About the Criteria A. Sustainable Management A.1. Management System | A.1 Implement a Sustainability Management System |
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A.1. The company has implemented a long-term sustainability management system that is suitable to its reality and scale, and that considers environmental, sociocultural, quality, health, and safety issues. _____________________________ The first step toward embracing sustainable business practices entails creating a sustainability management system (SMS) that includes transparent, documented policies and procedures, implementation and communication plans. A well written sustainability policy will define and clearly communicate organizational goals and objectives as they relate to the business’ environmental, socio-cultural, and economic performance. The primary purpose of the sustainability management plan is to guide decision-making, management, and the daily operations of the business in a sustainable manner. ______________________________ Potential Indicators • Sustainability Management Plan exists that is appropriate to the business’ size and scale (yes/no)
• Checklist: Sustainability Management Plan considers:
• Environmental • Sociocultural • Quality • Health & Safety Issues • Scales with point systems (for example):
• System is implemented: • Sustainability Management Plan is communicated internally (2 pts) and externally (2 pts) • Plan is integrated at decision-making level (1 pt), includes monitoring (1 pt), analysis/evaluation (1 pt) and adaptive management (1 pt)
• Stakeholder input (1 pt) and progress reported (1 pt) • System is comprehensive: • Plan includes environmental (2 pts), sociocultural (2 pts), quality (2 pts), health (2pts) and safety (2 pts) issues
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