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This figure visually represents a novel System Innovation Model for Sustainable Project Delivery, developed to support organizations in integrating sustainability as a strategic imperative within their project management functions. The model proposes that the Project Management Office (PMO) evolves into a Sustainability Hubs - an Ecosystem Orchestrator- to effectively navigate the systemic, non-linear challenges posed by the Triple Bottom Line (economic, environmental, and social value). The model is structured around four critical Integration Dimensions that define the PMO’s expanded role: integrating sustainability into Governance, facilitating Knowledge exchange, structuring Stakeholder integration, and institutionalizing Feedback loops for continuous impact assessment. To operationalize this new mandate, the model defines six interconnected Development Domains (DDs), providing a roadmap for organizational change: DD1. Governance & Structure: Defines the PMO’s structural components, including a mandate centered on ESG value, a strategy for long-term sustainable delivery, and a governance framework for decision-making regarding compliance and risk. DD2. Activities: Encompasses internal and external tasks necessary to implement the sustainability mandate, such as building organizational awareness, conducting needs assessments, and facilitating service co-creation with users. DD3. Tools: Identifies the essential enablers, including both Thinking Tools (e.g., systems thinking for complexity evaluation) and Digital Tools (e.g., sustainability dashboards and knowledge management systems). DD4. Stakeholder Networks & Community Management: Focuses on mapping and engaging internal and external stakeholders - from executives to societal actors - to foster bidirectional knowledge exchange and feedback loops. DD5. Services: Defines the specific catalog of value-driven PMO services across strategic, tactical, and operational levels (e.g., ESG portfolio alignment, sustainability frameworks, and impact reporting). DD6. Monitoring & Improvement: Uses data to track efficiency and outcome indicators, conducting regular maturity assessments, and performing gap analyses to ensure the PMO continuously increases its capability to deliver sustainable value. The System Innovation Model offers a systemic response to the increasing demand for organizational resilience, positioning the PMO as the primary mechanism for designing the systems that determine an organization's capacity to create holistic, lasting value.