Sustainability Checklist
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- General Sustainability
- Use he smallest possible amount of resources (soil, water, air, energy etc).
- Include green procurement standards for all required goods, materials and services.
- Consider potential negative environmental and social impacts.
- Support the provision of environmental services of a certain area.
- Decrease in gas emissions.
- Exclude risks of water, air or soil contamination.
- Exclude the negative impact of a protected site or a nature park.
- Water Infrastructure
- Exclude the negative impact of any water bodies.
- Comply with the non-deterioration clause of the water framework directive.
- Use the most recent supporting water-saving and water recycling technology.
- Support or promote realistic water pricing.
- Propose activities to raise awareness about water scarcity.
- Improve the water quality of a certain water body.
- Transport
- Decrease CO2 emissions.
- Reduce the need for transport.
- Increase public transport use or the safe use of bicycles.
- Promote the most environmentally favourable transport solution.
- Include technologies to mitigate negative impacts on biodiversity and species.
- Use teleconferences or web conferences rather than traveling for face-to-face meetings.
- Use hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle(s).
- Business Investments
- Comply with environmental regulation.
- Consider the most up-to-date technology for energy efficiency in production.
- Support the business to use more renewable energy sources.
- Use less natural resources like water, soil etc.
- Consider the most up-to-date technology for recycling and waste reduction.
- Emit less polluting or hazardous substances to air, water or soil.
- Support or market eco-technology.
- Support jobs in the eco-technology field.
- Include green procurement rules for the purchase of materials, goods and services.
- Encourage company staff in developing or practising environmental protection measures.
- Renewable Energies
- Proposeg renewable energy investments.
- Prioritiseg small-scale, local renewable energy sources.
- Use to the highest possible energy efficiency in the energy production.
- Support renewable energies procurement rules.
- Support the research, development or refinement of renewable energy sources.
- Waste
- Consider other forms of waste treatment than land-fill or incineration.
- Reduce the amount of waste going to landfills.
- Support households to recycle waste.
- Reduce copying.
- Reuse packaging and shipping materials.
- Use reusable rather than disposable products.
- Nature Protection
- Provide for sustainable funding schemes for conservation actions.
- Support the prevention of natural risks.
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Who it's for
This Sustainability Checklist is for teams that want consistent execution, less rework, and clear ownership.
- Standardize quality - run the same Sustainability steps every time, regardless of who executes
- Save time - reuse a proven Sustainability workflow instead of rebuilding processes from scratch
- Improve accountability - assign owners and see what's done vs. what's pending
- Onboard faster - use the Sustainability checklist as the SOP and training guide
- Coordinate across roles - handoffs are clear and everyone works from the same source of truth
How to use it
How to use this Sustainability Checklist:
- Start by saving it - save as a Template if you'll reuse it, or as a Checklist if it's a one-off project.
- Customize it once for your workflow - remove what doesn't apply and add your team-specific steps.
- Assign ownership and execute - set owners/due dates where needed and track completion as work happens.
- Reuse without rebuilding - when Sustainability comes up again, start from your saved version and run it with clear ownership.
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