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Developing a Sustainability Roadmap

For any organisation looking to improve their sustainability, the best place to start is by knowing where you are going and how to get there. A sustainability roadmap provides a clear, actionable pathway to turn ambition into impact.

At Morphum, we support businesses in building roadmaps that are grounded in reality and designed to achieve your goals. Whether you’re taking first steps or scaling up your efforts, we work with you to develop a plan that is aligned with your values and tailored to your operations.

What is a Sustainability Roadmap?

A sustainability roadmap is an action plan that outlines how your organisation will achieve its sustainability goals over time. It defines where you are now, where you want to be, and the practical steps needed to get there, supported by realistic timelines and success indicators.

Why Develop a Roadmap?

With growing expectations from clients, customers, regulators and communities, organisations need more than goals, they need structure. A roadmap helps your business:

• Understand its current sustainability baseline

• Prioritise actions and resource capacity, and allocation

• Coordinate team efforts with clarity

• Meet short-term deliverables while planning for long-term outcomes

• Stay accountable to stakeholders and internal commitments

A tailored and relevant roadmap minimises risk in your sustainability journey and can help you move forward with confidence.

Morphum’s Approach

Every roadmap we collaborate on is tailored to your organisation’s size, sector, maturity, and strategic direction. Our process includes:

1. Understanding your organisation – we engage with your team to understand your operations, activities, risks, impacts and existing sustainability efforts across your value chain.

2. Mapping systems and value chains – we help identify how your organisation interacts with environmental, social and economic systems, operations, products and services.

3. Aligning with initiatives and frameworks – we integrate relevant frameworks and initiatives that reflect your objectives and stakeholder expectations.

4. Setting milestones and priorities – from quick wins to long-term goals, we identify priority actions and realistic milestones, tailored to your capacity and resourcing.

5. Creating the roadmap – we deliver a clear, time-phased plan of actions, supported by key performance indicators (KPIs), responsibilities, and opportunities for continuous improvement.

What’s Included in a Morphum Sustainability Roadmap?

Each roadmap is individually tailored to your business, but typically includes:

• A baseline assessment of your current sustainability initiatives

• Value chain and system mapping

• Identification of sustainability risks and opportunities

• Alignment with sector-relevant frameworks

• Recommended initiatives and tools

• Timelines for action (short-, medium- and long-term)

• Quick wins and long-term strategies

• KPIs and monitoring metrics

• Implementation guidance and next steps

Roadmaps are designed to be used as a tool that evolves with your organisation, so you will always understand your next steps, even when you head a different direction.

Getting Started

Developing a sustainability roadmap begins with sitting down and speaking with an expert who can help plan your sustainability journey. The full process is collaborative, so sharing this understanding early is the key to starting on the right path.

Morphum’s team can help you build a tailored roadmap with lasting impact.

Turning a Roadmap into Action

We can support you through implementation, reporting and ongoing refinement, so your sustainability journey is guided by best practice.

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