Stratos believes that increased awareness is needed on how project management can reduce negative environmental and socio-economic impacts and enhance positive ones.  Project Managers are hungry for ideas on how to make their projects more sustainable and specific steps are needed for systematically addressing sustainability considerations in your projects.  Including sustainability considerations in project management increases the chances of project success.  Stratos has developed a framework that enables project managers to systematically address sustainability considerations through the project life cycle.

"Integrating Sustainability" means that environmental, social and broader economic factors, as well as more traditional financial factors are incorporated into business decision-making, actions and performance. Companies are increasingly integrating sustainability into their key business processes for different reasons, whether to manage new risks, gain business opportunity, or extend their role in society. Stratos, with the support of Industry Canada, conducted a study with seven Canadian and international companies who are seeing the value in integrating sustainability more effectively into their businesses. This brochure highlights the results of this study and provides best practice examples for other companies to adopt or adapt. See below for the French version of the brochure, as well as full study and individual company case studies (English only).

“Intégrer la durabilité” signifie tenir compte de facteurs environnementaux, sociaux et économiques, ainsi que des facteurs financiers plus traditionnels au niveau de la prise de décision, du fonctionnement et du travail. Les entreprises intègrent de plus en plus la durabilité dans leurs principales méthodes de travail, pour différentes raisons, que ce soit pour gérer de nouveaux risques, saisir de nouvelles occasions, ou étendre leur rôle dans la société. Stratos, avec l’appui d’Industrie Canada, a mené une étude auprès de sept entreprises canadiennes et internationales qui jugent utile d’intégrer plus efficacement le souci de la durabilité à leur travail. Le présent document expose les résultats de cette étude et les meilleures pratiques que d’autres entreprises pourront adopter ou adapter. Voir ici-bas pour accéder au rapport complet ainsi que les études de cas des entreprises individuelles (version anglaise).

How do leading companies integrate sustainability into their business processes, such as strategic planning, business development, project management, community relations and employee recruitment and orientation? Through in-depth interviews with international and Canadian companies, Stratos, with support from Industry Canada, explores how a sample of leading companies are integrating sustainability into their business processes. The results of this study demonstrate the range of processes and tools which can be used or adapted by other companies interested in further integration - at the corporate, divisional and operational levels. (See below for links to full report and individual case studies)

Click on the links to access the Sustainability Integration Full Report and Case Studies:

• Full Report (pdf)

Case Studies

• Bell Case Study (pdf)
• HP Case Study (pdf)
• Rio Tinto Case Study (pdf)
• Royal Dutch Shell Case Study (pdf)
• Suncor Case Study (pdf)
• Vancity Case Study (pdf)
• Vodafone Case Study (pdf)