Leadership refers to the formal, earned and informal positions given, with associated power, to a relatively small group of people in an organisation to direct the group and resources. Given the scale and the urgent pace of change needed to decarbonise whole industries, leadership cannot be left to a small number of individuals with formally […]
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Practical Steps to decarbonise
Map your carbon footprint Organisations looking to decarbonise face the challenge of having to balance long-term, sustained transformation with delivering short-term results and value (CISL, 2018). To reconcile the two, efficient monitoring systems are required. This is an important first step for an organisation to comprehensively measure its carbon footprint, particularly in terms of identifying […]
Overcoming barriers to organisational change
Sue Garrard discusses her experience as the Executive Vice Principle of Sustainable Business and Communications at Unilever and some of the steps necessary for driving organisational change. She also outlines the challenges she encountered and overcame as well as the lessons learned while driving sustainability across her organisation. Sue Garrard posed four key questions for […]
Driving organisational transformation
Practices, technologies and culture Practices It is critical to design and implement operational practices that align with organisational purpose and strategy. Operational practices can include “product design and eco-design, adoption of environmental and social standards, process improvement and lean operations, purchasing, supply chain management (SCM), logistics including recycling and closed-loop systems, performance measurement and risk […]
Driving organisational transformation
Becoming a net zero business Businesses wishing to achieve a net zero end-goal require significant organisational transformation. To effectively respond to the complexities of climate change and the net zero transition, the fundamental purpose, value, practices and functioning of organisations need to change. Context, purpose and values Context The world has always been unpredictable, but […]