About Us

Sustainable Innovation Partners (SIP) Group provides consulting services and technical support to both local and international clients.  Founded in 2013, our mission is to contribute to creating and strengthening the capacities of organizations and companies so they can have an impact on sustainable development. Through our training and advisory services, we accompany our clients in the implementation of their sustainability strategy from design to reporting. Using tools tailored to organizations’ specific needs, we help transform business practices into more sustainable business models.

 

Our vision is to contribute to creating a sustainable future through responsible and innovative business practices.

Values

Humanity

We understand the challenges ahead and strive so that no one is left behind so that we are all part of development.

Sustainability

We are convinced that there is no option but to be sustainable if we want to thrive.

Partnership

We promote the active involvement of a myriad of stakeholders to guarantee adoption and action.

Service-oriented

We believe that one size does not fit all, we strive to provide our clients with solutions tailored to fit their particular needs.

Innovation

We believe that only through innovation will we be able to meet the needs of current and future generations.

Our services

We support our clients through our trademark methods and tools for the development of a sustainability strategy:

  • Mapping and assessment of sustainability actions.

  • Stakeholder mapping and assessment

  • Materiality analysis

  • Definition of mechanisms for strategy implementation

  • Sustainability Reporting

This service is targeted to those clients who not necessarily need a sustainability strategy in place but are interested in documenting the positive social or environmental impact of community investments.

  • Consultation with stakeholder groups to assess project feasibility.

  • Provision of technical support in designing projects that will strengthen linkages and engagement with communities.

  • Tool identification and/or design to measure the impact of such initiatives.

We understand that learning about sustainability is key across all sectors. We help to develop competencies though talks, seminars and workshops where participants can discover and expand their skills and knowledge of sustainable business practices.

  • Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program endorsed by the Charter Management Institute in London and the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence in Chicago.

  • Introduction to Sustainability for C-Suite Executives.

  • Fundamentals of Design Thinking.

  • Human-Centered Design.

  • Circular Economy.

  • Service Design.

Our Programs

Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

Introduction to Sustainability for C-Suite Executives

Design Thinking

Circular Economy

Service Design

Human-Centered Design

Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

Objetives
  • Understand the evolution of corporate social responsibility practice towards a broader and more comprehensive sustainability model.
  • Understand the management of stakeholders as a central element in the design and implementation of a Sustainability Strategy.
  • Understand the implementation cycle of a Sustainability Strategy from end to end.
  • Understand how to integrate the Sustainability Strategy into its operational strategy and its impact on organizational development.

Format

  • 16 hours (two days)
  • 14 participants maximum
  • Available in two modalities: open to the public and in-house (open April and October)

Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

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Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

Introduction to Sustainability for C-Suite Executives

Objetives

  • To introduce the concept of Sustainability and Sustainable Development Post-2015 and the role of the private sector in development.

  • To present the main opportunities in your industry globally and the key measurement indicators.

  • To present the main reporting frameworks and guidelines for planning your sustainability strategy.

  • To identify major challenges in integrating the sustainability strategy into your operations.

Format

  • Three hours (half day)

  • 20 participants maximum

  • Available in-house only

Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

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Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

Design Thinking

Objectives

  • To provide participants with an introduction to Design Thinking and the process involved.

  • To learn about the characteristics of design thinking for exploring solutions and problem solving.

  • To acquire some Design Thinking techniques to be implemented with your teams to foster their creative confidence.

  • To learn the ways in which organizations can develop their Design Thinking capabilities.

Format

  • 8 hours (one day)
  • 16 participants maximum
  • Available in two modalities: public (3 times a year) and in-house

Design Thinking

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Design Thinking

Circular Economy

Objetives

  • To understand the concept of Circular Economy and how Design Thinking techniques and tools can be used to design sustainable solutions.

  • To understand how design thinking is key to transitioning to a circular economy.

  • To learn to adopt a design thinking approach that enable you to transform business practices to reduce environmental impact.

  • To experiment with design thinking methods and tools that can serve the circular economy.

Format

  • 16 hours (two days)
  • 16 participants maximum
  • Available in two modalities: public (once a year) and in-house

Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

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Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

Service Design

Objetives

  • To understand why service design is important.

  • To learn about the history, concepts and definition of service design.

  • To learn to apply service design frameworks and tools.

  • To experiment with Design Thinking methods and tools that are used for service design.

Format

  • 16 hours (two days)
  • 16 participants maximum
  • Available in two modalities: public (twice a year) and in-house

Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

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Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

Human-Centered Design

Objetives

  • To introduce participants to the concept of human-centered design and how it responds to customer needs. 

  • To learn the different tools and methods that are involved in Human-Centered Design and most common approaches.

  • To solve a design challenge using the tools and methods of Human-Centered Design.

Format

  • 16 hours (two days)
  • 16 participants maximum
  • Available in two modalities: public (once a year) and in-house

Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

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Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practioner Program

Our team is a diverse and creative group inspiring our clients to innovate and transform business practices across different sectors.

Arlette Palacio

Team
CEO

Davide Sala

Team
Senior Consultant

Daniel Abreu

Team

Associate Consultant

Arlette
Palacio

Founder & CEO

Bachelor’s degree in International Relations with a master’s degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Florida International University (FIU). Arlette founded SIP Group in 2013. She advises companies in the design, development and implementation and monitoring of their sustainable development and sustainability (CSR) strategy, as well as in capacity-building, in order to attain a more sustainable development. In her work, she fosters the effective linkage of CSR and strategic philanthropy programs with national development initiatives. Arlette was a member of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ team that participated in negotiating the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in representation of the Dominican Republic between 2014 and 2015.

Arlette has over 17 years of experience working on sustainable development issues, and expertise in the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of social development projects. Arlette has been certified as a Sustainability Consultant by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence (CSE).

Davide
Sala

Senior Consultant

Bachelor’s degree in Education, with a master’s degree in Relational Interventions in Emergency Contexts from the Universiità Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano, Italy. Davide advises institutions in pedagogic assessment, capacity-building, and in monitoring and evaluation of social programs. Davide has over 10 years of experience in leading non-governmental organizations that implement education, health, human rights and psychology projects in poor communities in the Dominican Republic.

Daniel
Abreu

Associate Consultant

Specialized studies in Development and Climate Change at the University of Rotterdam’s International Institute of Social Studies in the Netherlands and in International Relations at the University of Barcelona. Daniel has worked as a human development researcher for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), and as a coordinator for the development of an adolescent and youth participation policy for UNICEF. He has acted as an international negotiator by representing the Dominican Republic in world climate change summits, including the Paris Agreement process, and as a focal person for the One UN Training Service Platform for Climate Changewith the National Council for Climate Changeand the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). He currently serves as a consultant for United Nations agencies, private sector companies, as well as for government and community-based organizations on various ecological and climate change initiatives. He has published internationally on issues related to climate change, democratic participation and risk management for the Catalan Institute for Peace in Barcelona, Greenpeace International in Amsterdam, Transparency International in Berlin, as well as for UNDP and UNICEF Latin America.

Contacto

Calle Filomena Gómez de Cova #3, Edificio Corporativo 2015, Piso 10,
Local 1009, Ensanche Piantini

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