Jo Watson Head of Corporate Partnerships at The Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (formerly the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment: IEMA) and outlines her thoughts on how Carbon Literacy helps underpin organisational sustainably .
Jo Watson writes, for the Institute of Sustainability and Environmental Professionals (ISEP):
Over the past five years as Head of Corporate Partnerships at ISEP, I’ve had the privilege of speaking to organisations of all sizes about one common challenge… the question I hear time and again is: ‘How do we turn our sustainability strategy into action across the whole organisation?’
That question was at the heart of a recent ISEP Educate & Elevate webinar delivered to ISEP Corporate Partners… Although we came from different organisations, we kept coming back to the same conclusion: successful sustainability strategies are built on capable people.
… What I heard throughout the discussion was how similar the challenges are, regardless of sector.
Sustainability isn’t a strategy problem
One of the biggest takeaways for me was that most organisations don’t have a strategy problem. They have a capability problem
Organisations generally know what they want to achieve. The real challenge is ensuring their people have the knowledge, confidence and capability to deliver it… Real progress happens when sustainability becomes everyone’s responsibility.
Carbon Literacy is an excellent place to start
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Learning shouldn’t stop with Carbon Literacy
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Sustainability belongs in Learning and Development
One of the strongest messages from Heidi Barnard was that sustainability learning shouldn’t sit solely with sustainability teams. Instead, organisations should embed it within their wider Learning and Development strategy…
Small actions really do make a difference
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How ISEP and The Carbon Literacy Project can help
If there’s one thing I hope delegates took away from our webinar and the discussion, it’s that sustainability isn’t delivered by strategies; it is delivered by people….
… If you’re wondering where your organisation is today, why not take the ISEP Sustainable Business Benchmark? It provides a practical assessment of your organisation’s sustainability capability and highlights where you can build the skills, knowledge and behaviours needed to turn ambition into action.
