 Open Framework Sustainability
How It Works
OFS begins by working with us so together, we can
help you get to know your business from the inside out. We perform a detailed
sustainability analysis to not only put into numbers where your company currently
stands, but also to understand the DNA, if you will, of what makes your business
run: its culture and personality, its strength and weaknesses, and its as-of-yet
undefined potential. With that understood, the curriculum we propose is designed
precisely for your business.
OFS is divided into six sub-groups that branch
off of the Three C's. Each track focused on a specific component of sustainability
as it applies to the structure and operations of the business, its connections
with the local community and environment, and the ways it connects its supply
chain to best support its suppliers and clients alike..
Conversation
 Personal (personal sustainability): Direct consultation with a
life, business, or personal coach to help you incorporate fundamentals
of sustainability into your personal life or the activities in which you
participate that affect the health of your business.
This track connects with Ecology and Education.
 Education (sustainability program): Learning-based consulting
about sustainability principles;
development of a sustainability program for your organization or company;
examination
of ways you convey understanding about and awareness of the importance
of sustainability principles at all levels of the organization.
This track
connects with Personal and Relationship.
Community
 Relationship (relationship-based optimization): Consulting designed
to help you optimize your Web site and digital presence, and foster relationships
with your online community in a productive, supportive manner. Organic
SEO based on a deeper understanding of your business infrastructure
(see Structure,
below). Training for effective use of social media, including Twitter,
Facebook, and LinkedIn. Development of a blogging methodology that ties
into Renewsing.
This track connects with Education and Network.
 Network (pure networking): Connecting you with real-life networks
in your local and regional community. Consulting to help you identify local
connection circles that most benefit you, and regional/national/international
groups (Green America, B Corporation, ISSA, ZWA, etc.) to propel awareness
of your business or organization to a much larger audience.
This track connects with Relationship and Structure.
Commerce
 Structure (infrastructural optimization): A detailed assessment
of your physical infrastructure, to identify your operational strengths
and weaknesses and develop meaningul metrics to help you understand your
current state of sustainability, as well as ways to improve upon it and
measure that progress. Consulting via sustainable practices.
Information Technology and Web-based tools, including e-commerce and merchant
services to improve operational efficiency.
This track connects with Network and Ecology.
 Ecology (community outreach): Corporate social responsibility
consulting to help your business or organization connect with your environment
and community. Outreach consulting to help you identify community programs
from which you could benefit, and vice versa. Examination of local initiatives
(such as tree planting or watershed restoration) and ways you can become
involved. Ways to select local vendors and clients alike in a manner that
creates closed-loop commerce to bring the greatest benefit to your local
community.
This track connects with Structure and Personal.
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