The Business Case for Sustainability and How to Get Started

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Résumé

TLDRThe webinar introduces the business case for sustainability as spearheaded by the Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) and the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council. These organizations assist small and medium-sized manufacturers in incorporating sustainability as a core growth strategy. Key speakers introduce sustainability definitions and terminology, emphasizing the importance of stakeholder engagement and strategic integration with business operations. They propose using the Green Masters program for companies to define and prioritize sustainability issues. The session addresses practical steps for starting a sustainability initiative, including setting metrics, aligning with stakeholder values, and demonstrating sustainability’s role in boosting financial performance. The importance of a robust sustainability framework is highlighted, including considerations of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) aspects. The program aims to support organizations in understanding and meeting stakeholder demands while offering peer-to-peer learning, technical expertise, and recognition for sustainability achievements.

A retenir

  • 🛠️ Integrate sustainability as a business strategy for growth.
  • 🏢 Collaboration between WMEP and Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council.
  • 📈 Sustainability enhances financial performance and stakeholder value.
  • 🌱 The Green Masters program aids in sustainability management.
  • 📊 Importance of setting measurable sustainability metrics.
  • 👥 Engaging with stakeholders is crucial in sustainability initiatives.
  • ♻️ Emphasize circular economy and resource efficiency.
  • ⚖️ Material issues must be prioritized based on risk and opportunity.
  • 🔍 Understand and meet customer and stakeholder expectations.
  • 📚 Leverage peer learning and expertise through organizational membership.

Chronologie

  • 00:00:00 - 00:05:00

    The introduction of the webinar, involving two organizations – Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) Manufacturing Solutions and Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council (WSBC). The speakers introduced themselves and outlined the webinar agenda centered around the business case for sustainability, focusing on fundamental definitions, tips for getting started, and a tool, the Green Masters program, for initial steps.

  • 00:05:00 - 00:10:00

    An interactive poll was conducted to understand where participants were on their sustainability journey. The poll revealed varying levels of progress among participants, helping tailor the discussion to their needs. The poll's results provided insight into each participant's current stage in sustainability implementation through their companies and outlined the upcoming topics for the webinar.

  • 00:10:00 - 00:15:00

    The concept of sustainability was defined within the context of seizing opportunities and managing risks related to environmental and social impacts. A brief historical evolution of sustainability was covered, highlighting its journey from the triple bottom line approach to the integration of environmental, social, and governance components in corporate strategies.

  • 00:15:00 - 00:20:00

    The confusing distinction between ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and sustainability was clarified, emphasizing that ESG is a financial tool to measure sustainability impacts. Various components, including stakeholder engagement and governance, were discussed in understanding and implementing effective sustainability strategies.

  • 00:20:00 - 00:25:00

    The business case for sustainability was examined, including the potential savings and increased resilience by integrating sustainable practices. It was highlighted that sustainability could significantly reduce long-term operational costs, citing an example of a manufacturer saving millions through improved processes and materials usage.

  • 00:25:00 - 00:30:00

    Key terminologies in sustainability, such as carbon footprint, scopes of emissions, water balance, circular economy, and resource intensity, were reviewed. These terms are essential for understanding and starting sustainability initiatives within any business.

  • 00:30:00 - 00:35:00

    The webinar delved into a roadmap for starting sustainability initiatives, emphasizing the importance of materiality (focusing on what's significant for the business). The session highlighted systemic approaches, emphasizing leadership, strategy, and stakeholder engagement tailored to each company's unique context.

  • 00:35:00 - 00:40:00

    A segment on the Green Masters program detailed how it acts as a tool and scalable standard for integrating sustainability into business practices. The program provides guidance, performance management, and validation to help companies navigate sustainability's complexities effectively.

  • 00:40:00 - 00:45:00

    Further details were provided on the Green Masters program's structure, focusing on assessing materiality, setting priorities, and scalability according to company needs. The program assists in identifying best practices within environmental, social, and governance topics, offering a framework for performance improvement.

  • 00:45:00 - 00:50:00

    Greg introduced tools and assessments that help companies enhance sustainability practices, aligned with setting KPIs and operational goals. The importance of strategy and prioritization was stressed along with customizing business-specific sustainability journeys through various assessment tools and support services available.

  • 00:50:00 - 00:59:34

    The webinar concluded with member program benefits, upcoming events, and networking opportunities. The availability of resources and support through membership was emphasized, alongside invitations to upcoming sustainability-focused events and webinars designed to foster community and knowledge sharing.

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Vidéo Q&R

  • What is the main focus of the webinar?

    The main focus is on integrating sustainability into business as a growth strategy.

  • Who are the organizations involved in the webinar?

    The Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP) and the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council.

  • What is the Green Masters program?

    It's a tool designed to help companies define, prioritize, manage, and improve their sustainability performance.

  • How does the webinar define sustainability?

    Sustainability is defined as a strategy for business growth that creates long-term stakeholder value by managing environmental and social impacts.

  • What are some key sustainability terms discussed in the webinar?

    Key terms include carbon footprint, scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, water balance, circular economy, and normalization.

  • What benefits does sustainability offer businesses according to the webinar?

    Sustainability can reduce long-term risks, enhance resiliency, reduce costs, and improve talent recruitment and retention.

  • What is emphasized for starting a sustainability program?

    Emphasis is placed on commitment, setting relevant metrics, defining a code of conduct, assessing impacts, and strategic innovation.

  • How does the webinar suggest companies address sustainability?

    By identifying material issues, prioritizing them based on risk and opportunity, and integrating these into business strategy.

  • Is the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council's Green Masters program free?

    Yes, it is free for members of the council.

  • What is the purpose of the sustainability assessment?

    To help companies prioritize key sustainability issues, understand stakeholder expectations, and develop a focused sustainability plan.

