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As managing sustainability becomes increasingly important to project success and the complexity of meeting such targets increases, sustainability must be embraced by all members of the project team. It cannot be delegated to a separate sustainability department or completely outsourced to external consultants. Meeting sustainability goals and creating a better project requires input from every member of the team and every person on a project.

Figure 1.3 Sustainability as a team sport.

The diagram in Figure 1.3 shows how sustainability can fit into the entire project. Each department can influence sustainability issues and have a positive effect on the project. The diagram is by no means complete and will change from project to project but shows how sustainability is truly a team sport and not just the responsibility of the sustainability team.

It is also important to remember that sustainability issues are not specific to one group or department. In many cases, more than one group across the project team may need to be involved to have an influence on activities and issues. Take, for instance, providing training and skills development to the local community in order to increase the opportunity to hire as many local workers as possible. This objective can be influenced by:

 Human resources, which develops training programs

 Construction management, which runs the job training

 Health and safety, which gets involved in improved health or safety training

 Procurement, which incorporates training requirements into contractor Request for Proposals (RFPs) and contracts

 Indigenous affairs, which ensures local indigenous communities get training in transferable skills that create benefits for the community

 Project controls, which would be tasked with tracking training metrics as part of project key performance indicators (KPIs)

One effective way to create the sustainable team sport diagram for your project team is to hold a series of meetings with each of the departments or groups to discuss the basic concept and overall project sustainability objectives. Each group is then encouraged to find creative ways that they can contribute to the sustainability of the project.