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elementor - v3.10.1 - 17-01-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Prof. Manahel Thabet, President of the Economic Forum for Sustainable Development<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9a8730e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9a8730e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8d3dd4\" data-id=\"a8d3dd4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-019d1e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"019d1e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Strategic Benchmarking for Sustainable Development as a Performance Catalyst<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h1><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Organizations that adopt sustainability practices often have\u00a0a hard time\u00a0differentiating if their performance is of the highest standard or\u00a0just good\u00a0enough. With strategic benchmarking for sustainable development, the comparative context\u00a0required\u00a0to answer this question is provided and thus organizations can measure their sustainability performance against the relevant peers, industry leaders, or\u00a0established\u00a0standards. Without this external reference point, organizations run the risk of overestimating their accomplishments or not recognizing opportunities for significant improvement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforumsd.com\/\">The Economic Forum for Sustainable Development (EFSD)<\/a> <\/strong>sees strategic benchmarking for sustainable development as an essential method for organizations that want to go beyond isolation efforts and\u00a0attain\u00a0systematic excellence. Benchmarking turns sustainability from a subjective goal into a performance domain of objective assessment where decisions can be made and strategies fine-tuned based on evidence. To better understand EFSD&#8217;s structured approach to supporting sustainability excellence, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforumsd.com\/our-approach\/\">explore our approach<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW236084906 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236084906 BCX0\">Strategic benchmarking is particularly critical across two of EFSD&#8217;s core focus areas: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforumsd.com\/service\/sustainable-energy\/\">sustainable energy<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforumsd.com\/service\/sustainable-means-cities-and-mobility\/\">sustainable cities<\/a><\/strong>. The GCC organizations in sustainable energy must address two challenges because they need to achieve international decarbonization targets while their energy systems continue to rely on fossil fuels which makes it harder to assess their performance against others. The Middle East experiences rapid urban expansion which creates infrastructure and mobility problems that need to be assessed through comparisons with both local cities and international urban sustainability experts. Generic benchmarking frameworks that ignore these sector-specific and regional\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW236084906 BCX0\">dimensions<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236084906 BCX0\">\u00a0risk producing performance assessments that are technically\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236084906 BCX0\">accurate<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW236084906 BCX0\">\u00a0but strategically useless.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW236084906 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">How Strategic Benchmarking Enhances Sustainability Performance<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Strategic benchmarking for sustainable development is a process that not only yields value but also reinforces the whole organizational sustainability capabilities and outcomes through the mechanisms that are at play.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW146659899 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146659899 BCX0\">The GCC and Middle East context requires its own\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146659899 BCX0\">benchmarking<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146659899 BCX0\">\u00a0requirements because Western systems have failed to recognize these regional requirements. The region&#8217;s organizations must solve three main sustainability problems, including water scarcity and energy transition and urbanization to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146659899 BCX0\">establish<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW146659899 BCX0\">\u00a0their definitions of acceptable performance standards. A UAE energy company which compares its carbon intensity data against a European competitor without considering its extreme heat cooling requirements will produce inaccurate results. Saudi organizations which implement Vision 2030 sustainability targets work within a policy framework that has no equivalent to Western systems. The regional benchmarking frameworks which consider actual local conditions provide better practical results than existing benchmarking systems which use unmodified international standards.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW146659899 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The learning curve from well-established practices is a great means to make a big leap in sustainability. Organizations that are pursuing sustainability are faced with endless choices\u00a0regarding\u00a0strategies, technologies, processes, and priorities.\u00a0Sustainability\u00a0benchmarking unveils the methods which bring about the best results in similar contexts, thus allowing the organizations to go for the right methods instead of trying their luck by experimenting. This learning is\u00a0really essential\u00a0for the organizations that are in the\u00a0early stages\u00a0of sustainability as they can\u00a0actually cut\u00a0down on years of mistakes and trial-and-error just by studying the successful experiences of benchmarking leaders.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Benchmarking reveals the gaps in performance when comparing the\u00a0sustainability\u00a0performance of organizations to the standards that are relevant in the field. Usually, organizations\u00a0are having\u00a0a very limited\u00a0idea of how their performance compares to the best possible scenario. The sustainability benchmarking makes it clear where the gaps are, with the exact distance between the present performance and the best in the field being\u00a0indicated. The performance gap which has been thus\u00a0indicated\u00a0motivates the organization to improve by stressing that better performance is indeed possible and not just a theory.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The organization\u2019s competitive position gets better when the organization comes to know its sustainability performance in comparison to its peers. Sustainability performance is one of the criteria that stakeholders use to evaluate organizations\u00a0more\u00a0often, and the relative position is as important as the absolute metrics.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Benchmarking for Accountability and Transparency<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Benchmarking for sustainable development purposes and then accountability\u00a0by means of\u00a0defining performance levels clearly that organizations could be assessed against. The sustainability pledges made without the support of benchmarking\u00a0stay as\u00a0unclear promises which are hard to check. Benchmarking is the process through which pledges get converted into objective performance targets that are equal to or lower than the industry standards or peer performance.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The move from organizations that show through benchmarking their sustainability performance against recognized\u00a0standards,\u00a0gradually earns the confidence of their stakeholders. The investors, customers, employees, and communities can more easily assess organizational claims when the performance is set in the context of benchmarking. This kind of transparency builds the sort of trust that confused and unclear sustainability statements cannot foster.