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Organisations are realising that the process of ESG Reporting has impacts, and some of them are profound. It all starts with putting past activities into focus. Baseline year analysis creates a then and now sense of evolution, it’s a way of seeing our legacy in a different way, whether for better or worse, and Boom! we can see our dependencies. Life was so much easier believing that everything could just keep growing, that ‘more’ was entirely reasonable. Seeing the world through our dependencies brings a harsh reality home; that only more is not sustainable, nor desirable. STAGE 1: This gives rise to new perspectives and with them comes greater vision. Time to go back to the CEO and explain that your brand integrity has some clouds on the horizon. You are going to need to drop the old-line myopic and start embracing responsibility, it’s either that or being called out for the wrong reasons. First, you’ll need a clear, unambiguous statement of intent backed up with real, demonstrable commitment. Change, after all, is the only certainty, and transparency is the new advantage. STAGE 2: Commitment comes next. Time to tackle the elephant in the room that Business-as-Usual represents a death of a thousand cuts. Investors, customers, suppliers and your staff all need assurance that you are capable and willing to change. Secretly they are expecting that you can’t, they are expecting you to fail. Being bold will be unbelievable, being modest will not be enough. Promises need to be based on truth and facts, marketing will struggle with that. STAGE 3: Until they grasp that advocacy and engagement are the best peer-endorsements. Resiliency in all its forms is enhanced through localisation, which just happens to also be the easiest place to establish impact touchpoints. Now is the chance to make your materiality analysis meaningful. STAGE 4: Now you’re getting up a head of steam, you are driving change and no longer on the back foot. The solution(s) you began reporting with needs to broaden to include innovation collaborations and AI to dig into data, to identify nuance and new opportunities. Abstract data needs to become absolute, you’ll never find process redundancy otherwise. STAGE 5: Now you’re delivering. Your ESG reporting has morphed into a transformation management system with progressive targets and positive impact outcomes. You’re growing, but in different ways. You’re creating returns, but in more dimensions. You’ve embraced boundaries and found ways to thrive within them. #sustainability #sustainablebusiness #esg #esgstrategy #esgreporting Joanne Thurlow Steve B. Daniella Sachs Tuuli Bell Piotr Barczak Elvis Mushonga Teona Mikadze John Hummel Lem-marie [LC] Chizungu Antonio Monisit Mary Thida Berry (née Lun) Jaime Amoedo 🌿 The Sustainability Sherpa Prof. Dr. Willy Legrand Dr Marlon Cruz Marcus Curcija Robin Dufek Peter Richards Jennifer Spatz David Carlin Michael Baxter - The ESG Show

Can you avoid being a greenwasher? Yes of course, but can you do it? Read on to find out how... #esg #esgreporting #greenwashing #socialwashing

Some holiday thinking time about a subject that is causing considerable confusion and anxiety for a range of reasons - hopefully this will help those struggling with biodiversity impacts!

This should not be a surprise to anyone... SBTi effectively trashing carbon credits and placing a clear emphasis on serious commitments to emissions reductions, especially through the value chain. Time to stand up, own up and make some tough decisions. #esg #esgreporting #carboncredits #scope3emissions

🌍 We often find that we live in a ‘small world’, it is the same for companies, full of non-linear, often circular connections, just like our daily relationships. Stakeholder engagement is about understanding the interconnectedness of things. 🤯 Mind-mapping is an excellent tool to understand the degrees of influence throughout stakeholder eco-systems, which are dynamic and exhibit their own characteristics. 🤔 Ever wondered why folks don’t send back surveys? personality-types play a big role, as does cognitive bias and decision making abilities, which can place a low priority on other people’s needs. ⁉️ Surveys can be handy, but only after thorough analysis and scoping, then regularly follow up with focus groups. ✅ Piggy back marketing when they hosts these, or increase frequency of community events or sponsorships, and add always ESG topics to client/supplier discussions. ⭐️ Integrate engagement with day to day activities - interconnect function and feedback. So, what is not Stakeholder engagement? ❌ a phone enquiry to see if your customers think you are 'green' or ‘eco' ❌ checking your suppliers website if they are offsetting their GHGe ❌ asking for a hands-up in staff meetings ❌ relying on marketing to substantiate product or service claims ❌ only a tick-box survey sent out every 2 years to a select few 👏 Interconnectedness drives our societies and our businesses, don’t be scared of taking stakeholder engagement seriously! #sustainability #sustainablebusiness #esg #esgstrategy #esgreporting Joanne Thurlow Steve B. Daniella Sachs Tuuli Bell Piotr Barczak Elvis Mushonga Teona Mikadze Aimee Koval John Hummel Lem-marie [LC] Chizungu Antonio Monisit Mary Thida Berry (née Lun) Jaime Amoedo Dr Marlon Cruz Dr. Marcus Curcija Robin Dufek John Teng Peter Richards Jennifer Spatz Michael Baxter - The ESG Show Tony Reyhanloo Detlef Meyer Laura Selenz Marlon Van Hee Anne de Jong Anastasiia Korshunova Doriana Maltese Katarina Mancama

