Description of PROBE for Sustainability Excellence for web site: Draft 1

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Sustainability Excellence
PROBE for Sustainability Excellence
is an appraisal tool that provides a
holistic decision making framework
for any organisation that wants to
do business in a sustainable way.
It is a catalyst for change,
transforming any organisation in a
straightforward and decisive way.
Its use will result in a path to action that will spur any
organisation towards sustainability excellence.

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Why should any
organisation care
about becoming a
sustainable business?
Because they want to
make the world a better
place…..
They understand that the
world’s resources are
finite. They want to
change the way they
operate so that they can
reduce their dependence
on these scarce resources.
Because they have
to…..
External forces, such as
government legislation
or customer
requirement mean they
have no choice.Because it makes
good business
sense…..
Becoming a sustainable
business can
• Improve an
organisations image
• Increase employee
motivation and
retention
• Reduce costs
• Increase competitive
advantage
• Increase profitability

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Whatever the reason, they’re
making a positive step.
Becoming a Sustainable
business is good for the
planet……..
..will satisfy many of the
requirements required by
government and commercial and
private customers….
……and any organisation will benefit from the
opportunities created by incorporating
sustainability into their business planning
cycle….

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For Sustainability Excellence
Will introduce any organisation to the concept and benefits of Sustainability
Excellence
Will identify what an organisation is already doing well….
…and what they need to do to improve
It will engage and motivate all of their
employees to embrace their new direction
It will push any organisation towards
Sustainability Excellence
…and help to maintain it.
by showing that by putting sustainability
at the centre of everything an
organisation does will improve their
business performance

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PROBE for Sustainability Excellence uses the
PROBE excellence framework and the
Natural Step’s ‘Framework for Strategic
Sustainable Development’, to analyse how
far an organisation is along the sustainability
road and helps to identify a plan for action
to move them closer to their destination
The PROBE business framework uses a
well-established business excellence
model to examine what an organisation
needs to do to achieve sustainability
excellence
The Framework for Strategic Sustainable
Development uses the ‘four system conditions of
sustainability’ to analyse what an organisation is
currently doing to support the sustainability of the
world.

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Vision &
Context
Leadership
&
Mobilisation
Business
Processes
Business
Continuity
What is our real intent for
the business and where
does sustainability fit?
How capable are we of
translating our intent
into practice?
Are we operating in a
way that makes
business sense and in
a sustainable way?
Have we created the
foundations for
business longevity?
Using a facilitated team
approach PROBE asks the
organisation questions……

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….to produce answers
….so that they can take
the necessary actions to
enable them to become
a sustainable
organisation.

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Actions speak louder
To find out about how you
or your organisation can
become PROBE for
Sustainability Excellence
Facilitators and use this
assessment tool with your
client organisations
Contact PROBE Network
Readytoact@probe-
network.com