Sustainability in 2025
At a glance
While future-state readiness might feel daunting while navigating political change, it’s not impossible. Organisations that execute on their commitments and prioritise business strategy resilience are set to gain competitive advantage and drive new efficiencies. Regardless of regulatory uncertainty, your stakeholders including investors, consumers, employees and communities want to see continued evidence of how you are preparing to responsibility evolve and thrive. Here are three ways to combine climate action with economic opportunities.Build resilience by creating real and commercially viable outcomes
Getting your organisation future-state ready begins with having your goals validated by economic and financial principles.
Prioritising your sustainability strategy opens the door to gaining new business efficiencies, fostering collaboration and strengthening resilience. When done right, sustainability drives new value, growth and opportunities.
Sitting down to ask the right questions and explore not just the ‘what’ but also the ‘how’ of implementation is critical. Consider how to better connect the design, construction and operationalisation of systems, platforms, processes and people to pursue sustainable and equitable growth.
Action:
Reframe the conversation from a set of problems to solve and costs to outlay, into one about investment and opportunity.
Gain competitive advantage through reporting and disclosure
Reporting helps tell your sustainability story to external stakeholders and mitigates greenwashing risks. Build a GHG inventory across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, identify climate risks and the necessary governance to drive informed reporting into business choices.
This will help identify key issues and analyse their commercial value and impacts.
Action:
Establish robust and transparent disclosures methodologies, processes and outputs to help increase access to capital.
Drive efficiency through energy management to advance your business strategy and profit margins
Focus on energy sources representing the most significant risk to your operational and commercial models. Get on the front-foot by prioritising the riskiest, most polluting, hazardous and costly energy sources from the outset. Think about the viability and durability of your energy sources and supply.
Energy purchasing decisions should consider long-term emissions reduction goals, ensuring sources are scalable, sustainable and resilient.
Action:
Embed data-based tools and methodologies to accurately assess your current state of play to inform thinking and decisions to set the groundwork. Identify energy conservation programs as part of your ongoing roadmap.