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  • 00:00:03
    all right hello good morning and welcome
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    this is a webinar on the business case
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    for sustainability and how to get
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    started
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    uh so to introduce ourselves to you if
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    you don't know us
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    um we are uh
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    I call it a marriage I don't know if
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    that's the right word all the time
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    um two organizations and one so uh the
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    Wisconsin manufacturing extension
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    partnership or known as wmep
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    manufacturing Solutions and the
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    Wisconsin sustainable Business Council
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    so on the wmep side we do Consulting for
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    small to medium-sized manufacturers in
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    the south east portion of the state and
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    on the Wisconsin sustainable Business
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    Council side we help companies Advance
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    sustainability
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    um their principles and practices
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    through business and we primarily do
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    this through membership and some tools
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    so we really help educate measure
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    improve and connect
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    I'm gonna start by introducing myself
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    and then our speakers today and then we
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    will dive in so I am Jessie servi Ortiz
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    the managing director of the Wisconsin
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    sustainable Business Council and with me
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    today I have Greg Gaspar and Krista k n
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    n so Greg would you like to introduce
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    yourself
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    yeah uh good morning everyone Greg
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    Gasper I lead our certification and
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    sustainability service lines for wmp the
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    Consulting side of the organization
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    and I'm Krista Kanan I oversee our green
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    ministers program with wsbc and also
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    support companies integrating
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    sustainability through Consulting on the
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    Ws on the wwp side as well
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    great well thank you both we're happy to
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    be here today thanks for joining us to
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    learn a little bit more about a business
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    case for sustainability so this is our
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    agenda we're going to talk briefly about
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    the business case give a few examples
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    I'm going to talk just about some kind
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    of key definitions and fundamentals of
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    sustainability I'm going to give you a
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    few tips for getting started and then
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    Chris is going to talk about how you can
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    use the Green Masters program as a tool
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    if you're in the place where you're
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    looking to get started and wanting some
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    support that's a free tool to wsbc
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    members and then we'll share a little
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    bit about more about how we can help if
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    you're in a position and want or need
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    some help
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    so uh give me a second here I'm going to
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    launch a poll
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    and
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    let's see
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    maybe there it is
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    all right so here we are this poll is
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    really just helping us understand where
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    you are on your sustainability Journey
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    so if you wouldn't mind taking a brief
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    moment go ahead I will read through
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    those and select I think you can select
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    more than one if more than one applies
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    to you but the question is really where
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    are you in your sustainability Journey
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    at your company
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    um and so the first one is trying to
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    understand the business case you know
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    are you still really you know trying to
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    figure out what that is
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    um customers are asking you but you
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    don't understand what they're asking
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    necessarily or why
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    um are you starting to implement a few
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    projects uh you are gathering metrics
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    or um you may be gathering some metrics
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    but you need to learn how to integrate
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    sustainability across your business and
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    that's really where our expertise lies
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    um have you created baselines or kpis
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    are you starting to draft smart goals
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    any of those that apply or other I see
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    someone the other category so if you're
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    brave and willing to
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    um tell us what other means in the chat
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    that'd be great
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    so I'll give it just a few more minutes
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    it looks like about a half of you have
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    answered
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    great
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    all right just a couple more seconds
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    here
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    great appreciate
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    um you've taken that kind of really help
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    us understand where you're at
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    so I'm gonna end the result or and the
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    here and here are the results hopefully
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    you can see this on your screen but we
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    had
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    um three of you say trying to understand
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    the business case
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    um one customers are asking but you're
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    not sure what that means uh 30 of you
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    have implemented a few projects
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    um one of you Gathering metrics and four
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    of you needing to understand how to
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    integrate it across your business
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    great and
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    um two others like I said if you're if
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    you're willing to share what other is
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    for you um please just put that in the
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    chat um and I'll just sit here too uh
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    we're a friendly group and if you have
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    any questions at any time please feel
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    free to just put those in the chat we'll
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    kind of pause to ask if you have
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    questions along the way
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    um but really this webinar is for you to
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    get your questions answered so please
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    feel free to ask us anything that you
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    like
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    all right
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    so I am going to start here by going
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    over sort of the business case for
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    sustainability and I like to do this by
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    starting with how we Define
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    sustainability so the way that we Define
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    it here with wmp and wsbc is the pursuit
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    of business growth strategy that creates
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    long-term stakeholder value by seizing
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    opportunities and managing risks related
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    to the company's environmental and
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    social impacts
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    now there's a lot of different
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    definitions to sustainability but this
