ISM® Sustainability Assessments
Sustainability is a growing topic of concern across continents and industries around the world. As a result, business leaders, lawmakers and supply chain professionals must design, implement, and refine sustainability goals and programs. However, talent competencies and organizational maturity in this area is paramount.
The Sustainability Assessments are aligned to a maturity model that has been developed by ISM and Supply Management subject matter experts from multiple industries. ISM Sustainability Assessments can be used to measure organizational maturity and talent competencies.
ISM has a proud history of establishing and advancing global sustainability standards for the supply management industry. These assessments support ISM’s mission to focus more attention on the importance of sustainability and social responsibility as they are aligned with ISM’s Principles of Sustainability and Social Responsibility.
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Organizational Capability Assessments
With a sustainable supply chain becoming an expectation of customers, investors and employees, companies can no longer afford not to engage in ESG efforts.
ESG transformation will require strategic supply management professionals to lead the way to success. By utilizing the organizational maturity assessment, Supply Management leaders, employees, and stakeholders can assess the overall maturity of the supply management organization in sustainability. This assessment measures 11 competencies and 30 sub-competencies.
Competencies Measured
These competencies are determined critical to the development of organizational maturity. Understanding your baseline maturity and opportunity for growth is key to building long-term strategic planning.
- Anti-Corruption
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Environmental
- Global Responsibility
- Ethics and Business Conduct
- Financial Integrity
- Health and Safety
- Human Rights
- Labor Rights
- Transparency
- Supply Chain Sustainability (Business Sustainability)
Results
With organizational maturity results and data, leaders are able to create improvement strategies related to people, processes, and technology to deliver strategic value across the company.
Leaders will also be able to assess the overall maturity of the organization, developing talent and organizational roadmaps to achieve sustainability goals. Impact will be measurable in both bottom-line costs and top-line revenues.
Organizational Maturity Levels
Working with practitioners and other subject matter experts, organizational maturity progression is mapped as follows. This targeted growth pattern moves organizations from emerging to transformative: