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First Steps in Sustainability Accounting

December 03, 20241 min read

Sustainability Pioneers! 🌱

At the moment, I am mostly working from home and gathering information the sustainability sector, creating courses for you and your colleagues. However, I am watching from afar the all the everyday changes and updates.

When you're staring at the mountain of sustainability accounting, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. But here's the secret: every expert started exactly where you are right now. 

Recently at a conference here in Reykjavik, the Icelandic sustainability pros shared a golden nugget - your first steps are about simplification, not complexity.

Begin with your company's baseline, right? 

Map out your current reporting systems. 

  • What data are you already collecting? 

  • Think of it like creating a treasure map of your organization's existing information. 

  • Start with your financial reports, operational records, and existing sustainability initiatives.

⭐ Pro tip from the conference: Don't try to capture everything at once. Focus on creating a "10.000 m view" of your organization's sustainability landscape. Identify the key areas where you can make the most immediate impact.

Your mission this week:

Create a simple one-page overview of your organization's current sustainability data collection. You're not just collecting numbers - you're telling your company's sustainability story! 💪

In my 3 monthly coaching program, we can set up a plan and follow it through with clarity and focus on our bi-weekly 30min sessions. I know you are busy, but you will get your results.

Step by step!

BGlobal,
Berglind

Here is my link to a short 15min call to check out possible timings and possible plan: bglobal.is/appointment


Berglind is the author and owner of BGlobal Sustainability. She likes to take sustainability issues and wonder and write about them in an international and refreshing context, all with the aim to help the sustainability industry move faster to save Mother Earth.

Berglind Sigmarsdóttir

Berglind is the author and owner of BGlobal Sustainability. She likes to take sustainability issues and wonder and write about them in an international and refreshing context, all with the aim to help the sustainability industry move faster to save Mother Earth.

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