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    is the one that we really resonate with
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    and we really believe that
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    sustainability is a growth strategy for
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    organization and it does create
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    long-term value and the reason
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    stakeholder value is underlined there
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    because
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    um you know we're not taking a
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    shareholder lens here we're looking at
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    sustainability is a holistic sort of
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    system for a business and community and
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    therefore all the stakeholders that are
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    involved meeting your employees you know
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    your board your leadership your
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    customers
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    your supply chain and potentially the
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    community that you reside are all
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    getting some sort of value out of your
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    organization
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    all right so brief history sort of about
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    the evolution of sustainability here you
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    know it again sustainability means a lot
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    of things to different people and don't
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    love the term sustainability in and of
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    itself but uh really in the 90s it
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    started you know it's really kind of
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    focused on this triple bottom line
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    concept people planet and profit it was
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    trying to bring
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    um environment and and people Workforce
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    Community Society to an eco-playing
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    field with profit and this was really
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    the dawn of what's called CSR or
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    corporate social responsibility you know
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    a lot of companies still publish
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    Corporate social responsibility reports
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    um so this movement really you know grew
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    out of the 90s it was coined to CBL or
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    people bottom line but one of the things
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    that was missing was the governance that
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    really holds all of these pieces
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    together and so the second wave
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    of sustainability really uh came out of
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    the finance industry and in really
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    groups are also out of the investment
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    Community was socially responsible
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    investing and you know we've heard an
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    uptick of this ESG
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    um in popularity it sends covet really
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    um and you know there's a popularity in
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    ESG and there's also uh unpopularity in
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    ESG growing
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    um but really what this means is that
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    we're looking at the organization's
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    environment
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    environmental social and governance the
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    way that they're managed
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    um associations
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    so I really like this slide and I like
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    Jared because it talks about the
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    changing conversation of where we are
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    today so on the left you see sort of
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    that governance and Leadership became a
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    part of sustainability or ESG but it
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    really didn't have an equal part until
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    more recently and then the other thing I
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    like about this is it adds in the
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    strategy and execution piece which is
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    critical as many of you pointed out
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    that's the P part you might be
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    struggling with right you can have
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    environmental metrics and social metrics
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    but how do you tie it all together how
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    do you integrate it across your
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    organization and how do you craft a
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    strategy that really connects to your
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    um Core Business initiatives to grow or
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    use it as a growth tool in a
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    differentiator so like I said that's
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    that's really one of the areas that we
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    excel in sort of one of the areas I'm
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    really passionate about and so that's
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    really where this conversation is today
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    and where it's headed in the future
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    um we get a lot of confusion around what
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    is ESG and sustainability and other the
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    same thing are they a different thing
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    and the way that we Define that is that
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    ESG environmental social and governance
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    is really a financial Tool uh to measure
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    the impact of sustainability for an
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    organization so it's one of the tools
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    it's one of the lenses
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    um and it does really resonate more with
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    the publicly traded companies because
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    that's
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    where they're being financially measured
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    uh so I'm sure you're aware of this word
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    sustainability means a lot of things
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    I've said that a few times I like the
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    slide because it kind of shares the
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    universe of what we're talking about
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    when we talk about sustainability
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    um you know I've been working in the
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    space quite a long time and you know
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    traditionally in manufacturing
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    especially there's a large emphasis on
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    the environmental side
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    but really
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    you know when I talk to businesses you
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    know they're like well what about you
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    know data security or what about you
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    know risk management in Ireland's all of
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    these things fall under sustainability
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    inside of an organization and sometimes
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    that's a hard concept to sort of grasp
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    for those who are newer to this so we
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    really take a systems approach to
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    sustainability it's really looking at
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    all of the systems across your business
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    and how you can be in that continuous
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    Improvement cycle for
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    um all of these areas so
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    um this slide again just shows uh kind
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    of the the key environmental topics the
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    key leadership and governance topics
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    business model and Innovation is a part
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    of this uh human capital or you know we
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    like to say Workforce
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    um or in social capital or how
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    um you know you're handling human rights
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    put them as an example
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    um let's see here
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    oh someone was asking about how this
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    differs from the stgs which is a great
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    question
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    um it I don't want to say it differs per
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    se Alex they go back to the slide um
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    from the sdgs I would say it's a
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    different kind of framework and a
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    different approach if you're not
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    familiar with the sustainable
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    development goals
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    um or put out by the United Nations and
