Effectively Implementing Sustainability Through Process Management

Understanding ESG in a Business Context

• What ESG Means in Practice: Current Requirements from Supply Chains, Ratings, Bank Meetings, customers Legislation (including the Omnibus Update).
• VSME as a pragmatic reporting framework for SMEs and mid-sized companies.
• ESG Strategy: From Materiality Analysis to ESG Goals and Areas of Action.

Process Management as a Lever for Sustainability

• Translating ESG Principles into the Process Landscape.
• Turtle Analysis for ESG: Resources, Competencies, Methods, Key Metrics, and Responsibilities in Sustainability Processes.
• Use existing management systems (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001, etc.) as a foundation and integrate ESG requirements.

Establishing, Measuring, and Managing ESG Processes

• Process Ownership and Governance: Roles, Interfaces, and Decision-Making Pathways for ESG.
• ESG Metrics and Measurement Frameworks: From Output Metrics to Impact-Oriented Indicators.
• CIP for Sustainability: Systematically apply continuous improvement to ESG action areas.

Laying the Groundwork for Efficient Reporting

• From Process Documentation to the ESG Report: Collecting, Organizing, and Communicating Data.
• VSME Information Requirements and Process Documentation.
• Handling external ESG inquiries, questionnaires, and ratings (EcoVadis, NQC, bank questionnaires) using existing process documentation.

Transfer: My ESG Process Landscape

• Developing a customized implementation plan: Which processes require an ESG perspective? Where are the quick wins?
• Peer feedback and peer consultation on specific implementation issues.