Oshkosh Corporation is a multi-billion dollar company that produces several lines of vehicles. These vehicles are made for both government and private organizations. As part of Oshkosh's mission, they have committed to sustainability for their workplace culture, safety, and environmental causes.

From an environmental commitment, they have had a 30.2% reduction in energy uses since 2014; They have reduced non-hazardous waste diverted from landfill to direct reuse, beneficial reuse, and composting of waste to energy by 83.4%; and they have reduced waste by 14 million pounds thorough reusable packaging.

From a sustainability commitment, they consider 48.3% of their full-time employees that are non-production bases diverse; 27,000 electric, emission-free or hybrid units have been sold; $44k+ have been distributed to team members through the Oshkosh Cares Fund; 700k+ of reusable packing containers are being used; and 100% of all team members are trained on The Oshkosh Way, which is their code of conduct and ethics.

Oshkosh performs continuous risk and crisis management to minimize threats, poor business strategy, environmental and regulatory compliance, and emerging risk and megatrends. Some risks of concern are climate change, which could affect production, facility assets, and supply chain disturbances.

The company is taking an appropriate approach to minimize risk in order to uphold sustainability. However, this is a corporate push and Oshkosh Corporation is an umbrella to multiple LLCs. All are trained on The Oshkosh Way, but may not be able to fully uphold these practices at each location depending on the resources that they are given. While the 2021 sustainability report looks flawless, a true survey and audit need to be performed per LLC to understand the full impact and the risk that is being taken on.

What are the potential repercussions of not taking risks to prioritize sustainability? Examples include the following:

• Provide examples of organizations that experienced the repercussions of not prioritizing sustainability.
• Reflect on how you or people you know might react to organizations and products that don't prioritize sustainability from a consumer perspective. Consider how age, geographic location, and finances might affect consumers' reactions.
• Name some specific impacts of not remaining competitive in the market based on what you learned from your reading in the Resources section.
• Provide other reasons to justify prioritizing organizational sustainability.