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WHAT DOES SUSTAINABILITY MEAN FOR GIZ? WHAT DO WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE, AND HOW DO WE WANT TO PUT IT INTO PRACTICE?

STRATEGICALLY EMBEDDED

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The Sustainability Board, the Director Corporate Sustainability and the Sustainability Office work closely together to systematically promote sustainability. In the highest echelons of management, the Sustainability Board, overseen by the Chair of GIZ’s Management Board, lays down the long-term strategic orientation of our corporate sustainability and analyses and evaluates how it is being implemented.

The other members of the Sustainability Board are the Director of the Corporate Development Unit, in her role as Director Corporate Sustainability, and seven other heads of departments and corporate units.

CENTRALLY COORDINATED AND REVIEWED

The Director Corporate Sustainability is the central point of contact for matters relating to sustainability, both inside and outside the company, and ensures that future development of sustainability management is linked to GIZ’s corporate development.

The Director Corporate Sustainability is supported by the Sustainability Office, which coordinates and monitors sustainability management across the company, cooperating closely with other organisational units at GIZ. The Sustainability Office promotes sustainability management at locations outside Germany with a specially developed instrument, the Corporate Sustainability Handprint®, which has now been introduced worldwide.