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