For the business fraternity, this calls for a sustainability approach of doing business, wherein business successes is measured not only in terms of its financial bottom line, but also in terms of its performance in social and environmental areas. The integration of triple bottom line in the mainstream business practices is what is often referred as Sustainable Development. By adopting sustainable practices, companies can gain competitive edge, increase market share, and boost shareholder value.

The output from this assessment is a list of strengths, opportunities for improvement and scoring pattern which allows for prioritisation and subsequent execution of improvement plans.

The Assessment process involves evaluating the organisation's performance against the attributes of Leadership, Partnerships & Resources, Stakeholder (Internal & External) Engagement, processes, Learning & Innovation and Key Performance Results.

CII-ITC Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Development is organizing four training program across India to generate awareness on Sustainability Issues and challenges. The course provides awareness on how the Sustainability issues and performance may be assessed by the organizations to identify improvement opportunities. The course uses real life scenarios / case studies to emphasize the importance of attributes driving Sustainability Excellence.

The course shall cover the overview and understanding of the Sustainability Assessment process. The process of Sustainability Assessment shall be described with the help of case studies and practical examples where relevant.