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1 Sustainability Reporting for Financially Challenged and Small Organizations By Bill Blackburn July 4, 2006 Greening of Industry Conference Communicating Sustainability Inside and Outside the Organization-- Types, Tools and Techniques Cardiff, Wales William Blackburn Consulting, Ltd. William Blackburn Consulting, Ltd. Web: www.WBlackburnConsulting.com Web: www.WBlackburnConsulting.comwww.WBlackburnConsulting.com Email: WRB@WBlackburnConsulting.com Email: WRB@WBlackburnConsulting.comWRB@WBlackburnConsulting.com Phone: 847.530.4014 Phone: 847.530.4014 © Copyright 2006: William R. Blackburn

2 Based on new book from the Environmental Law Institute (late summer): The Sustainability Handbook— The Complete Management Guide to Achieving The Complete Management Guide to Achieving Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility (Reserve book at www.WBlackburnConsulting.com)

3 What are the top challenges in sustainability reporting? -- for large companies? -- for large companies? -- for small companies?

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5 The Drivers. The Efficient Enablers The Pathway The Evaluators A champion/leader Approach for selling management on sustainability Accountability mechanisms Organizational structure Deployment and integration Vision and policy Operating system standards Strategic planning for aligned priorities Indicators and goals Measuring and reporting progress Stakeholder engagement and feedback

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7 Groups to Consider CORE TEAMDEPLOYMENT TEAM Business PlanningCore Team plus: Business Practices/EthicsEngineering Charitable ContributionsManufacturing CommunicationsQuality Community RelationsResearch & Development Environment, Health & SafetyRisk Management FinanceSales & Marketing/Distribution GovernanceSecurity Human Resources LawREPORT DISTRIBUTORS NETWORK Purchasing/Supply ChainBusiness Development A few key business unitsCommunications Government Affairs Investor Relations

8 What factors should be considered in planning a sustainability report?

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11 What factors should be considered in selecting report content?

12 Issues Concerning Content Content-prioritization process Data relevance and materiality Information availability and reliability Documenting data sources GRI and other reporting standards Benchmarking information Anticipating future content

13 How can you best enhance the credibility of the report?

14 Top Strategies for Strengthening the Credibility of Reports 1. External verification 2. Being honest about mistakes and bad practices 3. External reporting standard (GRI, etc.) Source: Pleon Kohtes Klewes Global Stakeholder Survey--2005

15 How can you best control report cost and effort?

16 Strategies for Controlling Reporting Cost and Effort 1. Start small; piggyback on existing publications 2. Use available data 3. Reduce frequency 4. Narrow scope 5. Prioritize content 6. Cut the fancy stuff 7. Change verification strategy

17 Figure 10.4 Sustainability Information Reported by Polaroid for 2002, 2003, and 2004 General: CEO statement Vision, strategy and practices Company profile EHS management systems and structure Key EHS policies Economic:Revenues (private company)* Social:Safety statistics Charitable donations Sale of business, restructuring Environmental:Energy usage Water usage TRI toxic releases (by plant) Hazardous and non-hazardous waste generation Greenhouse gas emissions Emissions of key air pollutants Regulatory compliance (environmental excursions) Supplier evaluation criteria Ozone-depleting chemicals usage Key priorities and accomplishments for report year Key priorities for upcoming year** ___________________________ *= reported for 2002 only **= reported for 2003 and 2004 only

18 William Blackburn Consulting, Ltd. William Blackburn Consulting, Ltd. Web: www.WBlackburnConsulting.com Web: www.WBlackburnConsulting.comwww.WBlackburnConsulting.com Email: WRB@WBlackburnConsulting.com Email: WRB@WBlackburnConsulting.comWRB@WBlackburnConsulting.com Phone: 847.530.4014 Phone: 847.530.4014 Book: The Sustainability Handbook— The Complete Management Guide The Complete Management Guide to Social, Economic and to Social, Economic and Environmental Responsibility Environmental Responsibility

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