Regulatory Compliance
Enable and demonstrate compliance with external standards and regulations concerning the environmental impact of computing and business operation activities.
Improvement Planning
Practices-Outcomes-Metrics (POM)
Representative POMs are described for Regulatory Compliance at each level of maturity.
- 1Initial
- Practice
- Find and document what external sustainable ICT standards/regulations are available and relevant for the organization.
- Outcome
- Within pockets of ICT there is some knowledge of regulatory compliance standards/regulations for sustainability.
- Metric
- # of external regulatory compliance standards/regulations for sustainability.
- 2Basic
- Practice
- Provide a common access point via the ICT Sustainability Team/Office to assess the relevant external sustainable ICT standards/regulations for IT.
- Outcome
- The ICT Sustainability team/office maintains awareness of current and future external sustainability compliance requirements.
- Metrics
- # of external regulatory compliance standards/regulations reviewed.
- Maintained list of required sustainability regulatory compliance standards/regulations.
- 3Intermediate
- Practice
- Provide advice to IT managers via the ICT Sustainability Team/Office, on including corporate and regulatory ICT sustainability standards into their activities.
- Outcome
- The ICT Sustainability team/office can demonstrate where corporate/regulatory sustainability standards have been adopted in the activities of IT.
- Metrics
- # of joint ICT and Business sustainability reviews/year.
- # of requests for regulatory sustainability information.
- # of changes to maintain regulatory compliance for sustainability.
- 4Advanced
- Practice
- Conduct regular audits and reviews (jointly by IT and the rest of the business) of the organization's compliance with external sustainability regulatory standards and corporate goals.
- Outcome
- The ICT Sustainability team/office can demonstrate where corporate/regulatory sustainability standards have been adopted and implemented in ICT and the rest of the business.
- Metrics
- # of sustainability reviews/year.
- # of changes to sustainability compliance regulations and targets.
- # of changes to ICT sustainability policies and procedures to maintain compliance.
- 5Optimized
- Practice
- Participate in industry-wide peer reviews of compliance with sustainability standards/regulatory requirements to inform the business ecosystem of what is best practice in the industry.
- Outcome
- Industry leading best practice and new developments in regulatory standards are known and implemented at an early stage, across the business ecosystem.
- Metrics
- % reduction in the sustainability compliance risk profile across the value chain.
- # of contributions to new sustainability compliance standards and targets.
- # of new sustainability standards implemented across the business ecosystem.