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Shifting the focus from talking about Sustainability concepts to sharing Sustainability and ESG progress and impacts from baseline data and actions: Do you know what your organisation is doing now? What are your organisation's baselines and intentions? Is this documented, shared and up to date?   Being  proactive with planning and measuring your organisation's Sustainability and ESG approach, progress and impacts  Integrated & transformational across organisational ESG dimensions – Environment, Social, Governance Aligned with values, holistic, regenerative & c ..read more

How an integrated impact model with ESG dimensions can help strategically plan, measure and report sustainability and ESG progress and impacts. An impact model is a useful framework for planning and measuring sustainability initiatives, as it allows organizations to map their activities to intended outputs, outcomes and impacts. Including an impact model in reporting and communications is a proactive way to share your organisation's inputs, actions, progress and impacts. Impact models help identify key activities and interventions that contribute to sustainability goals—for example, reduci ..read more

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Integrate your Sustainability and ESG goals into your business model and credibly measure and report progress and impacts 6- monthly and annually. If you are not sharing this on your website and with stakeholders, then it's easy for people to assume it's not important to your organisation. It doesn't need to be perfect. Sharing your Sustainability and ESG progress and impacts shows you care and are contributing! Register for the specialist  On-Demand Foundation Course: Measuring Sustainability and ESG progress and impacts credibly, with weekly Q&A. Special Price NZD $495.  Then i ..read more

Dr Kate Averill shares her views and experiences on contributing to Sustainability - Environmental, Social and Governance progress and impacts locally and regionally. Listen HERE ..read more

  Getting started or wanting to become a proactive and integrated Sustainability, Climate Action and ESG Focused-Organisation   Register for the August 14-24  2023 Sustainability and ESG FREE Introductory Workshop Series  - includes four workshops, two templates and an advisory discussion group Join the ISD Community and build Sustainability, Climate Action and ESG capability and practice Thinking Globally Acting Locally. Register at www.isd.nz     Benefit #1 Be part of a proactive Sustainability and ESG Progress and Coll ..read more

I often get asked by people from businesses and organisations how to align to different Sustainability reporting requirements. Here are eight emerging good practice features: I suggest that first businesses and organisations (1) reflect on their values, and (2) engage stakeholders to share what 'good looks like' for Sustainability and ESG (Environmental Social Governance) progress and impacts. This enables (3) including different perspectives and values, and (4) key Sustainability concepts to emerge.  Then (5) key material areas within each ESG dimension can be identified and (6) theories ..read more

Recently we had our first Climate Action Week here in  Marlborough, Aotearoa New Zealand with visits to vineyards & wineries, seafood, forestry & sawmilling businesses. We appreciated the open, informative visits and reflective discussions on progress, challenges, and learning about transforming to more sustainable practices and impacts. Over 50 businesses and organisations participated and over 150 people were involved. Visits were made to Dog Point Vineyard, Sanford Seafood, Yealands Estate Winery, and One Forty-One Kaituna Sawmill. Key learnings: Efforts and progress ..read more