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EcoSolutions Inc., a manufacturing company committed to environmental stewardship, seeks to align its quality management system (QMS) with its sustainability objectives, as guided by ISO 9004:2018. The CEO, Anya Sharma, recognizes that merely achieving product quality is insufficient; the company must also minimize its environmental footprint and engage its stakeholders in this journey. Anya initiates a project to integrate sustainability metrics into the company\'s existing QMS. After a year, while product defect rates have decreased significantly, the company\'s carbon emissions have remained stagnant, and employee engagement in sustainability initiatives is low. Furthermore, stakeholders, including local community groups, express concerns about the lack of transparency regarding EcoSolutions\' environmental performance. Based on ISO 9004:2018 principles, which action would best demonstrate EcoSolutions\' comprehensive understanding and application of the standard to achieve sustained success in this context?
Regularly publishing a sustainability report that details EcoSolutions' environmental performance, including carbon emissions, waste reduction, and resource consumption, while also outlining future sustainability goals and inviting feedback from stakeholders, and actively engaging employees through training and incentives to participate in sustainability initiatives.
Focusing solely on improving product quality metrics, as this directly impacts customer satisfaction and profitability, and delaying sustainability initiatives until the company achieves its financial targets.
Implementing a top-down approach where sustainability goals are set by senior management without consulting employees or stakeholders, ensuring efficient execution and minimal disruption to existing processes.
Outsourcing all environmental compliance activities to a third-party consultant, thereby shifting the responsibility for sustainability performance away from EcoSolutions and reducing internal workload.

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