QSO 328 Northeast Montessori Institute Financial Impact of Sustainability Submit a paper considering the questions in Sections III and IV of the Final Proj

QSO 328 Northeast Montessori Institute Financial Impact of Sustainability Submit a paper considering the questions in Sections III and IV of the Final Project. These questions concern the financial impact to XYZ Manufacturing Company of implementing the environmental and social sustainability measures discussed in Milestone Three. While examining the financial sustainability forecast, discuss what impact emerging technologies or industry best practices will have on the environmental and social sustainability plans. Be sure to address how these will affect the overall plan, either positively or negatively.

Prompt
You are the director of operations at XYZ Manufacturing Company. Your boss, who is the VP for Operations, came to your office to vent. She just got out of a meeting where senior executives were pressuring her for increased output and better financial performance in the company’s operations. However, she is concerned that the company has been focused too much on short-term financial performance, and not on the long-term sustainability of the company. She worries that employees are not satisfied, and the company is currently experiencing a “brain drain,” where many top performers are actively searching for employment elsewhere. Unfortunately, some employees have already left, and they are helping to convince others to leave too. She also is concerned about constant threats from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which has recently questioned whether or not some of the firm’s processes are polluting local

water sources. In addition, customer focus groups have indicated that the company does not have a good environmental reputation, and data from the focus groups suggests companies’ environmental efforts are becoming increasingly important to consumers.

In summary, she is worried that the company will not last if it keeps going in the same direction. She wants to develop a plan to present to the COO that addresses some of the issues described above, but she’s not sure where to start. She has asked you to do some research on ways the company can improve, but beyond just financial performance. She understands that there must be a balance and that financial performance measures will always be important, but you know that “performance” is not based on financial statements alone. To get started, she has been considering some environmental and social sustainability goals for the company, such as:

 Exceed all EPA and other environmental regulatory standards.
 Reduce carbon footprint by 50% in the next 20 years.
 Attract and retain the best talent.
 Improve the company’s reputation in the local community and with customers.With your instructor’s help, you will choose a company to research to inform a sustainability strategy for the hypothetical XYZ company. You may choose to use the company at which you currently work if there is enough information to inform sustainability recommendations for XYZ Manufacturing Company. When researching your chosen company, focus specifically on social, environmental, and financial stability. Next, apply what you have researched to inform sustainability choices for XYZ Manufacturing Company. QSO 328 Milestone Four Guidelines and Rubric
(Financial Impact of Sustainability)
You will submit a two- to three-page paper considering the questions in Sections III and IV of your Final Project. These sections concern the financial impact to
XYZ Manufacturing Company of implementing the environmental and social sustainability measures discussed in Milestone Three. While examining the financial
sustainability forecast, discuss what impact emerging technologies or industry best practices will have on the environmental and social sustainability plans. Be
sure to address how these will affect the overall plan, either positively or negatively.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
BI. Implications for Financial Sustainability
A. How could this environmental and social sustainability plan potentially affect the financial sustainability of XYZ Manufacturing Company in the
long term? Provide support for your explanation.
B. What are the implications of emerging technology or best practices for environmental and social sustainability on the financial bottom line of XYZ?
How does this differ from the implications discussed earlier on your researched company? Provide supporting evidence for your answers.
IV. Integration
A. How do the financial, social, and environmental plans at XYZ come together to represent the best practices of sustainability? How do the practices
suggested in the environmental and social sustainability plan relate to the company you researched previously? Provide support for your answers.
B. How do you balance and remove conflict among all three aspects of the triple bottom line? For example, how do you ensure that your plans for
environmental sustainability do not negatively impact your plans for financial and social sustainability? Provide support for your answers.
C. Outline key milestones that XYZ Manufacturing Company would need to meet to achieve the same level of environmental, social, and financial
sustainability as your researched company based on the timeline that it took your researched company to achieve its current level of
sustainability and your current knowledge of the triple bottom line.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New
Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.
Critical Elements
Implications for
Financial: Plan
Implications on
Financial: Technology
Integration: Come
Together
Proficient (100%)
Logically explains how
environmental and social
sustainability plan could
potentially affect financial
sustainability of XYZ in the long
term and provides appropriate
support for explanation
Accurately analyzes the
implications of emerging
technology or best practices on
environmental and social
sustainability on the financial
bottom line of XYZ, how these
differ from the company
researched in the overview, and
provides appropriate support for
answers
Logically explains how financial,
social, and environmental plans of
XYZ come together to represent
the best practices of
sustainability; logically explains
how these plans relate to the
researched company’s plans; and
provides support for answers
Needs Improvement (75%)
Explains how environmental and
social sustainability plan could
potentially affect financial
sustainability of XYZ but
explanation is cursory, illogical, or
short-sighted; or support for
explanation is inappropriate or
weak
Analyzes the implications of
emerging technology or best
practices on environmental and
social sustainability on the
financial bottom line of XYZ but
analysis is inaccurate or cursory,
or support for answers is
inappropriate
Not Evident (0%)
Does not explain how
environmental and social
sustainability plan could
potentially affect financial
sustainability of XYZ
Value
18
Does not analyze the implications
of emerging technology or best
practices on environmental and
social sustainability on the
financial bottom line of XYZ and
how these differ from the
company researched in the
overview
18
Explains how financial, social, and
environmental plans of XYZ come
together to represent the best
practices of sustainability, but
explanation is cursory or illogical;
and explains how these plans
relate to the researched company,
but explanation is cursory or
illogical; or support for answers is
inappropriate
Does not explain how financial,
social, and environmental plans of
company XYZ come together to
represent best practices of
sustainability and does not
logically explain how these plans
relate to the researched company
18
Integration: Balance
Explains how to balance and
remove conflict among all aspects
of the triple bottom line and
provides support for answer
Integration: Outline
Outlines logical key milestones
XYZ would need to meet to
achieve the level of
environmental, social, and
financial sustainability that the
researched company has
currently achieved
Articulation of
Response
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Explains how to balance and
remove conflict among aspects of
the triple bottom line but
explanation is cursory, some
elements are missing, or support
for answers is inappropriate
Outlines key milestones XYZ
would need to meet to achieve
the level of environmental, social,
and financial sustainability that
the researched company has
currently achieved but key
milestones are not logical steps
toward achieving sustainability
levels
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact readability
and articulation of main ideas
Does not explain how to balance
and remove conflict among all
aspects of the triple bottom line
18
Does not outline key milestones
XYZ would need to meet to
achieve the level of
environmental, social, and
financial sustainability that the
researched company has
currently achieved
18
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
Earned Total
10
100%

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