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Key Practice Area - Sustainability
Key Practice Area: Sustainability

How do you take sustainability from aspiration to operation? In this section, you will find resources, case studies and other tools to help you build a sustainability strategy, and create value through sustainability initiatives.

Sustainability Management Best Practices

April 2012

Get a look behind the scenes at how leading companies have built successful enterprise-wide sustainability programs. Whether your program is in its early stages, or you’ve been at it for years, this section offers practical insights that will help you improve your corporate sustainability efforts.

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  • Overview
  • Agenda
  • Videos
  • Speaker Bios
  • Presentations

The Green Metrics that Matter

May 2012

The demand for corporate transparency continues to grow, yet there is a need for greater alignment between the data used to evaluate a company’s sustainability performance, and the metrics companies track internally. Learn who the key research players are, what firms track internally and why, and recommendations for the external research process going forward.

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  • Overview
  • Background
  • Research Timeline
  • Reports

Emerging Issues in Sustainability Management

Feb. 2012

What are some of the core sustainability challenges leading companies are tackling today? Learn about the emerging issues and gain strategies for integrating the concepts of sustainability into your business operations.

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  • Overview
  • Videos
  • Agenda
  • Speaker Bios
  • Presentations

Southern Company’s Strategic Approach to Conservation Leadership

Dec. 2011

Southern Company’s environmental stewardship program is a model of corporate conservation. Learn how the company structured, built and funded their landmark program.

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  • Overview
  • Case Study
  • Video
  • Press Release
  • Resources

Inside the 2011 Newsweek Green Rankings

Oct. 2011

Experts from Trucost and Jantzi-Sustainalytics, the companies that produced the rankings for Newsweek, explain how they assessed the companies in Newsweek's Green 100 Rankings.

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  • Overview
  • Speaker Bios
  • Q and A
  • Webinar

Supply Chain Strategies

Dec. 2011

Companies today are increasingly expected to manage the environment, health and safety impacts of their products and supply chains. Gain strategies for meeting the growing demand for full life cycle management.

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  • Overview
  • Agenda
  • Speaker Bios
  • Videos
  • Q & A
  • Presentations
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NAEM Updates

NAEM to Offer Strategies for Regulatory Compliance, Risk Management

May 20, 2013

On July 17-18, NAEM will host its annual Compliance Excellence conference in Minneapolis to showcase best practices for strategic environmental program management, risk reduction and auditing.With regulatory requirements on the rise at all levels of government, Executive Director Carol Singer Neuvelt said corporate environment, health and safety (EHS) leaders need strategies to address this increased scrutiny. 

NAEM Announces Preliminary 2013 Forum Agenda

May 14, 2013

Today NAEM announced the preliminary agenda for the 2013 EHS Management Forum on October 23-25 in Montreal. Organized around the theme of "Bringing the Pieces Together," the agenda was designed meet the diverse professional development needs of today's corporate environment, health and safety (EHS) and sustainability leaders, according to NAEM Deputy Director Virginia Hoekenga.

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