1. Sustainability and Environmental Management E-105 Strategies for Sustainability Management Robert B. Pojasek, PhD Adjunct Lecturer on Environmental Science, Harvard School of Public Health Week 4: Systems Approach to Sustainability

2. Framework for Sustainability Projects 2

3. Program Projects Not Initiatives 3 INITIATIVES Sustainability Program within the Sustainability Management System

4. First – Hierarchical Process Mapping 4 123 2.1 2.22.3 2.2.1 2.2.22.2.32.2.4 Top Level Second Level Third Level

5. Resource Accounting 5

6. Determine the Risk of the Projects 6 Source: Department for Education and Skills, part of Document 0235/2004

7. Determine the Operational Risk 7 Source: Department for Education and Skills, part of Document 0235/2004

8. Select the Projects Using Risk 8

9. Define the Project 9

10. Rank-Order with Pareto 80% of the $$$ are spent on 20% of the resources/losses Oldest tool in the Systems Approach (Vilfredo Pareto, 1897) Separates the vital few from the trivial many Can also use Pareto for risks to the business 10

11. Pareto Chart 11

12. Root Cause Analysis 12

13. Brainwriting – Alternative Solutions 13 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

14. 14 Bubble-up/bubble-down is designed to select an alternative for implementation It is a forced-pair comparison It allows for extensive team interaction No alternatives are eliminated Additional information may be required in an iterative prioritizing process Prioritizing Alternative Solutions

15. 15 Potential for compliance through prevention Reduction in hazard and risk Resource conservation enhanced Recovery of valuable by-products Benefits safety of workers Gains management/worker support Effectiveness

16. 16 Benchmark candidates available Engineering sophistication of project Availability of suitable vendors Availability of equipment Little disruption to production Adequate space available Ability to Implement

17. 17 Availability of capital Positive cost/benefit analysis Expedient payback potential Availability of outside funding assistance Reduction of future risk/liability Cost

18. Draft Action Plan 18 Action Responsible Person Performance Standard Completion Deadline Resources Needed Date: 1 2 3 4 Alternative Selected Purpose Project Benefits

19. Integration of sustainability into core business practices - ‘make the business case’ Make sustainability part of every business decision (management) Make sustainability part of what every employee does every day (workers) Drive for continual improvement with prevention as the preferred means Systems Approach to Sustainability

20. 20 ANY QUESTIONS?