The ROI of Sustainable Development

Wednesday April 21, 2010, 8:30-11:30AM

On what actions, results and statistics are sustainable development directors assessed? Are they required to prove their contribution to the return-on-investment (ROI) of the company?

1- Putting sustainable development into the wider context of the company

• Under whose responsibility (management board, executive committee…) are SD departments?
• What is their average number of employees? What is their budget and how is it broken down: travel, Agrion membership, advisory missions…)
• What is generally expected of them: internal audit, employee sensitization, communication… or the adoption of plans that have direct implications on industrial processes or service provision?
   

2-    How are SD departments’ programs assessed?

• Are SD departments asked to provide an annual program, to follow it and to show how its objectives have been met materially?
• What statistics, quantitative and qualitative results can be used to justify that objectives have been met? 

3- Participation in the company’s ROI

• Whether reporting is explicitly specified or not, it can be politically useful to show how the SD department participates in company ROI optimization. How can this be done?

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