Presentation - Network for Business Sustainability
Presentation - Network for Business Sustainability
Presentation - Network for Business Sustainability
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Implementing <strong>Sustainability</strong><br />
How to embed sustainability in<br />
organizational culture<br />
Dr. Stephanie Bertels<br />
Simon Fraser University <strong>Business</strong>
How do you embed<br />
sustainability into<br />
organizational culture?
Located 13,756<br />
academic<br />
articles, books<br />
and practitioner<br />
reports<br />
How did we do this?<br />
Identified the<br />
179 most<br />
relevant sources<br />
Extracted 59<br />
different<br />
practices to<br />
embed<br />
sustainability<br />
Developed the<br />
framework
A Portfolio Approach to Embedding <strong>Sustainability</strong><br />
4 quadrants<br />
20 categories
A Portfolio Approach to Embedding <strong>Sustainability</strong><br />
59 practices
Fostering<br />
Commitment
Fostering Commitment<br />
Supported Practices Practices with Potential
Sample Practice: Model<br />
MODEL: organizational leadership enacts the roles and behaviours<br />
they want employees to emulate<br />
• Demonstrate sustainability leadership by ‘walking the walk’ and<br />
‘talking the talk’<br />
• Participate in ongoing discussions about the journey towards<br />
sustainability<br />
• Prioritize sustainability in discussions about decision-making<br />
• Back-up other employees when they try to prioritize<br />
sustainability<br />
• Show interest in the work of sustainability committees<br />
Review of the<br />
Literature<br />
Supported
Fostering Commitment<br />
Practices
Fostering Commitment<br />
Practices
Fostering Commitment<br />
Practices
Fostering Commitment<br />
Practices
Fostering Commitment<br />
Practices
Clarifying Expectations
Clarifying Expectations
Clarifying Expectations
Building Momentum<br />
<strong>for</strong> Change
Building Momentum <strong>for</strong> Change
Building Momentum <strong>for</strong> Change
Building Momentum <strong>for</strong> Change
Instilling Capacity <strong>for</strong><br />
Change
Instilling Capacity <strong>for</strong> Change
Apply a portfolio<br />
approach
How do you use the framework?
Baseline/Gap Assessment
Baseline/Gap Assessment
Baseline/Gap Assessment
Baseline/Gap Assessment
Baseline/Gap Assessment
Planning Future Initiatives
Planning Future Initiatives
Next Steps <strong>for</strong> the project<br />
Identify<br />
micropractices<br />
Discussions<br />
with<br />
practitioners<br />
Develop<br />
a better<br />
tool<br />
Provide better guidance to<br />
practitioners
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