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Sustainable Business Management
1. Early detection
Do you know your critical environmental and social issues?
2. Philosophy / values
Does your company’s mission statement address sustainability?
3. Objectives / milestones
Does your company plan and structure activities and projects on the basis of concrete goals and measures and does it take aspects of sustainability into account?
Sustainable Business Management
4. Individual commitment
Does your company allocate sufficient time, budget, and personnel to sustainability?
5. Education / Learning process
Does your company promote the education and training of its employees and does it take aspects of sustainability into account?
6. Diagnosis / Performance
Is the progress of sustainability activities measured and assessed?
Sustainable Business Management
7. Culture of dialogue I
Does your company communicate its sustainability efforts?
8. Culture of dialogue II
Is your company open to critical feedback?
Ecology
9. Climate
Does your company implement climate protection measures?
10. Energy
Does your company use energy efficiently and does it opt for renewable energies?
11. Packaging
Are you optimising your packaging solutions?
Ecology
12. Waste
Do you reduce waste quantities and ensure appropriate recycling?
13. Water
Do you use water sparingly?
14. Soil
Do you implement measures to optimize land use and to protect soil quality?
Ecology
15. Air
Does your company contribute to the improvement of air quality?
16. Biodiversity
Are you committed to the conservation of biodiversity?
17. Animal Welfare
Do you contribute to the improvement of animal welfare?
Economy
18. Innovation
Do you consider sustainability aspects during the development and improvement of products and processes?
19. Quality
Do you have a quality management system?
20. Data
Do you regulate the handling of data and information?
Economy
21. Fair advertising
Do statements and pictures in your advertisements reflect reality?
22. Fair competition
Do you promote fair and free competition?
23. Local commitment
Does your region benefit from your local business activities?
Economy
24. Procurement
Do you use not only economic but also ecological and social criteria to evaluate your suppliers?
25. Fair wages
Do you pay at least living wages or pay attention to a fair payment of your employees?
26. Fair value creation
Does your company actively contribute to the fight against poverty by strengthening added value in the countries of origin?
Social
27. Occupational safety
Do you have a work safety management?
28. Health
Do you take care of people's physical and mental health?
29. Human rights
Do you contribute to the strengthening of human rights?
Social
30. Diversity
Do you treat all people equally regardless of origin, age, gender, disability, ethnicity, religion, lifestyle, etc.?
31. Demography
Does your company take into account the needs of younger and older employees and plan ahead for human resources issues?
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