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    there's I believe 19 goals
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    um and each one of them touches all of
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    these categories so similarly it's kind
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    of a holistic approach
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    um to sustainability so it very much is
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    in alignment and a lot of companies will
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    use the sdgs as a framework again for
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    aligning what is material to their
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    organization and we'll talk a little bit
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    more about that
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    all right so uh the business case for
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    sustainability is fairly well
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    established at this point there is a
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    large emphasis today on reducing
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    long-term risks and sustainability can
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    add to the resiliency of a company
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    uh they're really you know some people
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    sometimes we hear from manufacturers
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    especially that you know the
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    sustainability thing will cost them time
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    or money and that can be true when you
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    come when it comes to large Capital
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    Investments however a company that's
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    integrating continuous Improvement
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    across their or operations
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    um is really reducing costs if they're
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    doing it correctly so one example we
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    have a medium-sized manufacturer that we
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    work with that really started looking at
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    this through the product lens and over
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    time through
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    um redesign through understanding the
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    materials that were part of the process
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    of their design of improving their
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    processes on the manufacturing side
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    increasing throughput reducing waste
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    both in handling and waste on the actual
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    product
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    reevaluating packaging
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    um you know all of those things happen
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    in a process over time but they were
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    able able to save literally millions of
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    dollars in across product lines for
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    their organization and once they saw
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    that impact right they started looking
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    at okay well let's look at energy and
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    all the energy that we're using uh how
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    can they make adjustments to production
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    that help them save on energy costs
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    now they're working on a zero waste
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    initiative across the organization and
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    they're really doing that because they
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    understand the value of
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    um savings that it has for them uh and
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    how they can use those resources to
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    allocate for other initiatives
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    uh McKinsey and Company reports that
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    improvements in operating efficiencies
  • 00:13:55
    can reduce operating costs by up to 60
  • 00:13:57
    percent so that's not Pocket Change
  • 00:14:01
    folks uh you know we're really talking
  • 00:14:03
    about real dollars that you can that can
  • 00:14:05
    be saved
  • 00:14:07
    um so I also want to touch on
  • 00:14:09
    stakeholders for a moment I'm in the
  • 00:14:11
    manufacturing sector one uh this is
  • 00:14:14
    really something I think that you need
  • 00:14:16
    to consider so if you're a supplier to a
  • 00:14:19
    large publicly traded company
  • 00:14:22
    if you're a supplier to the government
  • 00:14:24
    either directly or indirectly if you're
  • 00:14:27
    in an industry that is one or that's on
  • 00:14:32
    the consumer product side or that your
  • 00:14:34
    product ends up in the hands of
  • 00:14:36
    consumers
  • 00:14:38
    um
  • 00:14:38
    whether it's a product itself or
  • 00:14:40
    something that they consume like food
  • 00:14:42
    and beverage or you have a product that
  • 00:14:44
    exports to the Europe to the EU
  • 00:14:48
    the pressure is on in all of those
  • 00:14:50
    categories
  • 00:14:51
    for sure
  • 00:14:53
    um so what that means for you whether
  • 00:14:55
    you like it or not is that the
  • 00:14:56
    expectation uh for you to be measuring
  • 00:15:00
    and improving some of these P metrics is
  • 00:15:04
    really really there and I can't
  • 00:15:05
    understate that we have had companies
  • 00:15:08
    that we've worked with that say they're
  • 00:15:10
    searching for new suppliers and they're
  • 00:15:12
    going out on websites and trying to
  • 00:15:15
    understand what the company's doing in
  • 00:15:17
    sustainability if there's no
  • 00:15:20
    reliable presence and sustainability
  • 00:15:22
    they're being overlooked and so we're
  • 00:15:26
    hearing that hearsay
  • 00:15:28
    um but you know it
  • 00:15:30
    There's an opportunity there build
  • 00:15:33
    relationships with your stakeholders
  • 00:15:35
    with your customers and also get out
  • 00:15:38
    ahead of some of the rules and
  • 00:15:40
    regulations that are coming to be able
  • 00:15:42
    to
  • 00:15:44
    um you know consider potentially new
  • 00:15:46
    markets and new customers that you might
  • 00:15:48
    not have had access to previously by
  • 00:15:50
    organizing around sustainability
  • 00:15:53
    so there's a lot of different things on
  • 00:15:56
    this slide that kind of are the business
  • 00:15:58
    case but I just also wanted to briefly
  • 00:16:00
    touch on the workforce side of this uh
  • 00:16:03
    because it's really no secret that in
  • 00:16:04
    the manufacturing sector is one of the
  • 00:16:06
    hardest hit when it comes to finding
  • 00:16:08
    Talent uh and so as Workforce changes
  • 00:16:12
    over to a younger generation the
  • 00:16:15
    expectations the needs the values of
  • 00:16:19
    these younger employees are different
  • 00:16:22
    um and a recent study done by cone
  • 00:16:24
    Communications they say that 64 of
  • 00:16:27
    workers will not work for a company that
  • 00:16:30
    doesn't have strong environmental or
  • 00:16:32
    social commitments
  • 00:16:35
    um I think that number is rising that's
  • 00:16:38
    you know the majority at this point and
  • 00:16:41
    from what I'm seeing again a lot of
  • 00:16:44
    turnover often happens when companies
  • 00:16:47
    can't figure out how to
  • 00:16:50
    how to walk their talk in an appropriate
  • 00:16:52
    way right so so green washing is a real
  • 00:16:54
    thing they might get some people in the
  • 00:16:56
    door saying yeah we have some great
  • 00:16:57
    initiatives but if they're not really
  • 00:16:59
    taking that seriously that adds to the
  • 00:17:01
    turnover and it really can be a way to
  • 00:17:04
    engage some recruit and retain uh talent
  • 00:17:07
    in today's Workforce
  • 00:17:10
    so those are just a few key aspects of
  • 00:17:13
    the business case there's a lot more if
  • 00:17:15
    you want any more specific examples or
  • 00:17:18
    have specific questions about any of
  • 00:17:20
    this I'm happy to answer on that now or
  • 00:17:24
    or offline
  • 00:17:26
    uh so after this I am going to turn it
  • 00:17:30
    over so uh Greg could we talk about key
  • 00:17:33
    sustainability terminology
  • 00:17:42
    uh are you there Greg I can't hear you
  • 00:17:49
    uh-oh I know he was having some internet
  • 00:17:52
    troubles this morning so am I doing okay
  • 00:17:55
    Jesse now okay yes now I can hear you
  • 00:17:57
    great thanks uh keep an eye on this for
  • 00:18:00
    me so uh thanks all for attending I just
  • 00:18:03
    wanted to spend a few minutes to talk
  • 00:18:04
    about fundamentals of sustainability so
  • 00:18:06
    we start to look at some of the
  • 00:18:08
    definitions that are out there it's
  • 00:18:10
    always good to have a good understanding
  • 00:18:12
    of what these are so when you hear these
  • 00:18:14
    typically you know this is our
  • 00:18:15
    sustainability 101 session where we'll
  • 00:18:18
    talk about some of these and one that we
  • 00:18:20
    we hear about quite often is carbon
  • 00:18:22
    footprint and that's really your
  • 00:18:24
    indicator to compares the amount of
  • 00:18:26
    greenhouse gases emitted from your
  • 00:18:28
    company so what does that look like so
  • 00:18:30
    you're usually reporting this in in tons
  • 00:18:33
    of omissions per year so typically
  • 00:18:35
    that's when you hear the term carbon
  • 00:18:37
    footprint that's what that's being
  • 00:18:39
    referred to and also when you start to
  • 00:18:42
    look at and you hear the term carbon
  • 00:18:44
    accounting it's basically the method
  • 00:18:46
    that you're using to count inventory or
  • 00:18:48
    track then report these gas emissions so
  • 00:18:51
    this is the process that you go through
  • 00:18:53
    to make sure that you are are stating
  • 00:18:56
    what exactly is going on
  • 00:18:58
    organizationally
  • 00:18:59
    so we talk about carbon this is where
  • 00:19:02
    the the fun begins is because we start
  • 00:19:04
    to hear scope one two and three and
  • 00:19:06
    sometimes people use these and they they
  • 00:19:08
    talk as if you know what these are so I
  • 00:19:11
    just wanted to go through these quick
  • 00:19:12
    with you today to talk about what these
  • 00:19:14
    are so you have a good understanding of
  • 00:19:16
    it and scope one emissions is
  • 00:19:17
    essentially that I arrow in the middle
  • 00:19:19
    it's the direct emissions from your
  • 00:19:21
    company owned and controlled resources
  • 00:19:23
    so it's things you control internally
  • 00:19:25
    scope two are your indirect emissions
  • 00:19:27
    from your generation of purchased energy
  • 00:19:30
    from your utility so it's whatever you
  • 00:19:32
    bring in if it's gas electric you know
  • 00:19:34
    so those are the two things that most
  • 00:19:36
    companies track and can control it's the
  • 00:19:39
    scope three emissions which are all the
  • 00:19:41
    indirect emissions that are in your
  • 00:19:43
    upstream and downstream value chains so
  • 00:19:46
    these are your value stream and value
  • 00:19:48
    chain emissions so those are when you're
  • 00:19:51
    asking your suppliers and it's
  • 00:19:53
    conversely you may be being asked by
  • 00:19:54
