MAINSTREAMING SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP REPORT
Discover the next horizon for the world of work!
The “Mainstreaming Sustainable Leadership in Europe” report gathers insights on the role of Sustainable Leadership for building a sustainable economy. At a time of disruption and disorientation, we need a renewed leadership that gives orientation, restores trust and drives positive action for a net-positive future. Developing the know-how for making our work, organisations and sectors sustainable, requires investing in our leadership capability.
The publication is dedicated to those leaders who want to move towards positive impact on the economic, ecologic and social dimensions of sustainability – through sustainable leadership and governance. Whether in business, policy-making, civil society or among social partners – leaders have great leverage. With a new mindset, outlook and practice, we can shape the world of work of tomorrow.
There are roughly 10 million managers in the EU alone. If we can get them on board to navigate the sustainability journey, the transition would beneft from sustainability influencers on investments, policy, business development and staff. This will require overcoming the Sustainable Leadership gap concering sustainability knowledge, values, skills, and practice, as evidenced by the covered research on sustainability among EU managers.
Discover how leadership can shape the world of work by mainstreaming sustainability skills, sustainable work and sustainable industries!
Main Report
“We need to change direction, need to change our mindset and lay sound foundations for sustainable leadership in Europe.”
From the foreword by Torkild Justesen, Secretary General of CEC European Managers
Sustainable Leadership Gap
Evidence on the gap in knowledge,skills, values and behaviours on sustainability among EU managers.
Sustainable Leadership in Europe Report 2020
Annex: A Sustainable Work Agenda
The complement to the main report gives an overview on the employment-related aspects of mainstreaming sustainable leadership. It takes stock of EU legislative developments on sustainability, education and training policies, as well as opportunities for encouraging sustainable job creation.
The “Mainstraming Sustainable Leadership” report gathers the insights and recommendations of the “Sustainable Leadership Project” and decades of leadership experience brought together by the project partners of “Sustainable Leaders”. A special thank you to these project partners, as well as the CEC working group on Sustainable Leadership, and the Project Steering Committee.
Below you can find key findings and best practices covered by the report.
Report highlights
Context
A planet at the tipping point
From global warming to a mental health pandemic – many leading sustainability indicators point in the wrong direction. Evidence on selected sustainability indicators in the EU covered in report.
6 out of 9 planetary boundaries are now crossed
Within only a few months, two additional critical life-system thresholds have been crossed in 2022. New data is showing that chemical pollution levels and water stress are far beyond safe limits for human and planetary health.
Best practices
Leading for impact
Discover our report’s best practice collection with sustainability leaders, organisations stepping up on sustainability and ecostystems of change! Among others, we feature the stories of Paul Polmann, the B Corp movement and Sustainable Leaders in Switzerland.
Sustainable Leadership Model
Based on current good leadership and management principles, the model (p. 19 of report) describes the five levels of
complementary competencies needed by managers wanting to lead the integration
of sustainability in their organisation’s activity.
Your next step? Start with why.
Check out our curated best practices in the report!
Read the report
Mainstreaming Sustainable Leadership Report
Planetary boundaries
Sustainable Leadership Model
What’s your role?
Sustainable Leadership Transition