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The quality, of course, measures greatly when strategic benchmarking for sustainable development\u00a0sets\u00a0a comparative frame for sustainability disclosures. Sustainability reports\u00a0coming up with\u00a0benchmarking results are\u00a0very helpful\u00a0for stakeholders in terms of providing them with an opportunity to experience the performance meaningfully rather than assessing metrics in isolation. Organizations, for instance,\u00a0saying\u00a0that energy intensity decreased by 15% give\u00a0very little\u00a0information, but\u00a0telling\u00a0that this performance surpasses the industry average by 8% makes the achievement\u00a0very important.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Driving Long Foundations of Continuous Improvement by Benchmarking<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Through creating external reference for assessment of performance on a regular basis, strategic benchmarking for sustainable development not only forms base for continuous improvement but also sets the stage for practice through performance evaluation. Benchmarking is not seen as one-time assessment but rather a regular discipline for informing and refining the strategy among the organizations that are committed to sustainability excellence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Using benchmarking data, the organizations\u2019 improvement targets are made to be realistic but at the same time ambitious. In case of the organizations that set sustainability goals without\u00a0taking into account\u00a0the benchmarking, there exists the danger of either\u00a0establishing\u00a0targets that are not sufficiently challenging and thus\u00a0failing to drive\u00a0meaningful change or of setting\u00a0objectives\u00a0that are unrealistic and demotivating to the teams. Grounding the setting of targets for the strategic sustainability benchmarking in scientific evidence about the level of performance that can be achieved, allows organizations to go for stretch goals that are based on proven feasibility.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The efficiency of resource allocation gets a boost when\u00a0the benchmarking\u00a0shows which of the sustainability investments have the highest returns. Organizations are confronted with\u00a0numerous\u00a0potential sustainability\u00a0interventions\u00a0but they have\u00a0very limited\u00a0resources for their implementation. Benchmarking assists in providing the necessary information\u00a0regarding\u00a0which of the methods result in better outcomes, thus allowing for more confident investment decisions and waste from ineffective initiatives to be reduced.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Embracing benchmarking as a continuous discipline and not an occasional exercise, the organizations will get cultures of learning developed.\u00a0By means of\u00a0regular\u00a0benchmarking\u00a0the performance will have to be evaluated against the evolving\u00a0standards\u00a0and strategies will be changed based on the new evidence. This external learning and\u00a0adaptation\u00a0orientation is the character of high-performing sustainability organizations. The continuous improvement mindset is in line with the principles discussed in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforumsd.com\/how-prioritizing-quality-improves-long-term-sustainability\/\">Quality Management for Sustainability: Building Systems That Last.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Forum&#8217;s Method for Supporting Strategic Benchmarking<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EFSD supplies the frameworks, the data, and the guidance that makes the strategic benchmarking process for the sustainable development of different organizations&#8217; contexts, effective and easy to carry out. The Forum&#8217;s support in benchmarking enables organizations to find suitable groups for comparison, get admission to performance data that are relevant, interpret the results of the benchmark, and turn the knowledge gained into strategic action.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The development of the framework paves the way to experimental and relevant approaches in the benchmarking. With the help of EFSD, the companies will select the sustainability dimensions to be compared, take the right peer group or standard for the coming, and set the method for measuring the differences so that the results will be valid. The accessibility of the sharing of the knowledge enables the organizations that are doing the benchmarking to come together, and thus, peer learning and the solving of the problem through collaboration around the common sustainability challenges become possible.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW108911248 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108911248 BCX0\">The EFSD establishes its global benchmarking framework through a network that includes\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW108911248 BCX0\">World<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW108911248 BCX0\">\u00a0Bank and European Commission and International Trade Council and UK Business Forums affiliates as its members. The EFSD enables organizations to use benchmarking frameworks that combine international best practices with actual operational conditions in the GCC and Middle East because the organization has cross-institutional partnerships.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW108911248 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The identification of the best practices gives the organizations a hand not only to see the performance levels\u00a0accomplished\u00a0by the leaders but also to know the ways leading to the super results. The support from EFSD in the benchmarking does not stop at the performance metrics alone but goes further to discover the practices, procedures, and tactics that underlie the great\u00a0sustainability\u00a0performance. If you would like to know how EFSD can\u00a0assist\u00a0you in your company&#8217;s strategic benchmarking, feel free to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eforumsd.com\/contact-us\/\">reach out to us.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><h2><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Benchmarking as a Route to Sustainability Excellence<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The strategic benchmarking for sustainable development is not just a performance assessment tool, but rather a quality that is\u00a0a must\u00a0for organizations serious about\u00a0attaining\u00a0sustainability excellence instead of mere compliance. It gives the external viewpoint that is necessary for realistic self-assessment, the evidence base for confident decision-making, and the learning mechanism for continuous improvement.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Companies employing strategic benchmarking will have a sustainability performance that marks them as leaders and not just followers. With the sustainability expectations still going up and the\u00a0stakeholder\u00a0scrutiny getting more intensive, benchmarking will be even more necessary for companies that want to show genuine commitment through measurable excellence.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">EFSD is still committed to\u00a0assisting\u00a0firms in building benchmarking capabilities that lead to significant sustainability improvements and at the same time, allow the firms to provide credible evidence of their performance to the stakeholders who increasingly ask for proof rather than just claims.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strategic benchmarking for sustainable development measures performance against industry leaders and standards, revealing 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