The document discusses the four guiding questions of strategic sustainability: A) What are we talking about? - Defines sustainability and its benefits. B) What do we have? - Assesses current resources and risks. C) What do we want? - Sets sustainability goals and vision. D) How will we get there? - Develops a plan to achieve goals through initiatives that provide returns on investment.

1. Geoff Stack LEED AP Stack Coordination [email_address] The four guiding questions of strategic sustainability

2. Green: Lots of “solutions” Lots of “problems”

3. Four questions: A: What are we talking about? B : What do we have? C: What do we want? D: How are we going to get there?

4. Four questions: Direction A: B : C: D: = Dollars x Depth

5. STACK Coordination Regenerative development Green building Green business Strategic sustainability Collaborators: We manage the complexities of:

6. First: A: What are we talking about? B : What do we have? C: What do we want? D: How are we going to get there?

7. A: What are we talking about? +38 % profit increase in 5 years from the implementation of strategic sustainability initiatives Businesses can expect a (or more)

8. A: What are we talking about? 38 % ? Says who? www.sustainabilityadvantage.com

10. A: What are we talking about? Asset management Financial Capital Human Capital Natural Capital Biosphere Community Economy YOU EARN HERE.

12. Second: A: What are we talking about? B : What do we have? C: What do we want? D: How are we going to get there?

14. B: What do we have? Four main sources of risk Sustainability Principles Four ways of destroying this system Biosphere Community Economy YOU EARN HERE.

15. B: What do we have? Does your business: Depend on mined materials? Impose barriers that keep people from meeting their own needs? Rely on or produce toxics? Contribute to overharvesting?

16. Third: A: What are we talking about? B : What do we have? C: What do we want? D: How are we going to get there?

18. C: What do we want? Backcasting defining success before we start working on it.

19. Fourth: A: What are we talking about? B : What do we have? C: What do we want? D: How are we going to get there?

24. Four questions: A: What are we talking about? B : What do we have? C: What do we want? D: How are we going to get there?

25. Strategic sustainability Direction A: B : C: D: = Dollars x Depth

26. Geoff Stack LEED AP Stack Coordination [email_address] The four guiding questions of strategic sustainability