    your customers for this information so
  • 00:19:56
    that way they can provide their scope
  • 00:19:58
    three emissions
  • 00:20:01
    next slide is water balance and
  • 00:20:05
    essentially what we're talking about
  • 00:20:06
    here is really understanding the flows
  • 00:20:08
    of water in and out of your facility or
  • 00:20:10
    processes in your operation so that way
  • 00:20:13
    you can get a Quantified number of how
  • 00:20:15
    much water you're consuming as an
  • 00:20:18
    organization so
  • 00:20:20
    it's tough to get every drop so that's
  • 00:20:22
    where there's some acceptable ranges for
  • 00:20:25
    accuracy you know to be able to
  • 00:20:27
    determine what that water balance is in
  • 00:20:29
    your organization so when you're water
  • 00:20:31
    balance it's trying to figure out what's
  • 00:20:33
    coming and what's coming out what you're
  • 00:20:35
    using internally
  • 00:20:39
    the next term is is one that we're
  • 00:20:42
    starting to hear more and more of and
  • 00:20:44
    you may be getting asked this by some of
  • 00:20:45
    your customers is is talking about
  • 00:20:48
    circular economy and what this is is
  • 00:20:50
    starting to look at you know
  • 00:20:53
    in the past we've always look at things
  • 00:20:55
    take make and waste is really the way we
  • 00:20:57
    would do it we would take something and
  • 00:20:59
    we'd make something with it and you go
  • 00:21:00
    into the you know trash but you know now
  • 00:21:02
    what we're starting to look at on
  • 00:21:03
    circular economy is how can we use those
  • 00:21:06
    resources to and and keep those
  • 00:21:08
    resources in use longer to get the
  • 00:21:10
    maximum value while being able to
  • 00:21:12
    recover and regenerate some of the
  • 00:21:15
    componentry from it at the end of its
  • 00:21:17
    useful life so sometimes organizations
  • 00:21:19
    will bring back some of their equipment
  • 00:21:21
    and take the parts off that they can use
  • 00:21:23
    again and reuse in on different
  • 00:21:25
    assemblies so it just differs
  • 00:21:27
    organizationally as to how circular you
  • 00:21:29
    can be with your with your materials and
  • 00:21:32
    the products that you and goods and
  • 00:21:33
    services that you produce so
  • 00:21:38
    the next term is an interesting one and
  • 00:21:41
    one that sometimes gets uh misquoted
  • 00:21:44
    quite a bit in its normalization and
  • 00:21:46
    what we're talking about here is really
  • 00:21:48
    trying to equate something to Apples to
  • 00:21:51
    Apples so that where there's a
  • 00:21:52
    consistent scale so that way you can
  • 00:21:55
    understand and evaluate over time what
  • 00:21:58
    that looks like so you can see you know
  • 00:22:00
    some examples here the number weight
  • 00:22:03
    their units produced at a facility so
  • 00:22:05
    sometimes we might be looking at you
  • 00:22:07
    know how much energy was consumed versus
  • 00:22:09
    the amount of units produced or we start
  • 00:22:11
    to look at you know persons hours worked
  • 00:22:14
    at a facility for the amount of
  • 00:22:16
    electricity consumed you know these are
  • 00:22:18
    some things and and what you're trying
  • 00:22:20
    to do here with this terminology and
  • 00:22:22
    with normalization is to be able to have
  • 00:22:25
    some standard that you can use to
  • 00:22:26
    measure to track your improvements and
  • 00:22:28
    activities year over year or whatever
  • 00:22:30
    time frame that you're looking at
  • 00:22:36
    along those same lines
  • 00:22:45
    uh oh Greg I think you cut out
  • 00:22:52
    um I'll I'll just jump in until I can
  • 00:22:54
    hear you again how productive can you be
  • 00:22:57
    can you repeat that one Greg you kind of
  • 00:22:59
    cut out on that one okay sorry so
  • 00:23:01
    resource intensity is the productivity
  • 00:23:03
    portion of things and we're always
  • 00:23:05
    looking at productivity we've been
  • 00:23:06
    looking at productivity long before we
  • 00:23:08
    were thinking about sustainability and
  • 00:23:10
    it's how do you use those raw materials
  • 00:23:12
    most effectively to get the value add
  • 00:23:14
    that your organization is looking for
  • 00:23:16
    how effective are you in using the
  • 00:23:18
    materials that you need to produce your
  • 00:23:19
    products
  • 00:23:27
    through our work and and working with
  • 00:23:29
    companies and and through our research
  • 00:23:31
    and experiences we've really come up
  • 00:23:32
    with five core beliefs for enhancing
  • 00:23:35
    productivity and if you start to look at
  • 00:23:37
    those on the right hand side thinking
  • 00:23:39
    lean how can we do how can we you know
  • 00:23:41
    do well with and be effective and as as
  • 00:23:44
    effective as we can be operationally you
  • 00:23:47
    know sometimes we start to look at you
  • 00:23:48
    know setting goals and limits that will
  • 00:23:50
    be able to help us to be able to you
  • 00:23:53
    know try to figure out what we want to
  • 00:23:54
    be we want to be here so we're really
  • 00:23:56
    tracking some of these things and
  • 00:23:57
    setting goals and objectives
  • 00:23:59
    uh really should start to think you know
  • 00:24:02
    profit per hour how do we look at things
  • 00:24:04
    and bring it down to
  • 00:24:05
    um more a greater understanding of how
  • 00:24:08
    you throughput yield and you know how we
  • 00:24:10
    can do these things operationally that
  • 00:24:12
    are really going to help us to you know
  • 00:24:14
    look at things from from a like an
  • 00:24:16
    employee per hour uh perspective but
  • 00:24:19
    really starting to also think about
  • 00:24:21
    things from a holistic standpoint of
  • 00:24:23
    really starting to understand can we do
  • 00:24:25
    things you know from a technology
  • 00:24:26
    standpoint can we improve some of the
  • 00:24:28
    assist operational systems we have in
  • 00:24:31
    our organization and how do we change
  • 00:24:32
    behaviors to be able to you know bring
  • 00:24:35
    about a more collaborative culture and
  • 00:24:37
    and looking at you know how we can
  • 00:24:39
    improve our productivity and then once
  • 00:24:41
    again thinking circular how can we take
  • 00:24:43
    advantage by you know increasing and
  • 00:24:46
    optimizing our products and and the
  • 00:24:48
    service life cycles that and that they
  • 00:24:50
    maintain
  • 00:24:55
    so really the secret sauce for the
  • 00:24:57
    productivity Improvement is is taking a
  • 00:25:00
    look at and trying to find ways that you
  • 00:25:02
    can substitute away from scarce
  • 00:25:03
    resources so were those opportunities
  • 00:25:05
    lied do that you have some
  • 00:25:07
    organizationally that you can consider
  • 00:25:09
    or are there ways that you can eliminate
  • 00:25:11
    waste through your system you know
  • 00:25:13
    anywhere in the system if you can
  • 00:25:14
    eliminate waste and figure out ways to
  • 00:25:17
    increase your circularity by reusing our
  • 00:25:19
    recycling products and then ultimately
  • 00:25:22
    trying to optimize your efficiency from
  • 00:25:24
    a standpoint of you know how can you do
  • 00:25:26
    it safely and reliably and and have
  • 00:25:29
    people buy into that and that's you know
  • 00:25:31
    starting to look at that culture how do
  • 00:25:33
    we change some of the behaviors that
  • 00:25:34
    we've always been doing
  • 00:25:38
    yeah
  • 00:25:39
    any questions on the 101 portion
  • 00:25:43
    most of you probably know all those
  • 00:25:44
    things so nothing nothing too worth
  • 00:25:46
    shattering there so once you understand
  • 00:25:48
    those main Concepts let's figure out how
  • 00:25:51
    do we get started on this what would you
  • 00:25:52
    do to get started well there's really
  • 00:25:54
    five key components to a successful
  • 00:25:56
    sustainability program and the first is
  • 00:25:58
    commitment is really understanding your
  • 00:26:01
    true north what defines sustainability
  • 00:26:03
    for your company
  • 00:26:04
    uh metrics that matter you know you
  • 00:26:07
    start to understand what the global
  • 00:26:08
    context and the local measures are
  • 00:26:10
    determine what's important to you in
  • 00:26:12
    your organization what will be measured
  • 00:26:14
    to make a difference really that sets
  • 00:26:15
    the purpose of the organization
  • 00:26:18
    code of conduct you know it's doing the
  • 00:26:20
    right things you know this is everyone's
  • 00:26:22
    responsibility whether you want to
  • 00:26:24
    practice sustainability or not this is
  • 00:26:26
    really the key to you know making sure
  • 00:26:29
    that you have a successful program
  • 00:26:32
    um impacts and actions it's really the
  • 00:26:34
    products processes and innovations that
  • 00:26:36
    make your company sustainable so those
  • 00:26:37
    are the things that you start to take a
  • 00:26:39
    look at where can we have the impact
  • 00:26:40
    what are the actions that we can take to
  • 00:26:42
    make that happen and then ultimately you
  • 00:26:45
    know
  • 00:26:46
    trying to you know through strategic
  • 00:26:47
    customer Market employee tools and
  • 00:26:49
    systems you know create and new and re
  • 00:26:52
    revitalized we who are we doing what are
  • 00:26:55
    we going to be who do we want to be how
  • 00:26:56
    do we want to project ourselves you know
  • 00:26:58
    in the marketplace so those are those
  • 00:27:00
    are some that we've found to be you know
  • 00:27:03
    very true and in the work that we've
  • 00:27:05
    done with the clients that we've helped
  • 00:27:06
    with their sustainability efforts
  • 00:27:12
    so when you start to look at this road
  • 00:27:14
    map part of being able to build a
  • 00:27:16
    credible business case is really being
  • 00:27:17
    able to cut through the noise of
  • 00:27:19
    sustainability there's a lot of
  • 00:27:21
    information about sustainability out
  • 00:27:22
    there as just you stated and it's not
  • 00:27:24
    all equally relevant or impactful to
  • 00:27:26
    your organization
  • 00:27:27
    so you know some we've heard of them you
  • 00:27:30
    know and we've worked with manufacturing
  • 00:27:31
    facilities that you know work really
  • 00:27:33
    hard on trying to conserve water because
  • 00:27:35
    they've heard that's a good thing to do
  • 00:27:36
    but really it's not it's ignoring their
  • 00:27:39
    climate impacts on their virgin material
  • 00:27:41
    consumption where they could have more
  • 00:27:42
    impact by taking a look at that so you
  • 00:27:45
    know where what we need to start taking
  • 00:27:47
    a look at is really understanding how
  • 00:27:50
    can we make those how can we take a
  • 00:27:52
    systematic approach to being able to
  • 00:27:54
    address these issues to make things more
  • 00:27:56
    complete in your organization
  • 00:28:00
    so you can see from this graph here you
  • 00:28:03
    know what we're starting to look at is a
  • 00:28:05
    methodology that we work with clients
  • 00:28:07
    when we develop a sustainability
  • 00:28:08
    strategy for them and this aligns also
  • 00:28:11
    with the green math
  • 00:28:18
    oh no he cut out again at least for me
  • 00:28:21
    yeah okay
  • 00:28:27
    um sustainability issues
  • 00:28:30
    Greg you cut out again so
  • 00:28:32
    um start back at where you were talking
  • 00:28:35
    about
  • 00:28:36
    this is a framework
  • 00:28:38
    sorry about that
  • 00:28:39
    thank you
  • 00:28:41
    um so the you know what this diagram is
  • 00:28:43
    showing is it's a methodology that we
  • 00:28:45
    use when we work with our clients to
  • 00:28:47
    help them develop a sustainability
  • 00:28:49
    strategy and roadmap and it's it really
  • 00:28:51
    aligns with the Green Masters platform
  • 00:28:53
    that Christ is going to speak to shortly
  • 00:28:55
    and it's predicated on the plan do check
  • 00:28:57
    act model which is a key tenant of all
  • 00:29:00
    ISO systems and it helps you to really
  • 00:29:02
    achieve scalable performance
  • 00:29:04
    improvements in the sustainability
  • 00:29:05
    issues that matter most to your
  • 00:29:07
    organization and your stakeholders and
  • 00:29:09
    build on success over time so really
  • 00:29:11
    it's a it's a it's a methodology that's
  • 00:29:14
