(Photograph taken by Erik Kvalsvik)
NOTE: For Public Garden Business Planning & Management Resources specific to COVID-19 see link at the bottom of this page. Please also see link to Public Garden Funding Resources.
GOAL 1 RESOURCES: Implement plans and policies to integrate sustainability into financial planning, investments (i.e. socially responsible investment options), employee saving plans (401k), and business management decisions.
The Business End of Climate Change:
https://publicgardens.org/resources/business-end-climate-change
Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Nichols Arboretum Collection Prioritization Rubric:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/matthaei-botanical-gardens-nicho...
Creating Sustainable Value:
https://publicgardens.org/resources/creating-sustainable-value
Guide and Toolkit for New and Emerging Public Gardens:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/guide-and-toolkit-new-and-emergi...
Chicago Botanic Garden Supplier Diversity Policy:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/chicago-botanic-garden-supplier-diversity-policy
GOAL 2 RESOURCES: Address both short-term and long-term sustainability within funding sources.
Scaling Social Impact: A Literature Toolkit for Funders:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/scaling-social-impact-literature...
GOAL 3 RESOURCES: Garden commits to triple bottom line as a standard for measuring, reporting, and evaluating financial and business management decisions.
The GRI Sustainability Reporting Standards:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/%E2%80%8B-gri-sustainability-rep...
The Triple Bottom Line Tool & Companion Casebook:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/triple-bottom-line-tool-companio...
Business Model Innovation for Sustainability: Towards a Unified Perspective for Creation of Sustainable Business Models:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/business-model-innovation-sustai...
Measuring Business Sustainability Maturity-levels and Best Practices:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/measuring-business-sustainabilit...
B Impact Assessment:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/b-impact-assessment
Social Vulnerability Index:
https://www.publicgardens.org/resources/social-vulnerability-index
For more Business Planning & Management resources visit our Library & Media Center. See below topic specific resources:
Books:
- Capitalism at the Crossroads: Next Generation Business Strategies for a Post-Crisis World, Stuart L. Hart
- Sustainable Operations Strategies: The Impact of Human Resource Management and Organizational Practices on the Triple Bottom Line
- Uncommon Service, Harvard Business Review Pres, Frances Frei & Anne Morriss
- Why Business Thinking Is Not The Answer: Good To Great and the Social Sectors, Jim Collins
- The Manual of Strategic Planning For Museums, Gail Dexter Lord & Kate Markert
- “Fundraising and Membership Development.” In Public Garden Management, by Donald Rakow, pp. 124-34. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2011.
