Sustainability goals and projects can have a significant impact on the way people work.

Change can impact processes, systems, tools, job roles, workflows, mindsets, behaviours, and more.

Much of the benefits reaped from change management are tied to people changing the way they do their jobs. This is the “adoption contribution” of the project—the percentage of project benefits that depend on people changing their day-to-day work.

Change management is the discipline that guides how we prepare, equip and support businesses to successfully adopt change in order to drive organisational success and outcomes in sustainability.

The proof is in the data.?Prosci’s?‘Best Practices in Change Management research consistently shows that?initiatives with excellent change management are six times more likely to meet objectives than those with poor change management.

The sustainability drive within a business has been mainly focused on the integration of new technology and new ways of working, however, much less attention has been given to the ‘soft skills required of facilitating the change process that is needed for the successful adoption of these new ideas and methodologies.

Change management addresses the different impacts change has on people.

Sustainability projects and initiatives can have a significant impact on the way individual people do their work on a day-to-day basis. Change can impact processes, systems, tools, job roles, workflows, mindsets, behaviours and more.??

By working within an organisation to create a culture of change and innovation, new thinking and ideas are given space to develop and new technology and methodology are more easily accepted with less resistance as a result, the success of meeting the sustainability targets is increased.

At The Climate Change, we would love to get your feedback on this topic. What are you currently doing to change the hearts and minds of your organisation?