    uh continually improving
  • 00:29:19
    let's go let's do one more term here and
  • 00:29:21
    this is a term that's uh where we
  • 00:29:23
    usually start with our clients is
  • 00:29:24
    materiality and what we're trying to
  • 00:29:27
    understand here is to you you have to
  • 00:29:30
    understand you can't do everything at
  • 00:29:31
    once and you have to look at things from
  • 00:29:34
    a risk and opportunity standpoint to
  • 00:29:35
    understand what's material to your
  • 00:29:37
    business and as you can see in this the
  • 00:29:39
    Box on the upper right hand side a
  • 00:29:41
    material issue is one that's gonna you
  • 00:29:43
    know could affect your organization's
  • 00:29:45
    credibility operational or financial
  • 00:29:47
    Integrity or your key stakeholders say
  • 00:29:50
    it's important so those those are the
  • 00:29:52
    issues that you should be taking into
  • 00:29:53
    consideration as you develop your
  • 00:29:55
    sustainability program and activities
  • 00:29:58
    and ultimately you just start where you
  • 00:30:01
    are and you grow over time so nobody
  • 00:30:03
    expects you to be you know perfect at
  • 00:30:05
    the onset the goal is quality and not
  • 00:30:08
    quantity so try not to bite off more
  • 00:30:10
    than you can chew and really if you
  • 00:30:12
    start to look at it and Krista is going
  • 00:30:14
    to talk a little bit about this and how
  • 00:30:16
    the Green Masters program may be of
  • 00:30:18
    assistance to some news because it
  • 00:30:20
    really emphasizes understanding what's
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    material to your organization and then
  • 00:30:23
    letting that inform your prioritization
  • 00:30:25
    of topics and that's what that graph is
  • 00:30:28
    on the right and I won't steal Crystal's
  • 00:30:29
    Thunder on that but really it helps you
  • 00:30:31
    to understand and how you integrate that
  • 00:30:33
    sustainability and how you do business
  • 00:30:35
    now and in the future
  • 00:30:39
    so some things to include as we look at
  • 00:30:42
    from a different perspectives is really
  • 00:30:44
    to understand you know and when when we
  • 00:30:47
    conduct our sustainability assessments
  • 00:30:49
    with companies we help companies
  • 00:30:50
    understand the current state for their
  • 00:30:52
    industry how to navigate the landscape
  • 00:30:54
    of that disclosure and it's and
  • 00:30:56
    typically through standards framework
  • 00:30:58
    certifications Etc and what those
  • 00:31:00
    elements of sustainability are most
  • 00:31:02
    important for your organization and then
  • 00:31:04
    you can take that information can and it
  • 00:31:06
    can be used to establish your business
  • 00:31:08
    priorities you outline a plan of action
  • 00:31:10
    to accelerate that progress and then
  • 00:31:12
    ultimately you know address those
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    priority areas
  • 00:31:21
    yeah
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    Jesse next slide
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    foreign
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    I think you skipped one for me questions
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    to consider and thank you
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    um so some of these these are questions
  • 00:31:38
    for you to take a look at and ask
  • 00:31:40
    internally in your organization as you
  • 00:31:42
    start to look at and develop your
  • 00:31:43
    sustainability uh framework and
  • 00:31:45
    structure you know there's some
  • 00:31:47
    questions here that really can help you
  • 00:31:49
    decide you know where you're at
  • 00:31:51
    organizationally and ensure that you set
  • 00:31:53
    yourself up for for success as you
  • 00:31:55
    develop those systems so I won't go into
  • 00:31:57
    them here but I mean you start to look
  • 00:31:59
    at these things if you haven't asked
  • 00:32:01
    these questions these might be some that
  • 00:32:02
    would be very interesting for you to ask
  • 00:32:05
    and get some information that's valuable
  • 00:32:07
    Intel as you develop your system
  • 00:32:13
    so why does material materiality matter
  • 00:32:16
    to companies because you know if you're
  • 00:32:19
    focused on your material issues because
  • 00:32:22
    it really has an opportunity to really
  • 00:32:25
    you know look at the opportunity for you
  • 00:32:27
    to build value organizationally and it
  • 00:32:29
    also serves as a you know
  • 00:32:32
    you can she also identify your risks to
  • 00:32:35
    your reputation and your profitability
  • 00:32:36
    when you start to look at this so you
  • 00:32:38
    know for money companies material
  • 00:32:40
    sustainability impacts are in your
  • 00:32:43
    supply chain and you know and that's
  • 00:32:44
    often more than sixty percent of your
  • 00:32:46
    business when you're more of your
  • 00:32:48
    activities when you're looking at
  • 00:32:49
    sustainability so if you factor in
  • 00:32:51
    supply chain you know you want to start
  • 00:32:53
    taking a look at you know five aspects
  • 00:32:56
    for during your assessment to take a
  • 00:32:58
    take a look at that and and these are
  • 00:33:01
    biodiversity your upstream and
  • 00:33:03
    downstream greenhouse gases materials
  • 00:33:05
    toxic toxics and waste so those are five
  • 00:33:09
    areas that you should you know take a
  • 00:33:10
    look at as you you know consider and
  • 00:33:13
    develop your systems to start to take a
  • 00:33:15
    look at where are there some
  • 00:33:16
    opportunities there that you know might
  • 00:33:18
    be a risk for you organizationally
  • 00:33:23
    um
  • 00:33:25
    so what strategy is right for you well
  • 00:33:27
    that's exactly right it is yours it's
  • 00:33:29
    got to be your strategy so sometimes it
  • 00:33:31
    might be building it you might create
  • 00:33:34
    something as and develop it on your own
  • 00:33:36
    you might leverage some things that
  • 00:33:39
    you're doing you know organizationally
  • 00:33:40
    you might already be doing SWOT analysis
  • 00:33:43
    or you know doing other types of iso
  • 00:33:45
    related systems and structures that
  • 00:33:48
    you're already doing you can incorporate
  • 00:33:49
    and build build your sustainability into
  • 00:33:51
    that or sometimes your customers are
  • 00:33:53
    driving this you know they tell you you
  • 00:33:55
    need to be reporting to the
  • 00:33:57
    sustainability Consortium or you know
  • 00:33:59
    you there's a different segment of this
  • 00:34:01
    business sector that you need to be
  • 00:34:03
    reporting stuff to or it's Market driven
  • 00:34:05
    it could be you know CDP you know
  • 00:34:08
    sometimes you hear some of those terms
  • 00:34:09
    and stuff well we got to submit to CDP
  • 00:34:11
    or sasby or you know understanding that
  • 00:34:15
    you know there may be things that your
  • 00:34:17
    customers are going to dictate what you
  • 00:34:19
    can do so you have to kind of balance
  • 00:34:21
    and determine which is the best path for
  • 00:34:23
    you to take organizationally as you
  • 00:34:25
    address sustainability
  • 00:34:29
    and as you're starting to do this you we
  • 00:34:31
    want to use we want you to start
  • 00:34:33
    considering how you're developing those
  • 00:34:35
    uh kpis you know again determining
  • 00:34:37
    what's important in material to your
  • 00:34:39
    organization those are the ones where
  • 00:34:40
    you're going to have those key
  • 00:34:41
    performance indicators driving your
  • 00:34:43
    activities and the things that you do
  • 00:34:45
    you have to establish organizational
  • 00:34:47
    goals for your sustainability what are
  • 00:34:49
    you trying to accomplish what is the
  • 00:34:50
    time frame you're looking to reduce or
  • 00:34:53
    or meet certain requirements and then
  • 00:34:56
    Cascade those goals into specific
  • 00:34:57
    objectives so we talk about smart goals
  • 00:35:00
    and how we set those up so that way you
  • 00:35:02
    can measure that and hold people
  • 00:35:03
    accountable for you know working towards
  • 00:35:05
    those goals assessing your current
  • 00:35:08
    performance level you need to be honest
  • 00:35:09
    and be where you're at it's not where
  • 00:35:11
    you'd like to be it's where you're at
  • 00:35:12
    today and how do you improve to get to
  • 00:35:14
    where you want to be in the future you
  • 00:35:16
    know establishing those baselines and
  • 00:35:17
    targets but then finding time to
  • 00:35:20
    establish a Cadence to review those kpis
  • 00:35:22
    so you know when is a good time to be
  • 00:35:24
    looking at that in most uh ISO systems
  • 00:35:27
    you have management reviews so and
  • 00:35:30
    typically those could be as as as
  • 00:35:32
    frequent as once a quarter so you know
  • 00:35:35
    that might be a good time to be looking
  • 00:35:36
    at your sustainability kpis as well if
  • 00:35:38
    you integrate that into your existing
  • 00:35:40
    system
  • 00:35:41
    actually
  • 00:35:42
    so ultimately what we're trying to say
  • 00:35:45
    here is you know sustainability is is
  • 00:35:47
    really looking at your operational
  • 00:35:49
    activities to be able to see how can you
  • 00:35:51
    impact your environment and your in your
  • 00:35:54
    work business by doing more with less
  • 00:35:56
    and then essentially we've been doing
  • 00:35:58
    that for many many years even before
  • 00:36:00
    sustainability was considered cool so
  • 00:36:02
    you know continue to start looking at
  • 00:36:04
    ways that your organization can do more
  • 00:36:06
    with less than your well you're going to
  • 00:36:08
    be you know taking some of these tips
  • 00:36:10
    and and Concepts and you'll be able to
  • 00:36:12
    you know start realizing some greater
  • 00:36:14
    benefits and then realizing the the
  • 00:36:17
    benefits of you know incorporating
  • 00:36:18
    sustainability into your existing or
  • 00:36:21
    developing into a system that works well
  • 00:36:23
    for you organizationally
  • 00:36:25
    so uh I think I'm over on time so I'm
  • 00:36:28
    going to turn it over to Krista so she
  • 00:36:30
    can get rolling on the Green Masters
  • 00:36:31
    thank you
  • 00:36:33
    thanks Greg you're good on time uh that
  • 00:36:36
    was fantastic so
  • 00:36:38
    as I said in my introduction I
  • 00:36:42
    one of my roles in the organization is
  • 00:36:45
    to oversee our Green Masters program The
  • 00:36:48
    Green Masters program has been around
  • 00:36:50
    for more than 16 years but we actually
  • 00:36:52
    do very recently just this year launched
  • 00:36:55
    a redesigned version of the program that
  • 00:36:58
    was really purpose-built as a scalable
  • 00:37:01
    standard for companies getting started
  • 00:37:03
    in sustainability I'm going to go
  • 00:37:05
    through a little bit about how we came
  • 00:37:08
    to that and how the green master school
  • 00:37:10
    really acts as that scalable standard
  • 00:37:12
    and that on-ramp for companies in
  • 00:37:15
    sustainability next slide please
  • 00:37:18
    so when we started in wsbc again has
  • 00:37:22
    been around a long time
  • 00:37:24
    um and has been supporting organizations
  • 00:37:27
    in sustainability hoping companies
  • 00:37:30
    Advance sustainable business practices
  • 00:37:32
    for more than 15 years and these are
  • 00:37:35
    some of the challenges we've heard from
  • 00:37:37
    companies throughout that time
  • 00:37:40
    um and Greg touched on this a little bit
  • 00:37:42
    in his presentation that when it comes
  • 00:37:46
    to sustainability
  • 00:37:47
    there's so much out there that companies
  • 00:37:50
    especially when they're just trying to
  • 00:37:52
    get started have a really hard time
  • 00:37:54
    prioritizing what's important and then
  • 00:37:57
    partly because of that uh you know they
  • 00:38:00
    have a hard time integrating those key
  • 00:38:03
    issues into how they do business to
  • 00:38:05
    really get the most value out of
  • 00:38:07
    sustainability we always uh say there's
  • 00:38:11
    a difference between kind of random acts
  • 00:38:13
    of sustainability in an integrated
  • 00:38:15
    approach into how into how you do
  • 00:38:18
    business and when sustainability is
