Transitioning to zero or net-zero-carbon operations

Transitioning to suppliers and distribution methods with lower carbon footprints

Low-carbon supply chain

How much priority does your business place on carbon footprint when choosing suppliers? 

How important to your business is investment in reducing the carbon footprint of suppliers?

To what extent does your business monitor the carbon footprint of suppliers?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for the carbon footprint of suppliers?

To what extent does your business work with relevant stakeholders to reduce the carbon footprint of suppliers?

Switching to renewable energy sources to power all aspects of the business

Energy use

How important to your business is investment in reducing its indirect emissions from purchased electricity, heating, cooling, and steam? 

To what extent does your business monitor its indirect emissions from purchased electricity, heating, cooling, and steam?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for reducing its indirect emissions from purchased electricity, heating, cooling, and steam?

To what extent is your business using energy consumption contracts that specify the requirement for renewable energy sources?

To what extent is your business using technology for generating its own renewable energy?

Electrifying operations to benefit from renewable energy sources

Electrified and low-carbon production

To what extent does your business monitor emissions from its production activities?

How important to your business is investment in reducing the emissions from sources it owns? 

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for reducing the emissions from sources it owns?

Minimizing greenhouse gas emissions during production and use of assets

Operational and embodied carbon

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for the carbon footprint of its key customers?

To what extent does your business monitor the carbon footprint of new buildings it commissions?

How important to your business is investment in retrofitting buildings to have low operational carbon emissions?  

To what extent does your business use green building certifications such as LEED, BREEAM, or DGNB?

Considering carbon risk in all strategic and operational decision-making

Carbon metrics

To what extent does your business monitor its economic exposure to the decarbonization of society and the economy?

How developed is your business strategy for decarbonizing your entire value chain?

To what extent is your business using emissions trading or offsetting schemes?

How developed is your strategy for designing products that are eco-friendly?

When making product development choices, how much importance does your business place on the carbon footprint of products throughout their life cycle?

When making product development choices, how much importance does your business place on offering products that help customers to decarbonize?

To what extent does your business monitor the proportion of its product portfolio that helps customers to decarbonize?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for the proportion of its product portfolio that helps customers to decarbonize?

Decarbonization

Using technology to make operations faster and smarter

Identifying the most appropriate technology to optimize operations

Industry 4.0

How important to your business is investment in automation and digitalization of production processes?

Over the last five years, how much improvement in production efficiency has your business achieved by applying diagnostic and predictive analytics?

To what extent does your business monitor the impact of introducing new data and analytics systems into production processes?

Applying digitalization, analytics, and AI to enhance strategy and operations

Informed decisions and processes

Over the last five years, how much improvement in operational efficiency has your business achieved by applying diagnostic and predictive analytics?

To what extent does your business monitor the impact of introducing new data and analytics systems into operational processes? 

Over the last five years, how much improvement in strategic decision-making has your business achieved by applying diagnostic and predictive analytics?

To what extent does your business monitor the impact of introducing new data and analytics systems into strategy decisions?

Over the last five years, how much improvement to existing products and services has your business achieved by applying diagnostic and predictive analytics?

Over the last five years, how much improvement in new product and service offerings has your business achieved by applying diagnostic and predictive analytics?

To what extent does your business use data gathering and storage systems that yield comprehensive, systematic, and accurate access to information?

Capitalizing on emerging thinking about technology and other trends

Innovation

How important to your business is investment in innovation/research and development activities?

To what extent does your business monitor technology advancements that will improve its output (e.g. manufacturing evolutions)? 

To what extent does your business work with relevant stakeholders to develop new technological breakthroughs?

Establishing rules for the ethical use of AI and automation technology

Digital ethics

Does your business have a team responsible for overseeing the ethical implementation of technology?

To what extent does your business work with relevant stakeholders to establish standards and communicate best practice around the ethical use of technology? 

Does your business have a team responsible for overseeing cybersecurity and data safety?

How important to your business is investment in cybersecurity measures for the protection of data and intellectual property?

How developed is your strategy for training employees on how to use data securely and confidentially?

Digitalization

Understanding the full consequences of operations

Upskilling employees to ensure a business thrives in the new economy

Education and skills

How important to your business is investment in giving employees access to training and skills development opportunities? 

To what extent does your business monitor the kind of skills its employees will need in the future?

How developed is your strategy for attracting the necessary talent for delivering the future of the business?

Creating a healthier and more productive environment for employees

Employee wellbeing

Does your business have a team responsible for promoting the physical and mental wellbeing of employees?

How important to your business is investment in improving the physical and mental wellbeing of employees?

To what extent does your business monitor the physical and mental wellbeing of employees?

To what extent does your business work with relevant stakeholders to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of employees?

To what extent does your business monitor its annual employee turnover rate?

How important to your business is investment in flexible or remote working options for employees? 

Measuring the success of transformation initiatives across the business

Impact monitoring

Does your business have a team responsible for developing and evaluating a corporate social responsibility strategy? 

To what extent does your business monitor the positive and negative impacts of its products and practices on society?

To what extent does your business work with relevant stakeholders to determine the positive and negative impacts of its initiatives on society?

Defining practical objectives and KPIs that achieve positive transformation

Goal setting

Does your business have a team responsible for assessing long-term challenges and opportunities?

How developed is your strategy for implementing a vision of positive business impact on society?

When making product development choices, how much importance does your business place on broader societal impact?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for how it seeks to impact society in the short term (1 to 3 years)?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for how it seeks to impact society in the medium term (4 to 7 years)?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for how it seeks to impact society in the long term (over 7 years)?

Implementing measures that protect the business from shocks

Prioritizing resilient value chains

How important to your business is investment in value chain resilience?

How much priority does your business place on general resilience when choosing suppliers?

How developed is your continuity planning strategy for severe economic or societal disruptions?

To what extent does your company monitor the capability of individual parts of the value chain to absorb severe economic or societal disruptions?

Holistic impact

Making operations more efficient and regenerative

Identifying ways to incorporate waste materials from other processes

Purchasing used materials

To what extent does your business include reused and recycled materials as inputs to its production processes?

To what extent does your business monitor how much of its material inputs come from reused, recycled, or other sustainable sources? 

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for the proportion of material inputs that come from reused, recycled, or other sustainable sources?

To what extent does your business work with relevant stakeholders to use their waste in your production processes?

Designing products and processes that use resources more economically

Materials efficiency

How important to your business is investment in making production processes more resource efficient?

To what extent does your business monitor the general resource intensity of its production processes?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for reducing its consumption of resources?

How important to your business is investment in making production processes more energy efficient?

To what extent does your business monitor the energy consumption of its production processes?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for reducing energy consumption?

How important to your business is investment in making production processes more efficient in their use of water?  

To what extent does your business monitor the water consumption of its production processes?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for reducing water consumption?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for reducing its consumption of plastics?

Transforming processes to minimize the generation of waste materials

Reducing waste

How important to your business is investment in reducing the amount of waste generated by its production processes?

To what extent does your business monitor the waste generated from its production processes?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for eliminating waste from production processes?

How important to your business is investment in finding ways to use its waste productively?

To what extent does your business monitor how much of its production waste is recycled, reused, or resold?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for the proportion of waste it monetizes?

Enhancing customer satisfaction while optimizing commercial operations

Strategy and product design

How developed is your business strategy for reducing material use across the value chain?

To what extent does your business monitor how much of its operational waste is recycled?

When making product development choices, how much importance does your business place on product durability (e.g. longer life cycle)?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for increasing the durability of its products? 

When making product development choices, how much importance does your business place on product recyclability?

To what extent does your business set measurable targets for improving the recyclability of its products?

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