Take Action

This section is designed to help you take action and address your sustainability priorities. Recommendations are sorted by the four main themes of people, property, planet, and profit. Each theme contains three sub-categories to help guide you to the actions most relevant to your goals.

To help meet each association where they are at on their sustainability journey and address varying levels of capacity, there are both “Quick Start” and “Deep Dive” recommendations.

Quick Starts are intended to require less time, energy, or financial resources than some of the “deeper dives.” If you’re already experienced with the “Quick Start” recommendation or are ready for a more in-depth and intensive exercise, explore the “Deep Dives” within each category.

PEOPLE

This section promotes growth by unlocking opportunities for health, equity, and well-being. It includes activities, initiatives, and events undertaken to engage employees, associations, members, and communities.

Examples of actions under this pillar include engagement opportunities, wellness, and climate equity.

PROPERTY

This section focuses on helping members and communities mitigate and adapt to current and future risks to the industry using short- and long-term goals and actions that help members and communities respond to and prepare for extreme weather and a changing climate.

Examples of resilience actions include grants and funding opportunities, strategic planning integration, extreme weather preparedness, and climate research.

PLANET

This pillar measures the impact of specific, positive actions or programs linked to the natural environment.

Examples of actions under this pillar include items with a focus on environmental sustainability, energy efficiency measures, or general education of members and stakeholders on sustainability.

PROFIT

This pillar demonstrates leading forward on sustainability and focuses on introducing and implementing the concepts of sustainability to members, state, and local associations using an integrated approach that brings sustainability into all areas of an association.

Examples of governance efforts include pointed leadership support, data and reporting, ESG+R-minded operational decisions, and industry partnerships.