The Scenario

You are working with a sustainability consulting firm. Your team has been approached by the CEO of a company to pitch a project to help improve their sustainability performance. You have been asked to draft a short report detailing the project and present an infographic/visual demonstrating your concept.

Detailed Instructions

You should follow the below five steps to complete the assignment.

1.Select a SustainabilityProject

You are to choose areal-life companyin any industry as your case study company.

2.Develop the ProjectProposal

The project proposal should be very professional look and make a strong impression.

3. Descriptive Title

The title of your report should be informative and specific to draw the reader's attention.

Executive Summary

Here you should summarize the main points of your proposal to give your reader a whole picture of the project when they have no time to read it all.You should write this section LASTbut put it at the beginning.

Introduction

Provide some background information about your case study company to include:

a) The service and/or product offered ex. Shoe manufacturing

b) Scale and type of operation ex. Headquarters and three plants overseas

c) Number of employees ex. 4,000

d) Existing sustainability initiatives (1-3 is sufficient) ex. Solar panels on one of their plants

e) Why it is important that the company is sustainable

Project Description

Provide a high-level description of your proposed project to include:

a) Project Description:WhatNEW initiativeare you proposing your company undertake? This can

be entirely new or expand on an existing project.

b) Project objectives: What do you wish to accomplish by undertaking this project? Which SDG(s)

does the project address? (Ensure to link the proposed project with the relevant SDGs)

c) Project Scope:Does the project apply to the entire company/all departments/all product

lines/all services, or some subset, such as one location, one department or a unique product line

or service?

d) Project Timeline:How long will each phase take, and how long will the entire project take?

What are the different segments or phases of the project?

Business Case

Outline some of the ways your proposed project will help your company:

a) Increase revenue

b) Save costs

c) Reduce risks

Summary & Next steps

This section is an echo of the executive Summary.

a) What are the main elements of your proposal?

b) What are the next steps to move this project forward?

References

Make sure to use in-text citations for all your references.

Appendix

Feel free to provide an Appendix with additional information that is not essential for the central part of the proposal (e.g. other best practices, statistical data, figures, etc.).

3.Create Infographic

Having developed your sustainability project, you will use the infographic to share your project. Your infographic should be informative and visually appealing.It should include both details you have gathered about your case study company and details about your project.

4. Project pitch

This is your opportunity to show off your proposed project!

Finally, the time has come to share your project idea using your infographic. You have 10 minutes to make an impact on the CEO of the company. Your entire team is to participate in the presentation.