📊People want to be involved in issues that concern them. Participation can mean many things, including just having information, but people often want the opportunity to contribute ideas as well. Participation leads to positive attitudes and often innovative ideas. 📊People need to know both why an action is important and how to do it. People are often hesitant to do something that’s unfamiliar, so being able to try new actions out in a small way can be reassuring. Pilot programs are a great low-risk strategy

To build lasting commitment to sustainability from external partners, align your initiatives with their values and goals, highlighting measurable impacts and offering clear incentives like cost savings or brand enhancement. Foster trust through transparency, regular communication, and shared success stories, while providing education and tools to empower their actions. Embed sustainability into contracts and KPIs, creating accountability, and cultivate a sense of community through collaborative networks and events. By demonstrating how their efforts contribute to long-term global goals, you can inspire enduring dedication to impactful sustainability initiatives.

To motivate external partners to invest in sustainability long-term, align initiatives with their business goals, demonstrating how sustainability enhances brand reputation, opens new markets, and ensures regulatory compliance. Highlight successful case studies showing ROI and reduced costs. Emphasize consumer demand for eco-friendly practices, enhancing sales and loyalty. Co-create a tailored sustainability roadmap that addresses specific business challenges and opportunities. Include risk mitigation strategies and consider financial incentives like shared cost models to lower initial investments. This approach showcases the broad benefits and minimizes risks, encouraging lasting commitment to sustainability.

To motivate external partners for long-term sustainability investments, align their goals with clear economic and social value. Showcase success stories, offer data-backed ROI projections, and emphasize shared benefits like resilience and brand enhancement. Foster ongoing collaboration and transparency to build trust and keep them engaged.

Sustainability is all about #cocreation. It’s not an agenda which can be pursued solo. Stakeholder involvement is the key to success especially in your Esg efforts. Hence getting stakeholders to invest (time money energy) is not optional. When you chart out a plan of action for your #NetZero through the scope 1/2/3 automatically stakeholders have to be involved. Their keenness may differ but given the legislation for Esg across the world one does not really have a choice but to get invested in sustainability. As far as benefits are concerned it’s dual 1. Risk mitigation 2. Profitability If you use the above and showcase the same ; you will succeed.