85% of sustainability executives are confident their organization can deliver on its sustainability goals. Only 43% of PMO leaders agree. PMI research surfaces the friction points where sustainability strategy weakens between commitment and execution.
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Sustainability in the Age of AI: The Integration Imperative explores how organizations worldwide are using artificial intelligence to drive sustainability outcomes, from reducing emissions and energy use to unlocking cost savings and growth.
To better align projects with sustainability and social impact, PMOs should clearly communicate the connections between the project, the organization’s strategy, and stakeholder expectations to the project manager early.
We have a relatively new, extremely serious threat to sustainability at both the corporate level and the personal level. It’s from a source that you may not immediately consider: artificial intelligence.
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**This is a PMI Led Webinar** 85% of executives are confident their organization can achieve its sustainability goals. Only 43% of PMO leaders agree. Join PMI to unpack the six friction points that explain the 42-point confidence gap.
This session explores what responsible, systemic leadership looks like in a complex Changing World.
This webinar explores the evolution of the GPM-b™ credential into the Certified Sustainable Project Professional (CSPP™) and what the transition means for modern project leaders. Attendees will learn how the CSPP™ positions sustainability as a core project management capability, how the credential is earned, and how it fits within the broader certification landscape. The session also examines why sustainable project leadership is becoming increasingly critical for long-term career growth and organizational impact.
This webinar explores how project leaders can design for long-term sustainability by connecting implementation, transition, and closure decisions. Using frameworks such as the Green Project Management P5 Standard, attendees will examine how governance, stakeholder readiness, reporting, and responsible exit planning influence lasting project value. The session also highlights transition stress testing and strategies for building adaptive capacity so teams and communities can sustain outcomes independently after project closeout.
This webinar explores how sustainability is transforming the role of the PMO from an operational control center into a driver of long-term business resilience and value creation. Attendees will learn how sustainable PMOs integrate ESG priorities, governance, risk management, and strategic decision-making into project delivery. Drawing on PMI and GPM frameworks, the session also examines global trends including climate risk, AI transformation, and evolving sustainability reporting requirements shaping modern organizations.
Thought Leadership / Industry Standards Update Joel Carboni, Founder and CEO of Green Project Management, will share the developments in sustainable project management, including updates to the Sustainable Project Management™ Practice Guide, the launch of The P5 Standard 4.0, and the evolving direction of the Sustainable Project Management™ Certification. Harold Pauwels, Director of Standards at the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), will discuss the development of new GRI sustainability reporting standards and how sustainability reporting is increasingly connected to project delivery. Participants will gain insight into emerging sustainability frameworks and their implications for project professionals.
Join us for a practical, business-focused conversation about turning sustainability intent into measurable impact—through projects
This PMI-sponsored study explores how mining, oil, and gas companies can better integrate sustainability into Project Portfolio Management (PPM). Based on 24 interviews with senior professionals across strategy, portfolio, and project delivery levels, the research identifies the main drivers, barriers, and learning processes that influence sustainability integration.
How can project managers drive meaningful change beyond business outcomes? This session shares the story of a multi-year, cross-industry initiative that trained and employed 180 women as welders in a male-dominated industry in India.
This webinar brings together Joel Carboni (Founder, Green Project Management), Thamar Zijlstra (Senior Manager Standards, Global Reporting Initiative), Taiwo Abraham (Sustainability Thought Leader, PMI), and Emil Andersson (Thought Leadership Manager, PMI) to explore why sustainability strategies often stall at the execution level. Panelists will discuss how evolving regulatory requirements and measurement challenges are reshaping project delivery and accountability. Attendees will gain actionable insights and best practices to embed sustainability into projects and close the strategy-execution gap within their organizations.
Use this short checklist at project initiation, planning, and throughout delivery to ensure you’re embedding sustainable practices across the four key layers as presented in the article 4 Sustainability Layers Every Modern Project Leader Must Consider.
The Project Manager’s Sustainability Checklist is a tool used to aid the project manager and project team in addressing sustainability factors for all areas of the project. This checklist is specifically designed to help meet sustainability needs that project teams and project managers face. This checklist can be considered a template to be modified by an organization, or even by a project team, as needed.
The central finding of this report is that organizations have adopted sustainability strategically and are executing sustainability initiatives, but their project managers do not have the resources they need to competently manage this process. Their challenges range from project methodology gaps to specific needs in achieving organizational change. This report was not produced or vetted by the PMI Market Research Team. It reflects the results of a survey conducted by leading members of the ProjectManagement.com community who are concerned about project management sustainability.
In recognition of World Environment Day, we’ve curated a collection of articles and webinars that highlight how project professionals, industries and PMOs are integrating sustainability into their work. These resources showcase practical approaches, emerging trends, and real-world perspectives.
The fiber cut problem in India is not merely the pace of infrastructure growth—it is the absence of safeguards to ensure that what has already been built remains functional, protected and sustainable. These eight steps can improve utility coordination and prevent cuts.
Join us on 4 June as we come together with project professionals, sustainability leaders, and volunteer voices from around the world for a special World Environment Day event focused on the future of project leadership.
Building on the business acumen foundations of financial literacy, strategic thinking, and data-driven decision-making, this article turns to four dimensions of business acumen that are often underappreciated yet equally transformative.
Are the projects we deliver today creating value that will still make sense tomorrow? Read why sustainability is becoming an essential part of how projects are conceived and delivered.
Megaprojects are often seen as exceptions. Yet history shows they are early laboratories of the future, where new practices first emerge under extreme conditions. Learn how today’s frontier megaprojects are already shaping tomorrow’s project management playbook.
Social impact is not a niche concern for project managers. It is part of the profession’s broader responsibility. This practitioner's role in local government illustrates how projects with purpose shape communities.
Sustainability is not outside PMBOK Guide®. It is embedded in its architecture. The PMI–GPM ecosystem simply makes the integration disciplined, measurable and enforceable.
Sustainability is not failing because organizations lack ambition. It is failing because sustainability has been declared a value while being managed as an afterthought.
The era of sustainability as a reporting afterthought is over. It is now a project performance requirement. Project professionals are not bystanders waiting for top-down mandates; they are the engine of sustainability execution.
Sustainability is no longer optional for extractive firms (mining, oil, and gas); it is central to competitiveness, social license, and long-term value. A new white paper shows how companies can embed sustainability into project portfolio management, moving beyond compliance to make it a driver of efficiency, innovation, and stakeholder trust.
Can you deliver without leaving harm in your wake? The Green Project Manager – Basic (GPM-b)™ certification—now offered globally through the PMI–GPM joint venture—is designed to answer that question. It doesn’t replace your PMP. It amplifies it.
As an elected official in a small town, this practitioner has come to appreciate that change management isn’t just an organizational concept; it’s a community experience. Over the years, his role has evolved to something more nuanced: a sponsor of change.
Learn why integrating generator radiator heat recovery during the construction phase is a highly recommended strategy for enhancing the sustainability of a facility.
Whilst different interventions are in place for addressing gender inequality in project-based organizations, there is no systematic analysis on which interventions exist, which work, and the reasons behind them. New PMI-sponsored research aims to address the gap.
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