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Step 4 - Integrating sustainability development measures

Managing the sustainability related development activities and integrating them to any type of
significant organizational change or transformation.

In this phase it is important to create a shared understanding of how potential progress towards
sustainability related goals adds value for the company. One approach is to apply concrete
business case examples for this. Additionally, sustainability related goals can be integrated into
performance reviews and remuneration schemes throughout the organization.

Step 5 - Reporting and communicating

Step 5 of SDG compass focuses on reporting and communicating the firm’s progress against the
set KPIs supporting change and transformation towards SDGs. It is possible that issues are
reported differently but in a coordinated manner to various stakeholders so that their needs are

understood and met.
The SDG Compass intends to enable the strategic implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals as well as the strengthening of in-company sustainability policies. The tool's

goal is twofold: 1) to explain how the SDGs affect business activities, and 2) to provide
recommendations for SDG implementation and management. Businesses can use the SDG
Compass s as an overall framework to define, steer, communicate, and report on their plans,
goals, and actions.
Each management tool has its own challenges. The SDG Compass provides assistance to

prioritizing and goal setting, but it still remains on company’s responsibility to choose the actual
activities intended to support sustainability and carry them out. As good as the SDG Compass is,
it still lacks a reflective and cyclical approach which is included to a widely used PDCA (plan, do,
check, act) approach for continuous improvement. It could be that the SDG Compass emphasis
on external reporting and communication comes at the expense of internal review and follow-up
on activities performed.

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