Planning: Activity two Back

Begin constructing an overview for your reporting process. It should help you identify:

• what you want to do
• what you see as the benefits
• how you may overcome potential problems in constructing the report
• who will be the report’s audience
• what information will be conveyed to the audience
• who will assist in the process.

As you develop the overview, discuss some of the following issues with colleagues.

• What are the influences that are shaping the company’s/organisation’s future?
  o Reputation?
  o Brand?
  o Water/climate change/land use
• What are the risk management issues?
  o Stakeholders
  o Brand
  o Compliance
  o Financial risk
  o OH&S (risk to bottom line)
• Where is your operational excellence?
  o Competitive environment
  o Focus on the margins
• Is it consistent with values?
  o Respect for customers, suppliers, community
  o Teamwork
  o Consultation
  o Quality of management (proxy for this can be how well you deal with complexity, e.g. do you talk about ‘sustainability’)