🤔 A Friday thought for you to mull over the weekend and as we approach holiday season... 👣 We all know that tourism has a heavy GHG footprint and many negative social impacts from over-tourism, excessive demands, and irresponsible travellers, but how many of us actually begin our holiday planning by considering them? 💛 Have you made a clear and conscientious choice this summer? Have you explained your decisions to your family? Do you sincerely believe that you will have a better holiday by being responsible and considerate? 😎 I truly hope so, and wherever you chose to go, have fun, share smiles and leave only positive footprints!

🤔 The problem: responsibility is (currently) not a currency of value. Take the article below from the BBC - there are many similar examples of where market constraints have forced a rethink of value - and note that regulation was a vital system lever. 👉 So, do we wait for the market's self-correction to make us operate within planetary boundaries, which it will do eventually (no doubt with ferocity), or do we engage some system leverage? 💡 ESG regulations seek to institutionalise responsibility and induce behavioural change... yet regulations are normally considered an infringement of 'rights' at first. That is until folks understand that effects require causes, thus turning onerous duties into normative functionality. ⚡ Just recall that accounting standards were created out of the Great Depression for this very reason - regulations for investor protection - and that's dear to the heart of every free-market advocate. 😡 So why do some folks find fault with ESG, citing arguments that champion ‘free markets’? I'm afraid they actually mean, ‘hey, anything goes’ or 'I'm too busy' - classic arguments from those attempting to avoid responsibility - I'm sure there are some parents out there who recognise the phrases? 🌍 Let's be clear - ESG seeks to add common-sense, protective measures for the planet and those of us who would like to see future generations not having to deal with decimated biodiversity, planetary pillaging, real estate catastrophes, rampant pollution and totally dysfunctional societies! https://lnkd.in/eDdJw2bT

Time for a Monday musing about something vitally important to ESG reporting... tipping points and subsequent need to hang in there. #sustainability #sustainablebusiness #esg #esgstrategy #esgreporting Joanne Thurlow Steve B. Daniella Sachs Tuuli Bell Piotr Barczak Elvis Mushonga Teona Mikadze Aimee Koval John Hummel Lem-marie [LC] Chizungu Antonio Monisit Mary Thida Berry (née Lun) Jaime Amoedo Dr Marlon Cruz, Dr. Marcus Curcija Robin Dufek John Teng Peter Richards Jennifer Spatz Michael Baxter - The ESG Show Tony Reyhanloo Detlef Meyer Laura Selenz Marlon Van Hee Anne de Jong Anastasiia Korshunova Doriana Maltese Katarina Mancama

Climate change is real, whether or not you believe fossil fuels has anything to do with it. Denying it is a waste of time but those who do, can be devilishly sneaky about it... so I thought we'd have some fun and play Climate Change Denial Bingo! If anyone reads or hears these terms, just shout out BINGO! in comments... Remember folks this is just a bit of fun :-) #climatechange #climatechangedenial #climatechangedenialbingo

As promised, here with the second instalment of ESG actions - another 25 Social and Governance Actions. ESG and sustainability is about what you do, not what you say you do... so, time to walk the talk with a challenge for you: 25 Social and Governance Actions that can be started now! Did you miss the 25 Environmental Actions? Check out our LinkedIn page for 50 things to get you started and they are all good! Feel free to comment with more ideas, I get the feeling that there's a whole forest of low hanging fruit out there! #sustainability #sustainablebusiness #esg #esgstrategy #esgreporting Joanne Thurlow Steve B. Daniella Sachs Tuuli Bell Piotr Barczak Elvis Mushonga Teona Mikadze Aimee Koval John Hummel Lem-marie [LC] Chizungu Antonio Monisit Mary Thida Berry (née Lun) Jaime Amoedo Dr Marlon Cruz, CSci, CEng Dr. Marcus Curcija Robin Dufek Bijan Khazai Simon Michalke John Teng Peter Richards Jennifer Spatz Michael Baxter - The ESG Show Tony Reyhanloo Detlef Meyer Laura Selenz Marlon Van Hee Anne de Jong Anastasiia Korshunova Doriana Maltese Katarina Mancama