PROBE for Sustainability

There is no more important challenge facing businesses, organisations, governments and society as a whole today than the challenge of sustainability. While the scale and exact nature of the problems continue to be contested, there is compelling evidence that changes on an unprecedented scale are required if we are to successfully confront the threats of:

  • depletion of non-renewable energy sources
  • depletion of the ozone layer and global warming
  • increasing volumes of waste
  • air pollution and inadequate fresh water supplies

Comparison International, in partnership with the CBI and other key partners, is able to offer an established and effective approach to Best Practice Benchmarking in this field, in the shape of PROBE for Environment, Health and Safety (also known as "CONTOUR").

In addition, convinced that Best Practice Benchmarking can contribute significantly to the broader Sustainability agenda, a major focus of our current work is the ongoing development of PROBE for Sustainable Business . This development represents our recognition that a key feature of Best Practice today is an organisation's ability to respond positively and proactively to the challenges of sustainability. These challenges include what could broadly be described as the "green agenda", but our development work encompasses a more holistic vision of sustainability, and, crucially, deploys a simple but profound lesson derived from a decade of Best Practice Benchmarking - that the route to improved organisational performance is via the adoption of best practices organisation-wide.

We are actively seeking partners for our efforts to make a real difference in these crucial areas of activity, and opportunities to deploy these sustainability-focused Best Practice Benchmarking services to good effect. If this is of interest to you, please contact us.