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The Traits of a Highly Effective and Successful Chief Sustainability Officer

By Tracey de Morsella on March 4, 2010 1 Comment Allianz Insurance, British Airways, BT, CA, carbon reporting risks, Carbon Systems, CH2M Hill, Chief Sustainability Officer, Chrysler, cisco, Climate Change, climate change strategy, CO2 reduction, compliance risks, corporate social responsibility, CSO, Deloitte, Dow Chemical Company, ECX, efficiency gains, energy cost savings, Energy Management, Fiat, Ford, General Electric, General Motors, Hara, IBM, IHS, Kroger, low carbon business model, McKinsey & Company, Microsoft, natural resource efficiency, Norman Broadbent, operational efficiencies, Orange, SAP, Shell, Siemens, sustainability governance, sustainability initiatives, Sustainability management, sustainability plans, sustainability products, sustainability risks, sustainability strategy, sustainable business strategies, sustainable growth markets, target emissions goals, Tesco, Toyota, Unilever, UTC, Verdantix

Verdantix, recently released a free report, that explains why the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) is needed, defines the role of the CSO, and provides a profile to guide the appointment of the CSO. It also explains why organizations face a climate change and sustainability management deficit, why fixing sustainability governance gains is becoming a major priority by a growing number of firms, how the CSO can spearhead business transformation, who the ideal candidate for the chief sustainability officer role is, and what are the three priority areas of domain expertise.

Free Guide on Corporate Sustainability for The Newly Initiated

By Tracey de Morsella on September 4, 2009 5 Comments Climate Change, climate change strategy, climate strategy, Context, Context America, corporate sustainability, Corporate Sustainability in Context, corporate sustainability leadership, CS, engagement, Excellence in Corporate Sustainability, innovation, stakeholder dialogue, stakeholder engagement, Supply Chain Standards, sustainability communications, sustainability marketing, sustainability reporting, sustainability strategy

Corporate Sustainability in Context: A Pocket Guide to (Nearly) Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Corporate Sustainability provides a very thorough overview about corporate sustainability. This 55-page booket, published by Context, a corporate sustainability consultant organization, has been updated to include recent developments in this rapidly evolving area.

The Best Climate Change Consulting Firms – Who are They?

By Tracey de Morsella on July 23, 2009 4 Comments audit firms, BCG, Blu Skye, Booz & Company, Boston Consulting Group, CH2M Hill, change agenda, change programs, chemicals, cleantech, Climate Change, climate change policy, climate change strategy, consulting market, cost reduction, David Metcalfe, Deloitte, energy demands, energy efficiency, ENVIRON, ERM, Ernst & Young, financial performance, gas, green programs, Green Quadrant, GreenOrder, ICF International, IT advisors, KPMG, market demand, McKinsey & Company, metals, mining, Notably Bain & Company, Obama, opportunity identification, PA Consulting Group and PwC, power generation, professional services, Shaw Group, sustainability, sustainability credentials, US climate change consulting market, Verdantix

In the US market demand for advice on climate change and sustainability is growing due to a dramatic shift in US climate change policy, the cost reduction potential of “green” programs and competitive pressure to implement a climate change strategy. Consulting firms that fail to establish their climate change expertise during 2009 will miss out on the biggest opportunity in the consulting market for 20 years, according to independent research conducted by Verdantix. The ground-breaking analysis of the US climate change consulting market applies 56 evaluation criteria to assess 19 consulting and professional services firms including BCG, Booz & Company, CH2M Hill, ENVIRON, ERM, Ernst & Young, ICF International, McKinsey & Company, PA Consulting Group and PwC.