Step-by-Step Guide to Sustainability Planning

<p>Sustainability is now the greatest business imperative, yet how do you actually develop and implement a sustainability plan if you aren‘t an expert?</p> <p>From the authors of the award-winning handbook The Business Guide to Sustainability comes this highly practical guide to designing and implementing a customized sustainability plan in any business, organization or government department of any type and scale.</p> <p>This step-by-step guide explains how to create a sustainability plan and sustainability report. Each chapter has two vital sections. The first contains background reading, tips and case examples to help you be successful. The second presents a set of methods each with step-by-step instructions and a selection matrix to help choose the best methods. The book also contains sample worksheets and exercise materials that can be copied for organization-wide use.</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>1: Preparing for Change <br>2: Refining the Business Case <br>3: Creating the Vision of Sustainability <br>4: Identifying Impacts and Priorities <br>5: Developing Sustainability Metrics and Reports <br>6: Developing an Implementation Strategy and Choosing Projects <br>7: Developing Effective Management Systems <br>8: Determining the Structures Needed to Manage the Effort <br>9: Informing and Involving Employees</p> <p>Index</p>