Organizational Sustainability Excellence Model (OSEM) 

True sustainability requires more than just meeting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards. It demands a holistic approach that penetrates every facet of your organization, from sustainability practices to the value chain and communication strategies. This is where the Organizational Sustainability Excellence Model (OSEM) delivers value to you.

 

What is OSEM?

The Organizational Sustainability Excellence Model (OSEM) offers a detailed and comprehensive view into your sustainabiltiy practices against the GPM P5 Standard for Sustainability in Business Practice. This internationally recognized standard provides a rigorous framework that goes beyond traditional ESG metrics, ensuring your sustainability efforts are robust, integrated, and aligned with the highest global standards, including the regulatory requirements of CSRD, CSDDD, and other emerging ESG mandates.

Where Did the Model Originate?

As leaders in sustainability, we were the first organization globally to recognize that sustainable products and processes are fundamental to supporting John Elkington’s Triple Bottom Line. Our commitment to sustainability deepened during our involvement in the RIO+20 Conference, where we played a key role in the working groups for SDG12. It became clear that to meet these ambitious international objectives, organizations would need to evolve, enhancing their practices to thrive in a rapidly changing business landscape.

In response, we launched our PSM3 model in 2013, focusing on sustainability within project organizations. However, the growing complexity of regulatory demands, particularly with the introduction of the EU Taxonomy, CSRD, and CSDDD, highlighted the need for a broader, more adaptable solution. This led to the development of the Organizational Sustainability Excellence Model (OSEM)—a comprehensive framework designed to help organizations of all sizes navigate and excel in today’s sustainability-driven world.

OSEM is not just a tool; it’s a strategic advantage, crafted to empower your organization to meet and exceed global sustainability standards, ensuring long-term success and resilience.

While ESG metrics are critical, OSEM offers a deeper dive into your sustainability practices by leveraging the GPM P5 Standard. Here’s how OSEM provides a nuanced, in-depth evaluation:

• Sustainability Practices: OSEM scrutinizes your day-to-day operations, ensuring that sustainability is woven into the fabric of your business processes. Using the P5 framework, we assess impacts across People, Planet, and Prosperity (the 3Ps), ensuring a balanced approach that benefits all stakeholders.
• Value Chain Analysis: We evaluate the entire lifecycle of your products and services, identifying opportunities for sustainable improvements at each stage. The P5 Impact Analysis, a core component of the GPM P5 Standard, helps in pinpointing areas where sustainability can be enhanced, from resource sourcing to end-of-life disposal.
• Communications and Reporting: Effective communication is vital for maintaining transparency and accountability. OSEM not only examines your sustainability reporting and ESG disclosures but also evaluates them against your actual practices, both short and long-term sustainability strategies, and current market trends. This ensures that your communications are clear, credible, comprehensive, and fully aligned with the rigorous requirements of the P5 Standard.
  

Comprehensive Ratings

OSEM provides detailed ratings on four critical aspects of your organization:

• Social: We assess the impact of your operations on people, including community engagement, labor practices, and human rights, in line with the P5 Standard’s criteria for People.
• Environmental: Our model evaluates your environmental footprint, focusing on resource management, waste reduction, and ecological impact, ensuring your operations are sustainable and in harmony with the environment, as outlined in the P5 Standard’s Planet criteria.
• Prosperity (Economic): We measure your economic sustainability, ensuring that your business practices promote long-term prosperity and resilience, aligned with the P5 Standard’s Prosperity criteria, which balance economic growth with environmental and social responsibility.
• Practice: We assess your organizational policies, practices, and communication strategies to ensure they align with sustainable principles, fostering transparency, accountability, and consistency across your operations. Our evaluation is based on the P5 Standard, which is mapped to key frameworks including the GRI Reporting Standards, ISSB, TCFD, SASB, CDP, IIRC, CSRD/CSDDD, and PRI, as well as the SDGs. This comprehensive approach provides the level of assurance you need to meet global sustainability expectations.

 Why It Matters

In an era where sustainability is not just a buzzword but a business imperative, OSEM offers a path to genuine, impactful change. By choosing OSEM, you’re not just committing to the highest standards of sustainability—you’re positioning your organization as a leader in responsible business practices, equipped to meet current and future regulatory demands while driving continuous improvement and long-term success.

The Outcomes

The Organizational Sustainability Excellence Model (OSEM) provides your organization with a comprehensive evaluation that goes beyond standard ESG metrics. Utilizing the GPM P5 Standard for Sustainability in Business Practice, OSEM offers an in-depth analysis that covers 51 key areas across three critical dimensions: operational practices, value chain integration, and communication strategies.

This thorough assessment is designed to provide you with a clear and actionable understanding of your sustainability performance. Alongside the evaluation, you’ll receive a strategic roadmap that includes targeted recommendations and interventions. This roadmap is crafted to help you implement improvements and unlock significant value gains, ensuring that your organization not only meets but exceeds global sustainability standards, including those mandated by CSRD, CSDDD, and other regulatory requirements.

By choosing OSEM, you're equipping your organization with the insights and tools necessary to lead in sustainability, driving meaningful change and achieving unparalleled excellence in responsible business practices.

Tailored Solutions

Understanding that one size doesn’t fit all, OSEM is designed with flexibility to accommodate both large enterprises and small businesses. Whether your organization has a vast supply chain and complex reporting structure or operates on a more streamlined scale, our assessment structure is tailored to meet your specific needs. We ensure that OSEM provides relevant and actionable insights, no matter the size or complexity of your organization.

Take the Next Step!

Elevate your organization’s sustainability journey with the Organizational Sustainability Excellence Model. Contact us today to learn more about how OSEM, guided by the GPM P5 Standard, can help you achieve unparalleled excellence in sustainability and regulatory compliance.

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