Sustainability Scan
The sustainability scan is a practical self-assessment tool to benchmark your company’s current environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices.
Expert analysis from NSF specialists gives you a window into your strengths and opportunities, and insights on your strategic next steps.
What does the sustainability scan assess?
The scan assesses your existing sustainability practices, the foundation of effective ESG management. It reviews key action areas, business best practices and the demands that are unique to your business and supply chain.
The scan will enable you to look at the four key pillars of sustainability through a classic ESG lens:
- 1
Environmental
- Climate and emissions
- Energy
- Water
- Waste reduction
- Packaging
- Agricultural practices.
- 2
Social
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
- Community
- Labor
- Animal welfare.
- 3
Governance
- Management
- Leadership
- Training
- Ethics
- Policies and goals
- Reporting.
- 4
Supply chain
- Purchasing policies
- Transparency
- Indigenous communities
- Responsible sourcing and human rights.
What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
How can I improve my company's sustainability performance?
After completing a cloud-based self-assessment, NSF’s sustainability experts will score your company’s performance. Scoring highlights opportunities to set goals, develop and implement high priority programs, and improve overall management.
Based on this, we provide you with recommendations on prioritizing your strategic next steps, so you can bolster your company’s sustainability performance, meet market demands, and increase resiliency.
The NSF Sustainability Scan provided invaluable insights into our sustainability strengths, highlighted growth opportunities, and offered strategic next steps to optimize our sustainability journey.