Boot Camp Agenda:
| Evening Before:
6:30 PM-9:00 PM Arrivals Dinner |
Day 1:
7:30 AM-8:00 AM Breakfast 8:00 AM-5:00 PM Boot Camp 5:00 PM Adjourn 6:00 PM Cocktail Hour & Dinner |
Day 2:
7:30 AM-8:00 AM Breakfast 8:00 AM-1:00 PM Boot Camp Noon-1:00 PM Lunch 1:00 PM Adjourn |
Details of Boot Camp:
Day 1: The Business of Sustainability -- Being an Effective Leader of Sustainability for Your Company
Sustainability is in the mainstream of business – and will continue to be. Sustainability is not a separate series of activities; it needs to be infused into the overall business strategy and continuum in order to see results. In this Boot Camp we will educate on the following areas:
Setting the Strategy /Plan (For those with a plan – how to quarterly, annually - reset the plan)
Elements of the plan:
- Assessment of needs
- Business need
- Functional areas affected
- Impact – short/long-term
- ROI
The Structure/ the Process
- Building and managing an effective sustainability plan for the company
Communication
- How to be effective leaders in the context of the business of sustainability and communication
- Including:
- Stakeholder Management
- CSR Reporting
Integrate
- How to develop a systematic process on where to start as well as how to prioritize sustainability initiatives to gain the best return on investment and how to integrate it into your overall business strategy. The most effective and efficient ways to build, manage, maintain, measure and benchmark (ongoing) sustainability strategies and activities.
- How to develop:
- KPIs
- Initiatives – project management
- Benchmarking - continuous benchmarking to understand where you are and where you need to be and where you want to go.
Innovate
- How to leverage best practices surrounding sustainable business practices and create opportunities with products, services and stakeholders
- Develop checklists of ways in which you could employ innovation to increase effectiveness and efficiencies while saving money.
Sustain
- How to sustain your sustainability strategy and initiatives -- education on the importance of a Sustainability Lifecycle Continuum and how to stay up on trends, forecasts, suppliers, new & emerging technologies & processes
- How to streamline, reuse, and develop effective and efficient processes. Being more efficient with what you have or do versus capital investments
Work Groups / Case Study
- Working within groups, participants will create a sample framework, game plan and a systematic process for a sustainability plan - and how to sustain it – that they can then leverage within their company.
Day 2: Implementing Sustainability -- Technology & Initiatives
Key Technical Areas under Sustainability
Points of integration and where to start – based on strategies set on Day 1:
- Supply chain
- Resource/waste management & recovery
- Materials, green building
- Transportation & logistics
- Energy & cleantech
- Green IT
- Water
- Corporate social responsibility
- Environmental health & safety
- Government & regulatory issues
Ongoing Decision-Cycle Management
- How to manage and make decisions around the right solutions, technologies & vendors
- Emerging technologies
- Products
- Fulfillment now and future to meet your sustainability strategy and your overall business strategy
- How to vet vendors (checklist of questions to ask)
Sustainability Maturity Models & Benchmarking
- How to leverage - Sustainability Maturity Models & Benchmarking
Examples of Key Technical Areas