  • 00:38:20
    really integrated what we've found is
  • 00:38:22
    that that really helps companies not
  • 00:38:25
    just you know meet the demands of their
  • 00:38:27
    stakeholders kind of check the box but
  • 00:38:29
    really take advantage of that
  • 00:38:32
    opportunity to
  • 00:38:34
    um maximize the potential of their
  • 00:38:37
    company and to minimize risks and that's
  • 00:38:38
    what Jesse talked about earlier right
  • 00:38:41
    that as an organization we Define
  • 00:38:43
    sustainability
  • 00:38:45
    as a business growth strategy right to
  • 00:38:48
    create long-term value and so when we've
  • 00:38:52
    been interacting with companies over the
  • 00:38:55
    course of many years uh you know we
  • 00:38:58
    heard
  • 00:39:06
    oh Christa I think you froze on me
  • 00:39:16
    I'll give her a minute to come back
  • 00:39:20
    um we're having internet issues today
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    across the board aren't we so um I'm not
  • 00:39:26
    sure it looks like she might have even
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    got kicked out so I'll just pick up from
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    here oh I got kicked all the way out and
  • 00:39:33
    and then it just opened again so sorry
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    about that we're back in some challenges
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    today yeah all right then okay thanks
  • 00:39:44
    all right
  • 00:39:46
    um so we've heard companies you know say
  • 00:39:49
    they have struggled to integrate
  • 00:39:51
    sustainability get buy-in
  • 00:39:54
    um you know navigate the costs related
  • 00:39:56
    to that and then even once if they have
  • 00:40:00
    buy-in they have they know what they
  • 00:40:01
    want to work on they have trouble you
  • 00:40:04
    know whether it's with internal
  • 00:40:06
    resources or employee bandwidth uh
  • 00:40:09
    knowing you know which disclosure
  • 00:40:10
    framework to choose where to get started
  • 00:40:13
    so in hearing all of that that's really
  • 00:40:17
    um we wanted the Green Masters program
  • 00:40:19
    to be a solution that addressed that so
  • 00:40:22
    we developed this really as a full
  • 00:40:26
    Define
  • 00:40:27
    prioritize manage and improve a
  • 00:40:29
    company's sustainability performance uh
  • 00:40:32
    and across environmental social and
  • 00:40:35
    governance topics and specifically those
  • 00:40:37
    that are meaningful to your organization
  • 00:40:39
    and stakeholders the Green Masters
  • 00:40:41
    program allows companies to scope their
  • 00:40:44
    disclosure or their assessment based on
  • 00:40:47
    their priorities making it relevant to
  • 00:40:49
    what they can realistically Infuse
  • 00:40:52
    it's a comprehensive program uh
  • 00:40:55
    including an assessment recognition and
  • 00:40:58
    management tools help you in your
  • 00:41:01
    business
  • 00:41:02
    virtual platform fully customizable
  • 00:41:05
    approach and scalable standard really to
  • 00:41:08
    help guide your entire program so the
  • 00:41:11
    grand Masters program covers
  • 00:41:14
    across the topics
  • 00:41:16
    um
  • 00:41:17
    development of Management Systems
  • 00:41:19
    integration of best practices and then
  • 00:41:21
    performance improvements and So within
  • 00:41:24
    that it really helps
  • 00:41:27
    a company identify best practices
  • 00:41:31
    uh identify ways where they can leverage
  • 00:41:34
    the program and what's within the
  • 00:41:36
    program not only to earn recognition but
  • 00:41:38
    to act as a road map to help you
  • 00:41:40
    prioritize your actions identify best
  • 00:41:43
    practices and really achieve performance
  • 00:41:45
    improvements and one of the things
  • 00:41:46
    that's unique about the program is that
  • 00:41:48
    it wraps a membership organization
  • 00:41:50
    through wsvc around the Tool uh and
  • 00:41:55
    through that you have access to
  • 00:41:57
    peer-to-peer learning mentoring
  • 00:41:58
    resources
  • 00:42:00
    technical expertise training education
  • 00:42:03
    tools just a slew of resources to
  • 00:42:05
    support your journey
  • 00:42:07
    next slide please study
  • 00:42:10
    so Greg shared this
  • 00:42:13
    in his slide again
  • 00:42:17
    um and
  • 00:42:19
    one of the things that I'm just going to
  • 00:42:21
    adjust my view a little bit okay that's
  • 00:42:24
    better uh so in the green master's
  • 00:42:27
    program we follow the same outline that
  • 00:42:31
    Greg uh defined when he talked about how
  • 00:42:34
    we help companies establish
  • 00:42:36
    um a strategic sustainability program
  • 00:42:39
    right so it starts with assessing
  • 00:42:41
    material topics setting your business
  • 00:42:43
    priorities uh planning and embedding
  • 00:42:46
    establishing metrics and goals executing
  • 00:42:48
    evaluating and adjusting really follows
  • 00:42:50
    that same plan you checked check act
  • 00:42:52
    cycle to help companies create and
  • 00:42:55
    follow a road map in establishing their
  • 00:42:57
    sustainability programs next slide
  • 00:42:59
    please let's see
  • 00:43:01
    again the program covers 15 topics
  • 00:43:06
    across four different categories so we
  • 00:43:09
    have environment Society Workforce and
  • 00:43:12
    governance and Leadership and I'm not
  • 00:43:13
    going to go through each of these topics
  • 00:43:16
    you can take a moment to review them
  • 00:43:18
    here but what I want to point out is
  • 00:43:20
    again in each one of these topics
  • 00:43:22
    walk a company through how to develop
  • 00:43:25
    Management Systems specific to that
  • 00:43:28
    topic what metrics to track uh you know
  • 00:43:31
    how to establish goals
  • 00:43:34
    um you know normalizing factors what are
  • 00:43:37
    best practices in that topic unique to
  • 00:43:40
    that topic and then you know what would
  • 00:43:43
    kpis for performance Improvement look
  • 00:43:46
    like and so again this is where this
  • 00:43:49
    program is really not only a recognition
  • 00:43:51
    program but a tool to help companies get
  • 00:43:54
    started in advance and sustainability
  • 00:43:56
    next slide please Jesse
  • 00:43:59
    the program starts with a materiality
  • 00:44:02
    worksheet that helps companies kind of
  • 00:44:04
    practically work through what's most
  • 00:44:06
    material to their organization and
  • 00:44:09
    stakeholders so for each topic addressed
  • 00:44:11
    within the program companies rate the
  • 00:44:15
    importance of that topic in terms of
  • 00:44:17
    impact to their business and importance
  • 00:44:19
    to their stakeholders Greg shared a
  • 00:44:21
    little bit about what considerations go
  • 00:44:24
    into that assessment that materiality
  • 00:44:26
    assessment and then the Green Masters
  • 00:44:29
    program offers a tool to help you work
  • 00:44:31
    through that and document that next
  • 00:44:33
    slide please sassy
  • 00:44:36
    after completing that materiality
  • 00:44:38
    worksheet participants can see their
  • 00:44:40
    results reflected in a materiality
  • 00:44:42
    matrix the way we read a materiality
  • 00:44:45
    matrix is from top right to bottom left
  • 00:44:49
    the graph visually demonstrates how
  • 00:44:56
    high of a priority each topic is so
  • 00:44:58
    along the y-axis we have importance to
  • 00:45:00
    stakeholders along the x-axis we have
  • 00:45:02
    Implement to your business so again on
  • 00:45:06
    kind of that scale of one to ten you can
  • 00:45:08
    see it's not right would be the highest
  • 00:45:10
    priority both to your company and to
  • 00:45:12
    your stakeholders and then as we move to
  • 00:45:14
    the bottom left it would be less
  • 00:45:15
    important
  • 00:45:17
    so companies can use this visual aid to
  • 00:45:20
    help select their priorities from the
  • 00:45:23
    topics included in the program and then
  • 00:45:25
    only those selected topics will be
  • 00:45:27
    included in the company's assessment
  • 00:45:29
    several companies just getting started
  • 00:45:31
    in sustainability we recommend starting
  • 00:45:33
    with your highest priority three to five
  • 00:45:35
    topic and then kind of moving down that
  • 00:45:38
    materiality Matrix to the bottom left
  • 00:45:40
    and adding additional topics that are
  • 00:45:42
    relevant to your organization and
  • 00:45:44
    stakeholders as your program enfores and
  • 00:45:47
    you can really integrate those topics
  • 00:45:50
    into how you do business again as Craig
  • 00:45:53
    said it's quality over quantity
  • 00:45:57
    um and so over time as you really
  • 00:45:59
    integrate those topics you could add
  • 00:46:01
    additional priorities and then you can
  • 00:46:04
    have quantity and quality over time next
  • 00:46:08
    slide please
  • 00:46:11
    so again only the topic selected will be
  • 00:46:13
    included in an organization's assessment
  • 00:46:15
    uh you'll be scored for each topic
  • 00:46:18
    individually and then your overall score
  • 00:46:21
    for the program will be based on the
  • 00:46:24
    kind of cumulative score for all of the
  • 00:46:27
    topics and that you included in your
  • 00:46:29
    assessment next slide please Jesse
  • 00:46:34
    so with that overall score uh you
  • 00:46:39
    achieve a status within the grain
  • 00:46:40
    Masters program so adapting advancing
  • 00:46:43
    mentoring and green master are the
  • 00:46:45
    fourth status levels that essentially
  • 00:46:47
    aligns with quartiles so if you get 25
  • 00:46:49
    of the available points in the topics
  • 00:46:52
    you identified as material you'd be at
  • 00:46:54
    adapting uh 25 to 50 would be advancing
  • 00:46:57
    50 to 75 maturing and then over 75 would
  • 00:47:00
    be a green master status
  • 00:47:02
    and wsbc members are actually eligible
  • 00:47:05
    for recognition within the program uh
  • 00:47:08
    that align and that recognition will
  • 00:47:10
    align with each of these status levels
  • 00:47:12
    so again for companies just getting
  • 00:47:14
    started in sustainability we recommend
  • 00:47:16
    starting with three to five topics and
  • 00:47:18
    that would make them eligible for the
  • 00:47:20
    adapting status and then as a company's
  • 00:47:23
    program grows and matures you can add
  • 00:47:26
    additional topics allowing you to be
  • 00:47:28
    eligible for higher levels of
  • 00:47:29
    recognition we recognize that you know
  • 00:47:33
    the industry that you're in will affect
  • 00:47:35
    how many topics are priorities to you
  • 00:47:38
    and which topics are priorities to you
  • 00:47:40
    in addition to kind of your unique
  • 00:47:42
    business situation so we offer General
  • 00:47:44
    guidance around how many topics should
  • 00:47:47
    be required to reach each one of these
  • 00:47:49
    status levels both for manufacturing or
  • 00:47:53
    heavy industrial users and then
  • 00:47:54
    commercial or you know less intensive
  • 00:47:59
    um less resource intensive participants
  • 00:48:01
    as well so the grand Masters program
  • 00:48:04
    really is something that appeals to any
  • 00:48:07
    company of any size of any industry next
  • 00:48:10
    slide please
  • 00:48:12
    okay kind of benefits in the Green
  • 00:48:14
    Masters program again we've kind of
  • 00:48:16
    talked about this that it's a tool to
  • 00:48:18
    prioritize uh Define prioritize and
  • 00:48:21
    manage your company's performance
  • 00:48:23
    specifically in the topics that are
  • 00:48:25
    meaningful to you and your business and
  • 00:48:27
    then through recognition uh you know it
  • 00:48:30
    offers a third party Prudential to
  • 00:48:32
    validate that your sustainability
  • 00:48:35
    program really meets or exceeds
  • 00:48:37
    internationally recognized standards so
  • 00:48:39
    in develop in redeveloping the program
  • 00:48:41
    we made sure that we aligned with
  • 00:48:44
    a slew of widely used internationally
  • 00:48:47
    recognized standards so that this tool
  • 00:48:50
    could not only help a company really
  • 00:48:52
    achieve success within wsbc in the green
  • 00:48:56
    master's program but also beyond that
  • 00:48:58
    right uh into a range of other standards
  • 00:49:04
    that they may be either through
  • 00:49:07
