# SUS06-BP01 Adopt methods that can rapidly introduce sustainability improvements
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 Test and validate potential improvements before deploying them to production. Account for the cost of testing when calculating potential future benefit of an improvement. Develop low-cost testing methods to enable delivery of small improvements. 

 **Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established:** Medium 

## Implementation guidance
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+  Add requirements for sustainability to your development process. 
+  Allow resources to work in parallel to develop, test, and deploy sustainability improvements. 
+  Test and validate potential sustainability impact improvements before deploying into production. 
+  Test potential improvements using the minimum viable representative components. 
+  Deploy tested sustainability improvements to production as they become available. 

## Resources
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 **Related documents:** 
+  [AWS enables sustainability solutions](https://aws.amazon.com/sustainability/) 

 **Related examples:** 
+  [Lab: Turning](https://www.wellarchitectedlabs.com/sustainability/300_labs/300_cur_reports_as_efficiency_reports/) cost & usage reports into efficiency reports