Definition:

The ability to collectively carry out and realize planned sustainability strategies (e.g., sustainability action plan) on the ground, including implementation, adaptation, transfer, and scaling, in effective and efficient ways. Working toward a sustainability-informed vision over time involves monitoring and evaluating the realization process on the ground, addressing emerging challenges, and making adjustments.

This key competency is critical for taking action and implementing a planned solution on the ground. (The planned solution is a thought product resulting from the integrated steps and associated competencies described above.) Implementing this solution proposal can facilitate transformational (systemic) change across a range of different levels and settings (e.g., individual, group, institutional, social, etc.)