What is SUS?
The Sustainability Cluster consists of all initiatives of MEA geared towards the education and application of corporate sustainability. Its initiatives focus on deepening the understanding of the core advocacy among the members of the organization and other external stakeholders. The Sustainability Cluster ensures that MEA delivers financial and environmental sustainability and long-term value to their stakeholders, and encourages MEAns to deliver the same within and outside the organization.
Vision
To be a catalyst that strengthens the relationship of CS with its stakeholders by deepening their acceptance of CS through relevant, data-driven opportunities for long-term growth.
“A Sustainability Department that
serves as co-pilots in nurturing a
more conscious and intentional MEA
empowered to make impactful
decisions with sustained value.”
Mission
Nurturing a CS mindset, maximizing resources, and growing together.
“Concentrated and purposeful initiatives,
Increased visibility of sustainability within MEA
Empowered associates, Maximized synergies.”
Initiatives
Sustainability Reporting
Sustainability Reporting assesses the integration of sustainability in MEA projects in terms of sustainability-led growth, waste management, innovation and collaboration, and financial performance.
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What’s New: Sustainability Reports will now be released on a semestral basis along with the release of summaries of recommendation points per project.
CS Training Workshops
These are interactive, contextualized and module-based sessions on Corporate Sustainability that project core teams could avail of through their assigned SusDept associates (aSUStance).
Carbon Footprint Tracker
The Carbon Footprint Tracker collects the data on CO2 emissions of different initiatives/projects.​
What’s New: The CFT will be monitored by the logistics committee of the initiatives/projects and will be cross-checked by the deployed SusDept associate through SUSCheck.
CSchool
CSchool consists of training sessions for the associates with various topics revolving around Corporate Sustainability
​What’s New: CSchool will now be included in the monthly department meetings and will have more contextualized topics suited for what associates will experience in their work.
CS Career Talk
This is a career talk that introduces different CS-related careers to any MEAns that are interested through the MEA CARES project. This opens up an avenue for MEAns to expand their career options beyond the usual FMCG route.
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Note: This is a new initiative to be launched this year.
CS Park
CS Park is a Facebook page to centralize SusDept's online initiatives in one avenue. This will house all of SusDept’s online initiatives (e.g. CSchool, Hobbytat, CS Careers, etc.) on CS learning.
Note: This is a new initiative to be launched this year.