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Sustainability Action Learning Program (SALP)

Although many corporate leaders today have heard about sustainability generally, they may not yet have had the time to take a serious look at their corporate strategies and operations from a sustainability perspective, and develop sustainability-related plans for their company's future success.

Through Transitioning to Green's Sustainability Action Learning (SALP) program, business leaders/managers get that opportunity.  They are guided through a highly efficient sustainability self-assessment  process that puts the company leaders and employees in a position to significantly improve their financial, employee, social and environmental performance while increasing sustainability.

SALP consists of Four 1-day Corporate Self-Assessment Workshops

Transitioning to Green's experienced sustainability “practitioner”  trainers roll up their sleeves to work with client companies to establish a context and strong foundation for implementing sustainability-aligned improvements appropriate to each company’s unique circumstances and aspirations.

The SALP Workshop Series engages and motivates corporate leaders, “green team” members and selected employee peers as they collaborate to:

1. Discover what “holistic sustainability” means to their company
2. Learn key sustainability program topics from a triple bottom line perspective (people, planet and profits)
3. Inventory ongoing activities and participant expectations
4. Co-create baseline program benchmarks
5. Identify and self-assess new program initiatives, and
6. Co-develop and practice presenting next step recommendations and action plans.

Transitioning to Green Expert Trainers work with participant companies to train and self-assess several core areas of risk and opportunity.  Then they work  to develop a roadmap of practical next step actions that save energy, reduce waste, implement lean and efficient operating practices, and engage and communicate their sustainability initiative with employees and stakeholders.

Sustainability Self-assessment Workshop Events:

The following are highlights of curriculum and  action learning activities that are included within a self-assessment action learning workshop events. The program content is customized for clients needs.

Day 1: Self-assessment Orientation, Sustainability Vision, Context and Culture

1. Introductions and sharing of expectations; review workshop process
2. Conduct qualitative Sustainability Management Survey
3. Facilitated group qualitative screening of sustainable enterprise qualities and sustainable development program aspects.
4. Facilitate group discussion to establish the company’s context for sustainability.
5. Co-develop a qualitative list of initiatives related to sustainability program objectives.
6. Conduct a facility tour including both Transitioning to Green and company employee participants.

Session 1: Action Items and between session homework: the company team members assemble relevant information, background documents and operating data to use in the workshops.

Day 2: Strategy and Opportunities Self-assessment

1. Discuss current business strategy and plans
2. Introduce Business Case Financial Opportunity Benchmarks
3. Review industry standards and best practice examples
4. Establish Working Strategy for Achieving Sustainability Objectives
5. Create a high-level outline of the company's sustainability plan

Day 3: Element Selection, Employee and Stakeholder Engagement and Self-assessment

1. Develop company key stakeholder lists
2. Identify Major Opportunities

Day 4: Risk and Business Case Analysis and Co-Create Roadmap Report

1. Assess and document qualitative business opportunities for recommended actions.
2. Assess and document quantifiable elements against financial performance benchmarks.
3. Co-create the sustainability assessment report.

Close and Next Steps:

1. Complete the sustainability assessment practice presentation
2. Review sustainability self-assessment process and action learning experiences, and share feedback.
3. Review recommendations and roadmap for next steps with company leadership.