Sustainability Toolkit

SBC guides

SBC’s guides are designed for anyone responsible for driving forward sustainability within a business, including not only those with a background in sustainability, but also people and culture professionals, procurement leads, and risk managers. Some of the more recent guides, written by thinkstep-ANZ and Kaitaiki Collective in partnership with SBC, explain important sustainability topics for businesses. Grounded in te ao Māori, they cover a variety of environmental, social and governance topics to help you make progress on these areas.

Reporting Toolkit

This guidance document introduces the concepts of sustainability reporting. It is a starting point for Sustainable Business Council (SBC) members beginning their journey in this space. Our aim with this […]

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Materiality Toolkit

This guidance document introduces the concepts of materiality and stakeholder engagement and is meant for people within organisations involved with sustainability and sustainability reporting. It is a starting point for […]

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Parental Leave Policy Toolkit

In the midst of the great resignation, companies are looking for new ways to attract and retain talent. As a result, parental leave above and beyond the legal requirements is […]

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Pay Parity Toolkit

Pay parity is the same pay for the same job, regardless of who your employer is or what sector you work in. Without pay parity, a pay gap emerges where […]

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Implementing Fairer Wages Toolkit

A guide to growing prosperous and inclusive businesses and communities. The living wage is defined as the “hourly wage a worker needs to pay for the necessities of life and […]

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External Resources

To make it easy for members to access best practice and thought leadership from around the globe, SBC has compiled a collection of external resources covering key sustainability topics.

Strategic sustainability communication. Challenges and trends for business companies.

(IULM University) Knowing how to communicate environmental and social sustainability has become a key professional competence for companies. During the seminar, some best and worst practices will be illustrated in […]

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An Expert Guide to Sustainability Communications

(Climate Club) As Edelman’s US Head of Social Impact & Sustainability, Alex is at the forefront of understanding how companies, brands, foundations, and nonprofits, should design and implement sustainability programming […]

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Communicating sustainability

(Finn Partners) This guide considers what is meant by sustainability, and how it impacts brand reputation, stakeholder loyalty and business success. The paper provides ten top tips for communicating sustainability […]

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Credible Claims: Exposing greenwashing for a sustainable future

(Toitū Envirocare) Regulations are tightening, and consumers are putting the pressure on for validated claims and third-party accountability. The paradigm of responsibility is shifting for businesses, and the need for […]

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Radical compliance in advertising

(B Lab) “This guide is designed for B Corps, developed with the support of Marque Lawyers, to provide practical advice on how to understand and comply with the current law […]

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6 steps to building an effective ERM framework to encompass ESG risk

(EY) An effective enterprise risk management framework provides essential, quantifiable data needed to understand the scale and the variables affecting ESG risks. Embedding ESG risk into your ERM framework is […]

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