Share what changed, what you learned and what comes next.
Create a clear sustainability update with this eight-slide presentation deck. The Sustainability Progress Presentation Template helps you explain progress against your goals, share results and lessons, and bring stakeholders into the decisions that come next.
Guiding questions and dedicated notes and evidence areas help you organise data, feedback and references into an honest progress review. Present achievements alongside delays, uncertainties and trade-offs so your audience understands both the results and the work ahead.
Who is this template for?
Sustainability managers, project leads, founders and teams presenting an initiative’s progress to leadership, colleagues, partners or other stakeholders. Develop the slide deck together or use it independently to prepare your update.
When should you use it?
Use it for a regular project review, a pilot update, a milestone meeting or an end-of-phase presentation. It’s particularly useful when stakeholders need to understand what has changed and decide whether to continue, adjust or support the next stage.
How to use this template
Work through the eight slides, adding data, sticky notes, photos, feedback and references in the notes and evidence areas.
Progress at a glance. Identify the initiative and reporting period, share your main headline and explain whether you’re on track.
What we set out to achieve. Revisit the original goal, starting point, targets and timeline.
What we did. Summarise completed actions, work underway, delays and contributions.
What the results show. Compare results with your starting point and target. Distinguish measured findings from estimates and unverified expectations.
What it took, and what it delivered. Compare resource use with the plan and discuss observed benefits, unexpected costs and trade-offs.
What we learned. Share what worked, what didn’t, feedback received and assumptions that need rethinking.
What happens next. Set two or three priorities, assign owners and deadlines, and agree on the next review.
Where we need a decision. Explain the support or decision required, the options to consider and who needs to decide by when.
Tip: Before presenting, turn your working notes into concise messages. Distinguish activities from outcomes: holding a workshop shows that an activity happened; a measured reduction in waste shows a result.
What you’ll leave with
A structured eight-slide sustainability progress presentation.
A clear comparison of goals, actions and results.
Lessons and priorities to guide the next stage.
Specific stakeholder requests with ownership and timing.
Be clear about what the evidence shows and what remains uncertain. A useful progress update makes room for learning as well as achievements.
