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RISKS/PRESSURES

Sustainability issues are disrupting the business world and are fundamentally changing how businesses operate. Organizations are at the center of this disruption, as they suffer from the consequences and are core to driving the solution.

• Businesses depend on natural resources to operate – from soil, water, and nutrients to metals and clean air. Increasing pressure is being applied to these resources, which is affecting future availability, and impacting operations directly.
• Stakeholder pressure is increasing in every industry – consumers are demanding greener products, investors are divesting companies with unsustainable practices, different societal groups are ‘shaming’ the biggest polluters and uncovering human rights issues, younger generations no longer want to work for unsustainable companies, and new regulations and legislation are being put in place. All of these shifts are requiring businesses to react and adjust the way they operate to remain profitable.

OPPORTUNITIES

Too often only the risk side is emphasized – but sustainability should be seen as a vehicle to create new business opportunities.

It should act as a catalyst to inspire innovation, offer new consumer experiences, and gain brand differential, leading to new commercial opportunities and increased sales with current and alternative consumer groups.

• It can lead to cost-saving and cost-avoidance opportunities, increasing the resilience of the business to external shocks and future legislations.
• It can reinvigorate a business’ purpose, increasing connection, loyalty and brand recognition with employees, customers and society as a whole, allowing for valuable partnerships with start-ups, business coalitions and institutions.