The PMI GPM Practice Guide for Sustainability in Project Management
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The PMI® GPM® Practice Guide for Sustainability in Project Management

Embedding sustainability into project delivery

This free guide is designed to assist project professionals in integrating sustainability into project delivery and governance. Aligned with the PMBOK® Guide - Eighth Edition, it provides guidelines and tools to enhance decision-making and deliver measurable value for people, planet and prosperity.

Overview

This edition strengthens alignment with the PMBOK® Guide - Eighth Edition, ensuring sustainability is embedded within modern, value-driven project management practices. It preserves the Projects Integrating Sustainable Methods (PRiSM)™ lifecycle while enhancing governance, reporting integration and decision-making.

The guide expands upon regenerative project management, providing a more structured approach to designing projects that deliver net-positive value.

Whether you're aligning enterprise sustainability goals or strengthening project-level decision-making, this guide provides the knowledge, language and tools to make sustainability actionable.

Product Specifications

Pages

204

Publisher

PMI GPM Sustainability JV, LLC

Publication Date

22 April 2026

What you'll learn
Foundations of sustainable project management
Understand the sustainability imperative, key principles, and how sustainability integrates into project management practices and outcomes.
The PRiSM™ Lifecycle
Learn how to apply the PRiSM™ methodology to embed sustainability across all phases of project delivery.
Alignment with PMBOK® Guide
Explore how sustainability integrates with project management principles from PMI, including value delivery, governance, and performance domains.
Governance and decision integrity
Apply sustainability within governance structures, including escalation protocols, decision authority and alignment with organizational commitments.
Impact thresholds and sustainability boundaries
Learn how to define, monitor and act on ecological, social and economic thresholds as part of project control processes.
Regenerative project management
Develop sustainability management plans and ensure data quality, traceability and readiness for enterprise reporting.
Reporting and value integration
Connect project-level sustainability performance to organizational reporting and apply holistic value guidelines across people, planet and prosperity.
Reporting and value integration
Incorporate dynamic materiality, sustainability risk mitigation, and adaptive strategies to improve long-term project outcomes.

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