Introduction to sustainability governance

Establishing good governance is critical for advancing sustainability. Good governance promotes clarity, accountability, and transparency, and allows human, natural, economic, and financial resources to be managed efficiently. While governance does not guarantee a strong foundation, its absence severely limits a sustainability program’s success and can, at worst, impede it. Join this session to learn the basics of sustainability governance including core documents, structures, staffing, stakeholders, and resourcing.

Key takeaways:

• Learn how to develop or refine the best sustainability structure for your organization.
• Chart a path to gather buy-in for and perform a stakeholder assessment.
• Evaluate which sustainability governance documents are most critical for your organization to prioritize in the near and short term.
• Prepare new ideas or examples of sustainability resourcing and staffing for your decision-makers.

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Participation in this session qualifies as one of four required sessions to receive the Sustainability Program Fundamentals Certificate of Completion. 

This event is part of the Accelerating Health Care Sustainability series. To get the most out of this series, we strongly suggest attending both the introductory session and the corresponding discussion forum during the same week. For partners who already have experience in the topic, attending the introductory session is not a prerequisite for participation in the discussion forum.