The impact sustainability has on your company’s brand and work culture can open the door to new opportunities and long-term growth. But achieving those benefits requires making some fundamental changes to planning, design, manufacturing and maintenance processes.It starts with incorporating sustainability into your business goals and corporate mission by addressing  environmental and social impacts of your processes. This may require an analysis of current objectives to uncover gaps.Corporate stakeholders need to be on board, with an understanding that sustainability is not just a compliance requirement, but a means of achieving competitive advantage.Dame Anita Roddick, the founder of beauty supply company The Body Shop, once said, “Social and environmental dimensions are woven into the fabric of the company itself. They are neither first nor last among our objectives, but an ongoing part of everything we do.”Here are three steps to consider as you look to implement sustainable business practices. Explore new ways to collect and interpret data Be transparent in production and distribution processes Improve employee engagement