Starting the Journey

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Optimize Company Performance

Introduce sustainable business practices into manufacturing, transportation and related business processes.

  • Assess efficiency and other sustainability impacts of business operations, and establish performance baseline
  • Build sustainability into operations to reduce impacts and drive down costs through Lean & Green, ISO, and QFD practices
  • Create reporting framework for sustainability impacts, including energy, water, and waste

 
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Executive Engagement

Help company leaders anticipate and shape the forces that will influence the business. Embed sustainability into the company vision and strategy.

  • Build leaders’ understanding and commitment through collaborative sustainability strategy development
  • Set short-term and long-term goals which build on the sustainability strategy
  • Elicit commitment to drive sustainability into the organization
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Optimize Supply Chain Performance

Strengthen relationships, identify hidden risks and opportunities, and improve performance in the supply chain.

  • Identify data needs to achieve supply chain transparency
  • Assess carbon, water, and toxics impact of materials, production methods, packaging & packing, transportation, etc.
  • Build sustainability into procurement policies