Integrated Solutions for Sustainable Development


Logo Triple P Solutions Some people see 'sustainable development' as a complicated approach with too many dimensions. How to start? What to choose? Triple P Solutions can help identifying relevant developments. The company has an extensive experience in providing practical solutions for most of the aspects like Corporate Social Responsibility, (environmental) management systems, sustainable procurement combined with CO2 reduction and recently, contingency plans. This article presents a small overview of these possibilities; it also has been published in 'NRG Magazine', May 2013.







Sustainability, management systems

& contingency plans


'This is recycled paper', by 'John Keane' at Flickr.com

Energy and CO2 reduction

An example of sustainable procurement which leads to CO2 reduction is the use of recycled paper, possibly with FSC certificate.

This leads to 40% more energy savings compared to paper made from virgin fibre.

Green Leaves. Botanical garden in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. From 'Matei D.' at http://flickrhivemind.net

Integrating sustainability by management systems

Management systems like ISO 9001, ISO 14001, CSR Performance Ladder (MVO Prestatieladder),ISO 26000, FSC and the INK management model give the opportunity to integrate sustainable measures within the framework of daily activities in companies and organizations. In this way, they are not a burden any more, but a significant addition.

'INK Model', from "INK", at nl.wikipedia.org/ Wikimedia Commons.

INK management model

The ‘INK management model’ is a Dutch approach aimed at helping organizations - especially government organizations- to evaluate its own performance. The model makes clear how ‘mature’ an organization is and helps to focus on areas where improvements are possible. This approach can help with formulating possibilities in terms of sustainability.

Betsy Weber at flickr.com, 'The key to live is how well you deal with plan b.'

'Contingency plan' ('Plan B'): an approach for risk management.

In the world of Sustainable Development, contingency plans are rather new. They are aimed at handling emergency situations, like fires, energy breakdown or a serious accident with many employees involved. Under this kind of risk management, exceptional risks which threaten the continuity of an organization can be controlled. This approach can also be integrated within management systems like ISO or INK. An important advantage is the possibility to lower insurance premiums.
Triple P Solutions has developed contingency plans, which can be adopted for your organisation.







Circular Economy


Circular economy - from http://www.wrap.org.uk/content/wrap-and-circular-economy A new revolutionary concept has been developed to combat the economic crisis and make a breakthrough towards a real sustainable economy: the 'Circular Economy'. This is a strategy to restyle the economy by organising production systems in loops which allow materials to be reused when their present function is not necessary any more.

More on this subject: see 'Circular'.







Certification


'Certified.' Image from http://blog.startfreshtoday.com. For many organizations, the reward for all the work done in certain fields is a certificate. This is often used to prove to the outside world that organizations have seriously addressed environmental and social issues. Triple P Solutions can help to obtain such certificates for management systems. A comprehensive package of formats is available, which can be customised for the client’s specific situations.