Integrating Sustainability into Your Company’s ROI Strategy
Companies that lead the way in sustainability do so by integrating their sustainability practice into every facet of their company’s operations, which includes getting buy-in from senior management, most notably the CFO. In this webcast series, we examine steps involved in getting full buy-in from the company, including demonstrating the efficacy of your efforts by identifying key performance indicators, getting buy-in across all departments, and understanding the leverage points investors look for in the sustainability marketplace.
Audience: Corporate Executives, Directors, and Heads of: Corporate Sustainability, Environmental Health & Safety , Supply Chain Purchasing & Procurement, Energy Maximization, Investment and Financial Firms, Sustainability Consulting Firms, and Government Entities/Agencies; Institutional Investors; Chief Financial Officers; and Corporate Treasurers
PART ONE: KPIs for Sustainability: Measuring and Communicating ROI… view details
23 April, 2013 10:00 AM EST [10:00] | (1 hr)
As sustainability practice evolves into a holistic practice that focuses on return on investment, it has become critical to measure and quantify results. This webcast will analyze Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that will demonstrate successful completion of sustainability goals.
• Understanding discrepancies between planned operating margin and final costs
• Tracking availability, performance, and quality of equipment by standards of sustainability
• Examining appropriate KPIs for service companies
Speakers
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Barbara Brown
Since co-founding BrownFlynn in 1996, Barb has helped clients to benefit from a “do good and do well” approach. She believes in bottom-line impact and has been instrumental in designing stakeholder engagement strategies, environmental,... Full Bio |
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Dave Pogue
As Global Director of Corporate Responsibility, Dave Pogue oversees CBRE’s development, implementation and reporting for all aspects of corporate social responsibility, including environmental stewardship, community engagement and corporate ... Full Bio |
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Gretchen Digby
Gretchen Digby is the Director of Global Education & Engagement for Ingersoll Rand’s Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability. She is focused on establishing world-class internal and external energy efficiency and sustaina... Full Bio |
PART TWO: Initiating Sustainable Practices into a Company… view details
01 May, 2013 10:00 AM EST [10:00] | (1 hr)
Sustainability Officers often find a challenge in communicating the value of sustainability practice as it pertains to all stakeholders. In order for sustainability efforts to be measurable, thorough, and long lasting, it is essential that everyone in the company participates and understands their role.
• Engaging the CFO’s office and all key decision makers to create a holistic paradigm shift
• Finding supporters and engaging groups that are most likely to help move the needle
• Anticipating opposition and working with roadblocks to help make the change
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Tracey Noe
Ms. Noe is senior director, Global Citizenship & Policy, for Abbott – a broad-based health care company that employs 90,000 people and markets its products in more than 130 countries. Ms. Noe leads Abbott’s citizenship, sustainabil... Full Bio |
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Gary Neikerk
Gary has spent over 25 years working inside some of the world’s most recognizable technology brands such as HP, Apple and Intel to make sure what they do to produce their products is as admirable as the products themselves. Gary has spent th... Full Bio |
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Elizabeth C. Girardi Schoen
Liz is currently seeking her next adventure in leading sustainability, doing some project work and exploring new opportunities. Most recently with First Solar, Liz built the environmental program, directed the Design for EHS initiative, and the le... Full Bio |
PART THREE: Invest in Companies that will Solve Sustainability Problems… view details
07 May, 2013 01:00 PM EST [13:00] | (1 hr)
Investors concerned with sustainability traditionally use a screen to weed out companies that don’t meet set criteria of sustainability practices. Today, more and more investors are taking a proactive approach designed to allow them to profit by investing in companies that plan to provide products and services that address the most pressing sustainability issues, driven by the market of companies and consumers looking to solve these problems. The result is providing financial support for these sustainability-problem-solving companies while profiting from their success.
• Defining a "Sustainability Industry" and what it means to portfolio construction
• Understanding how using sustainability to manage risk and seek opportunities in problem solving companies leads to a more diversified portfolio
• Categorizing the most urgent sustainability problems that are also most likely to spur innovation
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Marc Fox
Marc Fox joined CDP as Director of Investor Initiatives for North America in May 2012. Previously, Marc spent seven years as a research analyst at Goldman Sachs in London and New York, where he developed a framework for integrating environmental, ... Full Bio |
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Bruce Kahn
Bruce has over 25 years of experience in environmental and investment research and management. Bruce was a Director in Deutsche Bank’s Asset Management division where he acted as an investment strategist conducting high-level analytica... Full Bio |
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Katherine Burstein
Katherine Burstein is an Associate with Mercer’s Responsible Investment Team in New York. She supports clients in the US and contributes to global marketing and communications. Prior to joining Mercer, Katherine worked for New Amsterdam Part... Full Bio |
Series Hosts
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David M. Hoffman
Program Director The Conference Board Dave Hoffman is a Program Director for the Conference Board, producing conferences, seminars, and webcasts for the Leadership Practice. Dave has extensive experience developing large-scale professional conferences that create revenue streams and m... Full Bio |