Sustainable Development Education Panel
Study to Explore the Feasibility and Desirability of Establishing an Investors in Sustainable Development Award/ Standard in the Workplace
Contents
1. INTRODUCTION (Adobe Acrobat 31kb)
2. THE BASIS FOR OUR CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS (Adobe Acrobat 27kb)
3. THE CONTEXT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE WORKPLACE: OUTCOMES FROM DESK RESEARCH AND CONSULTATION(Adobe Acrobat 56kb)
3.1 Desk Research
3.2 Consultations (with custodians of business standards/awards; education/learning initiatives and sustainable development specialists)
3.3 Consultations (with selected ‘Leading Lights’)
4. CONCLUSIONS(Adobe Acrobat 43kb)
4.1 There is little market potential for a stand-alone standard and/or award to catalyse education about sustainable development
4.2 Language is a problem that has yet to be fully, or properly, resolved
4.3 There is potential to include ‘sustainability’ and learning/communication criteria within other established initiatives
4.4 Conditions to help ‘stimulate learning’ in the short to medium term need to be created/facilitated
4.5 The Panel can do more to exploit its own position, and levers at its disposal, to contribute to the creation of a more receptive ‘marketplace’
5. RECOMMENDATIONS(Adobe Acrobat 65kb)
5.1 ‘Shine a light’ on what already exists
5.2 Champion the development of a shared knowledge base
5.3 Identify and proactively target intermediaries/organisations who have a clear ‘route to market’ (as ‘educators’/influencers)
5.4 Work with those who measure business performance and impact on business value
5.5 Re-visit the outcomes from the language study (and other work commissioned by the Panel) and consider how these could be used to encourage organisations to engage with sustainable development
APPENDICES
A ORIGINAL VS. EVOLVED PROJECT APPROACH AND ACTIVITIES (Adobe Acrobat 15kb)
B CONSULTATIONS COMPLETED(Adobe Acrobat 30kb)
C EXAMPLES OF EXISTING/EMERGING INITIATIVES (Adobe Acrobat 36kb)
D PROJECT TEAM(Adobe Acrobat 17kb)
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Page published 27 July
2001;
Page last modified
20 August, 2002