Erb Management Toolboxes

ERB MANAGEMENT TOOLBOXES

As the Erb Institute, we have a responsibility to provide the most up-to-date thinking and practical approaches for both current and future sustainability professionals. While we are best known for our academics, the Erb institute has bridged the gap between scholarly thinking and practical application by producing what we call the Sustainability Practitioner’s Toolbox.

Erb management toolboxes are sought after for their step-by-step approach on the specific sustainability issues that managers confront daily in multiple facets of their operations. Because the toolboxes systematically, comprehensively and logically assess sustainability risk, they help lead businesses to carefully consider all aspects of a situation to develop sustainable solutions.

Our toolboxes are tailored for—and are featured significantly in—our Executive Education programs.

Currently available Erb toolboxes: Stakeholder Engagement

Supply Chain

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

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a process for identifying economic, environmental and social issues and stakeholders and then visually mapping issues and stakeholders

and implementing engagement strategies · planning documenting the process the engagement cycle and getting · completing stakeholder feedback · using metrics to measure your initiatives foundational principles applicable to stakeholder · key engagement

Materiality TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

ning materiality, including definitions used in financial · defi reporting, sustainability reporting and sustainability strategy · identifying what matters most to your business in terms of: - external stakeholders - business objectives - time dimensions of materiality - ensuring a “triple bottom line” approach is used

important considerations, such as internal · evaluating and external stakeholder engagement practices and organizational capacity

the range of social, environmental and · understanding governance issues in global supply chains the management organization to supplier· committing focused sustainability and engaging it in appropriate strategies and initiatives Tools used to advance sustainability in the supply-chain context

· responsible sourcing · supplier codes of conduct · sustainable procurement Metrics + measurement

· data collection · supplier scorecards · audit models · the move toward value-chain “ownership”

ER B M ANAGEMENT TOOLBOXES

With many governments struggling to effectively protect human rights, businesses have an opportunity and responsibility to ensure that they respect human rights.

Human Rights Impact Assessment By performing human rights impact assessments (HRIA), businesses can make proactive and strategic decisions related to human rights risks, which will lead to more stable and predictable operating environments, lower financial and legal risk and enhanced outcomes for individual and collective rights holders. HRIAs can create value for businesses through risk management and growth opportunities.

Human Rights Implementation This Business and Human Rights Implementation Toolbox complements the Business and Human Rights Impact Assessment Toolbox. It offers guidance to business leaders on operationalizing the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (U.N. Human Rights Council), including strategies to both integrate human rights as an organizational priority across functions and address human rights issues when they occur.

Metrics + Reporting TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE: The process of defining business metrics to track sustainability strategy and implementation

· environmental impact metrics impact metrics (pointing out their · social special challenges) sustainability through the GRI G4 · reporting Reporting Framework · authentic communication in a sustainability context Strategy + Implementation TOPICS COVERED INCLUDE:

an organizational vision of economic, · setting environmental and social sustainability · creating a set of strategic pillars that support the vision goals, initiatives and metrics that · establishing implement the strategy and track progress internal capacity to implement sustainability · building initiatives effectively the link between sustainability strategy · recognizing and sustainability reporting/communications

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