Sustainability

Leading the sustainability transformation for resilience and long-term value

Organisations are facing sustained disruption from geopolitical instability, climate change, and shifting supply chains. We help leaders execute their organisation’s sustainability strategy to strengthen resilience, improve decision-making and support long-term performance and competitiveness.

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Berit Kristine Bøggild
Client Director
+45 2295 0151
Henrik Challis
Vice President
+46 707 12 72 07
Magnus Ramdén
Senior Consultant
+46 735 01 63 21
Sanna Turesson
Senior Consultant
+46 (0)76 3133321
Julie Ekner Koch
Head of Digital Learning and Leadership
+45 2084 0841

An emerging business case for sustainability: Resilience in the short-term and profitability in the long-term

Ongoing volatility is reshaping the role of sustainability in business. Leaders are placing greater emphasis on resilience alongside established goals related to growth and efficiency. Sustainability now increasingly supports how organisations manage risk, secure resources and maintain continuity under changing conditions.

Supply chain disruptions, energy security concerns and resource constraints are influencing investment decisions across industries. Actions such as decarbonisation, supplier engagement and operational redesign contribute to stability and adaptability. These efforts also position organisations to meet regulatory expectations and capture future opportunities.

Executing sustainability strategy through organisational capacity

A sustainability strategy defines direction, priorities, and ambition. Its impact depends on how effectively it is embedded across the organisation. From operational decisions to innovation, supplier and client engagement, employees need the knowledge and confidence to apply sustainability in their daily work.

In Mannaz, we support organisations at different stages of sustainability maturity. This includes building foundational understanding, strengthening capabilities across functions and deepening engagement at scale. Our approach combines sustainability expertise with leadership development to enable execution. We design learning and facilitation that helps organisations turn strategy into consistent action.

Read how Mannaz supported Alfa Laval in building sustainability capabilities across the business.

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Leading the sustainability transformation

We help you embrace the complexity of sustainability transformations and find your way to build momentum and move your organisation forward.

As sustainability demands increase from customers, regulators, and other key stakeholders, a focused effort on sustainability can strengthen resilience and reputation, attract talent, and create environmental, social, and financial success. We help you with the transformation to be compliant while seizing new opportunities by getting your organisation on board and skilled to innovate and deliver on sustainability.

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Masterclasses, Mannaz Sustainability Programme

We offer masterclasses that strengthen your capabilities within Sustainability and ESG – both as a bespoke programme tailored to your company and as open enrolment (the open programme is in Danish).

We focus on how the sustainability agenda brings both strategic opportunities and challenges to navigate within. We support you with a pragmatic approach to ESG that focuses on seizing opportunities, avoiding risks, and ensuring compliance with ESG reporting standards. We help you be aware of making the most of your verified ESG data and use them as the communication foundation, so you avoid greenwashing when communicating about your sustainability offerings and brand stories.

The four masterclasses combine important perspectives and experiences from experts and case companies.

The open enrolment masterclasses are made in collaboration with the Confederation of Danish Industry (DI).

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EcoVadis Assessment Process

Is your company facing an EcoVadis assessment or reassessment process? As an EcoVadis Accredited Core Consulting Partner, Mannaz can support your efforts in completing an EcoVadis process.

Read more about Mannaz’ EcoVadis Assessment Process

 

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EcoVadis supplier management and collaboration

Do you use EcoVadis for supplier management and collaboration and see a need for greater engagement from your suppliers and internal stakeholders? As an EcoVadis Accredited Core Consulting Partner, Mannaz can assist with both internal and external engagement.

Read more about EcoVadis supplier management and collaboration

 

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Project management training integrating sustainability

Tailored project management training to ensure an updated project management skillset to deliver on strategy and customer expectations.

We tailor facilitation to ensure that the training supports the project managers in delivering on the organisation’s strategic sustainability targets as well as providing the action and data needed for organisations to be ESG compliant. We collaborate closely with organisations to select the key project management tools and templates to be upgraded with the relevant sustainability approach and data.

For any enquiries, please reach out

Mannaz Sustainability Transformation Index

Take the temperature on your sustainability transformation and use the insights to strengthen your progress.

  • The index is designed to start, structure, and qualify conversations about sustainability in your organisation 
  • The index equips leaders with an overview of the internal perception of the organisation’s sustainability transformation performance. 
  • Perceptions often vary, so the index is a useful tool for choosing a matching differentiated approach to get people on board and improve impact.
  • The index assesses the transformation level based on the responses and gives recommendations for the next steps that match the organisation’s level.) 

Try it out

Are you curious to read more about the Index? Then read: “Is your organisation implementing sustainability too slowly?”. 

Try our sustainability index – how does your organisation perceive its transformation?

If you are motivated to put sustainability on your agenda, then Mannaz can help you get off to a good start. We facilitate dialogues about sustainability, where we have perspectives and ideas that inspire and challenge the dialogue in your organisation.

Mannaz can help you find opportunities, plan the execution, and create a roadmap to your level of ambition.

Start the conversation

  • Are there new products to develop and existing products to design more sustainably?

  • Is it a question of changing your business model?

  • Can you enter new partnerships across the value chain?

  • Can you design new products to last longer, to be repaired or reused for a second life?

  • Do you know how your organisation perceives your transformation towards greater sustainability?

Take the temperature of your sustainability transformation

  • With the Mannaz Sustainability Transformation Index, you can get an overview of your organisation’s internal perception of its sustainability transformation performance.

  • The questionnaire typically takes 5-10 minutes, and the result gives you an indication of your organisation’s progress from stages 1-5. You will also receive recommendations and ideas for the next steps.

  • Take the test here and see how far you are. You may select your preferred language prior to commencing.

  • Or scan the QR code and continue on your mobile.Tag temperaturen på din grønne udvikling - hvor langt er du eller din organisation

Leading the sustainability transformation

The Mannaz Sustainability Leadership Model is designed to start, structure and qualify conversations about sustainability leadership. Each area of this framework prompts leaders to address key aspects of why, what and how to transform their organisation towards sustainability.

We typically use the model to either 1) help clients structure strategy development or strategy execution or 2) structure a learning situation.

We have intentionally designed the model to be non-linear because it allows us to zoom in on the areas that are most relevant to our clients’ current situation.

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“Employers must move quickly to upskill their workforce through learning initiatives focused on sustainability knowledge and skills”
Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President, Microsoft
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Sustainability ESG - Who takes care of that?

Many companies fail to adequately follow up on sustainability and ESG despite ambitious goals and announcements from management. The issue is that challenges quickly arise when transitioning from goals to large-scale action.

Sustainability Succeed with sustainability targets together with your value chain

The year-end entails a performance evaluation of sustainability targets. We will see many companies not achieving their goals due to a lack of essential data and solutions in their value chain.
In this article, we provide examples of how to successfully meet sustainability targets through partnerships within your value chain and industry.

Sustainability Are you making the most of your company’s sustainability reporting?

Your organisation’s sustainability performance data can help you tap into wider opportunities if you dig them out of your annual report and breathe life into them. Be inspired in this article.

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“Employers must move quickly to upskill their workforce through learning initiatives focused on sustainability knowledge and skills”
Brad Smith, Vice Chair & President, Microsoft

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