    regulation or customer requirements may
  • 00:49:10
    be required to participate in the Green
  • 00:49:13
    Masters program is going to help set you
  • 00:49:14
    up for success in in those as well
  • 00:49:18
    however you can also earn recognition as
  • 00:49:21
    you grow your sustainability program and
  • 00:49:23
    as a participant you can use the Green
  • 00:49:25
    Masters program logo to help share your
  • 00:49:28
    sustainability story and progress next
  • 00:49:31
    slide please
  • 00:49:33
    I won't go through all of these but
  • 00:49:35
    again there's just a slew of benefits to
  • 00:49:38
    participating in the Green Masters
  • 00:49:39
    program from recognition to validation
  • 00:49:43
    uh to learning
  • 00:49:46
    um and a lot of these you'll see align
  • 00:49:49
    with kind of the business case for
  • 00:49:51
    sustainability and we were really
  • 00:49:53
    intentional to make this a practical
  • 00:49:56
    tool that companies across the board can
  • 00:49:59
    benefit from and if you have any
  • 00:50:01
    questions we're happy to answer them
  • 00:50:04
    next slide please
  • 00:50:06
    and with that if Greg is still available
  • 00:50:09
    I can turn it over to Greg to talk about
  • 00:50:12
    how we can support companies in their
  • 00:50:16
    Journey
  • 00:50:17
    that's what I am okay
  • 00:50:22
    um
  • 00:50:26
    so wmep really has uh
  • 00:50:29
    an integrated Suite of Assessments and
  • 00:50:32
    services that can help you if you start
  • 00:50:34
    to look at things how you can grow
  • 00:50:35
    organizationally we help companies find
  • 00:50:37
    ways to reduce costs and increase their
  • 00:50:39
    capacity
  • 00:50:40
    the service line that I lead is you know
  • 00:50:43
    helping you to be in compliance and and
  • 00:50:46
    Achieve certifications to the alphabet
  • 00:50:48
    soup of the ISO standards and improving
  • 00:50:51
    quality but we also have and do a lot of
  • 00:50:54
    work with clients on helping to maximize
  • 00:50:56
    human talent and culture so really we're
  • 00:50:58
    a well-rounded consulting firm that can
  • 00:51:01
    provide those services at affordable
  • 00:51:04
    costs for folks to be able to you know
  • 00:51:07
    really help develop and then grow their
  • 00:51:10
    businesses and we love to we love a
  • 00:51:12
    challenge and you know help happy to
  • 00:51:14
    work through our uh our status as uh as
  • 00:51:18
    a non-profit to be able to to help you
  • 00:51:20
    to realize your operational goals
  • 00:51:26
    whether one of you want to speak to the
  • 00:51:29
    um
  • 00:51:30
    assessment
  • 00:51:32
    um and how it aligns to the Green
  • 00:51:34
    Masters at all or
  • 00:51:39
    yeah so we developed a sustainability
  • 00:51:42
    assessment that really
  • 00:51:46
    helps you hit the ground running in the
  • 00:51:48
    grand Masters program however even if
  • 00:51:51
    you're not a participant in the Green
  • 00:51:52
    Masters program it's designed to help
  • 00:51:55
    you work through that materiality
  • 00:51:58
    process with a perspective of you know
  • 00:52:01
    what are your customers doing what are
  • 00:52:03
    some of your competitors doing what are
  • 00:52:05
    kind of the best practices and um
  • 00:52:08
    standards in your industry that could
  • 00:52:11
    impact you or that you should know about
  • 00:52:13
    and align with what are the expectations
  • 00:52:15
    out there of some of your key
  • 00:52:16
    stakeholders we help you evaluate that
  • 00:52:19
    sift through that and then identify the
  • 00:52:22
    topics within environment society and
  • 00:52:26
    governance that are material for your
  • 00:52:29
    organization and then we help you
  • 00:52:30
    prioritize those kind of based on this
  • 00:52:33
    where you're at in your management
  • 00:52:35
    journey to integrate those into your
  • 00:52:37
    organization
  • 00:52:39
    uh so it can be Standalone right if you
  • 00:52:42
    just are trying to get started in
  • 00:52:44
    sustainability you're not sure where to
  • 00:52:45
    start if you have if you're getting some
  • 00:52:48
    pressure from customers or other key
  • 00:52:50
    stakeholders if you don't have the
  • 00:52:52
    internal resources you know I saw a few
  • 00:52:55
    of you say that you're kind of at you've
  • 00:52:58
    done some projects and sustainability
  • 00:53:00
    but
  • 00:53:02
    you know you're not entirely sure where
  • 00:53:04
    to go from here right or you need to
  • 00:53:06
    integrate it across your business there
  • 00:53:09
    was a big percentage of you uh and so
  • 00:53:11
    the sustainability assessment is really
  • 00:53:13
    designed to meet that need right to help
  • 00:53:16
    you
  • 00:53:17
    prioritize Focus build the business case
  • 00:53:20
    for the topics that really matter to
  • 00:53:23
    your organization and stakeholders and
  • 00:53:25
    then we help you identify what are the
  • 00:53:28
    next steps to accelerate program
  • 00:53:31
    development and
  • 00:53:34
    um performance Improvement in those key
  • 00:53:37
    priority topics and then again should
  • 00:53:40
    you choose to participate in the Green
  • 00:53:42
    Masters program it fully aligns so you
  • 00:53:45
    could take the deliverable from that
  • 00:53:47
    assessment and fill out that materiality
  • 00:53:50
    worksheet select your business
  • 00:53:51
    priorities and we even can offer
  • 00:53:54
    suggestions around which topics within
  • 00:53:56
    Green Masters we would recommend
  • 00:53:59
    um as a result of that assessment
  • 00:54:01
    anything else you want to add to that
  • 00:54:03
    Greg
  • 00:54:05
    uh it's very thorough so but you know
  • 00:54:08
    what
  • 00:54:09
    not much to add there so great job
  • 00:54:11
    Krista thanks thanks and then um also
  • 00:54:14
    point out that for the 21st century
  • 00:54:16
    Pathways program that's kind of for
  • 00:54:18
    companies who have already gone down the
  • 00:54:21
    road of sustainability a bit uh and this
  • 00:54:25
    is one that can help
  • 00:54:28
    um really take you to the next level in
  • 00:54:32
    integrating sustainability into your
  • 00:54:33
    business function so it's module-based
  • 00:54:36
    coaching and your priority
  • 00:54:37
    sustainability topics and again totally
  • 00:54:40
    customizable to support your unique
  • 00:54:42
    business priorities so it'd kind of be
  • 00:54:44
    like the sustainability assessment would
  • 00:54:45
    be if you're just getting started or
  • 00:54:47
    don't know where it haven't selected
  • 00:54:48
    your priorities 21st century Pathways is
  • 00:54:51
    really great if you know what your
  • 00:54:52
    priorities are but you need that that
  • 00:54:55
    next step in how to integrate it into
  • 00:54:57
    your business and specifically into your
  • 00:54:59
    business strategy
  • 00:55:03
    awesome
  • 00:55:04
    um thanks to both of you uh so I know
  • 00:55:09
    there's a few members out there so
  • 00:55:11
    thanks for your support and
  • 00:55:13
    participation
  • 00:55:14
    um those of you who are not members I
  • 00:55:16
    just wanted to speak briefly to our
  • 00:55:18
    Member Program because the Green Masters
  • 00:55:20
    program is a free tool to our members
  • 00:55:22
    and membership is based on your
  • 00:55:24
    organization size so we really try to
  • 00:55:26
    make it cost effective because again our
  • 00:55:28
    mission and vision is that all companies
  • 00:55:31
    are organizing around sustainability so
  • 00:55:33
    we want to make that really accessible
  • 00:55:36
    um so just the key benefits of
  • 00:55:37
    membership our education we do monthly
  • 00:55:40
    webinars uh we do quarterly networking
  • 00:55:44
    um we have lots of resources as Krista
  • 00:55:47
    and Greg both mentioned we do
  • 00:55:49
    peer-to-peer working groups
  • 00:55:51
    um I'll talk about our annual conference
  • 00:55:52
    real briefly in the next slide
  • 00:55:54
    um so you get access to the Green
  • 00:55:55
    Masters program but you also get access
  • 00:55:58
    to this network of other
  • 00:56:00
    business people in the state and out of
  • 00:56:04
    the state working on sustainability so
  • 00:56:08
    um we really kind of bring you together
  • 00:56:09
    to help problem solve together you know
  • 00:56:12
    we are a resource for you but we're also
  • 00:56:14
    like you know one and a half people so
  • 00:56:18
    um you know we really try to help bring
  • 00:56:21
    you all together to collaborate and work
  • 00:56:25
    together to solve these problems and
  • 00:56:26
    then of course we love sharing your
  • 00:56:28
    sustainability stories
  • 00:56:30
    um to Our member base so with that said
  • 00:56:32
    I want to invite you all to our annual
  • 00:56:34
    conference this year it's November 16th
  • 00:56:37
    um I'm sorry I didn't update this
  • 00:56:39
    picture but kuna Mutual group is now
  • 00:56:41
    true stage
  • 00:56:43
    um so it's going to be how that tree
  • 00:56:44
    stage in Madison and their beautiful new
  • 00:56:46
    building and we're going to be talking a
  • 00:56:49
    lot about the workforce we have a whole
  • 00:56:51
    track on that
  • 00:56:53
    um in terms of strategies that you can
  • 00:56:55
    employ across your organization as well
  • 00:56:58
    as like very specific data on what um
  • 00:57:00
    employees are expecting of employers we
  • 00:57:05
    also have a track on greenhouse gas
  • 00:57:07
    management that's a huge topic for
  • 00:57:08
    companies right now so lots of great
  • 00:57:11
    information lots of ways to connect with
  • 00:57:14
    your fellow sustainability-minded
  • 00:57:18
    um folks across the state so that's in
  • 00:57:21
    November registration likely wouldn't be
  • 00:57:23
    open
  • 00:57:25
    and then we also have an in-person tour
  • 00:57:29
    coming up in Muskego Wisconsin in
  • 00:57:31
    September so I wanted to make sure you
  • 00:57:34
    all knew about that that's the
  • 00:57:35
    sustainability sort of an action in Pro
  • 00:57:38
    Corporation is in Muskego will be sort
  • 00:57:41
    of doing a deep dive into the evolution
  • 00:57:43
    of their sustainability program sort of
  • 00:57:45
    the nuts and bolts of it and then we'll
  • 00:57:47
    get to take a tour and walk around and
  • 00:57:50
    see it all in action
  • 00:57:52
    um and then they're generous enough to
  • 00:57:54
    offer us some hors d'oeuvres and happy
  • 00:57:55
    hour beverages if you want to stay until
  • 00:57:57
    five o'clock so come join us learn more
  • 00:58:01
    about what we do meet other members and
  • 00:58:04
    we also have a lot more events we do
  • 00:58:06
    monthly webinars so I didn't put those
  • 00:58:08
    on there you could find those at our
  • 00:58:10
    website which is Wisconsin
  • 00:58:11
    sustainability.com just forward slash
  • 00:58:14
    upcoming events that's how you can get
  • 00:58:17
    and find out about the working group
  • 00:58:18
    specific to Green Masters
  • 00:58:21
    um and then wmep does less events than
  • 00:58:23
    we do but they do lots of like
  • 00:58:25
    supervisor skills and those sorts of
  • 00:58:28
    things so you can learn about their
  • 00:58:29
    events at wmap.org forward slash events
  • 00:58:34
    um so I know we're close to time here I
  • 00:58:36
    wanted to make sure to leave a little
  • 00:58:37
    more time for questions so I apologize
  • 00:58:39
    we don't have more time for that but
  • 00:58:42
    um I can stay address any questions
  • 00:58:43
    anybody has I will send out the
  • 00:58:47
    recording once it's complete the
  • 00:58:49
    PowerPoint slides as well as that
  • 00:58:51
    materiality webinar that I referenced
  • 00:58:53
    earlier I will send that all out to you
  • 00:58:56
    in an email either later today or
  • 00:58:58
    tomorrow our email addresses are here if
  • 00:59:01
    you want to follow up
  • 00:59:03
    um and I will pause here if anybody has
  • 00:59:05
    any questions or comments or anything
  • 00:59:08
    that they want to stare
  • 00:59:12
    we thank you for your engagement and
  • 00:59:14
    questions I appreciate you bringing up
  • 00:59:16
    the sdgs
  • 00:59:18
    for sure thanks for being here
  • 00:59:22
    hi Kurt all right thank you
  • 00:59:27
    all right I'm gonna stop the recording
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