Islet’s sus­tain­abil­i­ty frame­work sup­ports sus­tain­able development

At Islet we believe that tech­nol­o­gy is one of the most impor­tant enablers of sus­tain­able busi­ness. To sup­port our cus­tomers in build­ing a more sus­tain­able busi­ness, we have cre­at­ed a sus­tain­abil­i­ty frame­work, with the aim of inte­grat­ing the per­spec­tive of sus­tain­abil­i­ty into every joint tech­nol­o­gy project.

All com­pa­nies, espe­cial­ly medi­um and large, car­ry out sev­er­al tech­nol­o­gy projects annu­al­ly. How­ev­er, few projects have con­sid­ered how to advance the com­pa­ny’s own sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals at the same time. With our new frame­work, we want to inte­grate the sus­tain­abil­i­ty angle into every tech­nol­o­gy project and find con­crete ways to sup­port our cus­tomers’ sus­tain­able busi­ness devel­op­ment. A fur­ther aim is to involve the peo­ple par­tic­i­pat­ing in the project in sus­tain­abil­i­ty work, inno­va­tion, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty think­ing. Our frame­work chal­lenges project teams to brain­storm how sus­tain­abil­i­ty can be pro­mot­ed in tech­nol­o­gy projects being implemented.

The frame­work was cre­at­ed togeth­er with Islet­ters and cus­tomers by involv­ing them in the devel­op­ment of the frame­work through sur­veys and inter­views. In addi­tion, our part­ner SAP was involved in devel­op­ing the con­cept. Based on the map­ping sur­vey and feed­back dis­cus­sions, cus­tomers found the tool a nec­es­sary addi­tion to project work and saw it adding val­ue to the imple­men­ta­tion of sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals through­out the business.

The sus­tain­abil­i­ty frame­work will be pilot­ed in Islet’s cus­tomer projects dur­ing 2024 across all our busi­ness areas (busi­ness trans­for­ma­tions, sourc­ing and spend man­age­ment, data & ana­lyt­ics). Dur­ing this pilot year, our goal is to use the frame­work in at least 40% of projects, ini­tial­ly in man­u­fac­tur­ing indus­try projects, but expand­ing to oth­er indus­tries and projects dur­ing the year.

In prac­tice, the sus­tain­abil­i­ty frame­work shows in a tech­nol­o­gy project in such a way that an expert, famil­iar with Islet’s sus­tain­abil­i­ty con­cept, eval­u­ates with the cus­tomer’s project team how it would be pos­si­ble to make an impact from a sus­tain­abil­i­ty per­spec­tive, for exam­ple by reduc­ing the com­pa­ny’s emis­sions. Islet’s ready-made infor­ma­tion library sup­ports dis­cus­sions with the cus­tomer and helps assess the sit­u­a­tion in rela­tion to the indus­try and trends, the com­pa­ny’s entire val­ue chain, and the com­pa­ny’s own sus­tain­abil­i­ty goals and focus areas. Based on the review, sus­tain­abil­i­ty pro­mot­ing goals are set for the project in the areas of envi­ron­men­tal respon­si­bil­i­ty, social respon­si­bil­i­ty, and economical/​governance (ESG).

Our goal is that after pilot­ing and tran­si­tion, the sus­tain­abil­i­ty frame­work is applied in all our projects. That way we can act more respon­si­bly and sus­tain­ably togeth­er. We want our frame­work to influ­ence what kind of plan­et we leave for future generations.

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