Stratos Inc. services

Strategy

Strategic Planning

Clear objectives and a strategy to guide action are essential starting points for action on sustainability. Stratos works with clients using strategic planning processes and tools to allow them to set the course or renew their approach to sustainability.

Policy

Sustainability has many dimensions – environmental, economic, social and cultural – all of which need to be considered when developing sustainability policy. At Stratos, we are guided by the conviction that policy should produce demonstrable, positive results. We work with clients to help them develop, implement and evaluate policies that will drive change and lead to improved sustainability performance.

Governance

Effective decision-making and clear accountabilities are central to sustainability. Stratos helps its clients develop tailored governance structures that are in line with their sustainability mandates, designed to improve performance and to achieve results.

Strategic Project Management

Using resources wisely, including organizational ones, is an important part of sustainability. Stratos provides clients with guidance on project management that helps ensure that their resources are used strategically and effectively and that project goals are achieved – on time, on budget and in a sustainable way.

Implementation

Management Systems

Stratos has expertise in desigining management systems – policies, procedures and management frameworks – which helps ensure that our clients achieve their sustainability objectives. The systems we develop with our clients lay the foundation for continually improving an organization’s sustainability performance, and for reviewing performance in terms of effectiveness and alignment with the organization’s larger strategic goals.

Risk Management

Stratos helps its clients identify and mitigate the environmental, social and economic risks that can limit the achievement of organizational objectives. Using risk management tools, we also identify opportunities and show clients their potential to drive growth and create goodwill by addressing risks and actively pursuing sustainability.

Performance Management

Setting goals is one thing. Achieving them is another. Stratos works with clients to put in place performance management systems, ranging from measurement frameworks to performance reporting, that are suited to their organization’s culture and needs, and designed to ensure that their goals are met, consistently and efficiently.

Training

It takes knowledge and commitment to help an organization embrace sustainability, and we’ve found that change is most successful when it is led from within. Whether it is broad-based or issue-focused, Stratos provides customized training that helps establish a culture of sustainability inside our clients’ organizations, and gives their staff the skills and understanding they need to drive and maintain improved sustainability performance.

Stakeholder Engagement

Sustainability is a mainstream issue of vital importance to a diverse range of stakeholder groups. Whether an organization is public or private, it needs the support of its stakeholders to succeed. Stratos offers its clients expertise in identifying stakeholders, understanding their interests and assessing and improving stakeholder engagement. We provide our clients with the understanding they need to integrate stakeholder interests into their organizational strategies.

Assurance

Evaluation

Is your organization achieving its goals? What works? What doesn’t? And what can be done to get your programs back on track? Too many worthwhile initiatives fail because these questions aren’t asked. Stratos helps its clients design and implement tailored evaluations that look at all aspects of a program’s delivery as well as its outcomes to see if they are in line with anticipated investments and expected results. Simply put, we help our clients make sure that their sustainability programs are worth the effort.