What is open-sustainability?

open-sustainability is an approach applying best practice principles from modern software development and management consulting to drive sustainable development in complex organizations. Using open source software we are creating Sustainability 2.0, or as we call it FISDev, a Framework for Integrated sustainable development, a tool providing a software framework for Integrated Sustainable Development. We are also developing an open-source Governance Framework for Sustainability applicable in any organization. Combined, this sustainability governance framework and the FISDev tool support a collaborative, open source approach to sustainable development or simply sustainability, that anyone can use.

Companies can use the open-sustainability approach to introduce better sustainability practices into their business models, share success stories and work with partners and customers in a collaborative fashion. Government organizations can use open-sustainability to supplement existing frameworks, share information across departments and national boundaries and better engage citizens. Through open-sustainability, individuals have a chance to contribute to best practices and help shape the behavior of both Companies and Government.

What you can do

We are developing a community to collaboratively build a Framework for Sustainable Development as well as a resource library for organizations applying the framework. Everyone is encouraged to create an account, edit an article or have a new idea? Then login and create a new article.

• First review our Getting Started page to learn how to edit wikis
• Then help work on the Governance Framework that provides an overall competency for sustainability that an organization should follow
• Create a profile for a sustainable enterprise to help share best practices
• Review the sustainability issues listed and create a page for one that doesn't exist yet
• Add an article about a project you have recently completed
• Add a bookmark to a whitepaper or thought-leading article that you've found and review others have posted
• Build your network and connect to others
• and build your own collaborative sustainability solutions