John Davies
John Davies leads the Trellis Network, a member-based, peer-to-peer learning forum for sustainability professionals. The network is made up of senior executives from $1 billion-plus corporations working together to share best practices and lessons learned for implementing sustainable development programs. Davies is an experienced entrepreneur and innovator who has applied his business and management skills to launching start-ups as well as improving the operations of existing businesses. Davies is a frequent keynote speaker at international events, is well-known for his supply chain and sustainability expertise and is the author of numerous articles in business, industry and educational publications. John received his bachelor’s degree from SUNY at Fredonia and his master’s degree from the University of Delaware.
The State of the Sustainability Profession, 2018
How much do corporate sustainability professionals make? What do they actually do? The latest research. Read More
Integrated Sustainability Reports
One member asks, "Our legal team is interested in whether there has been an uptick in the number of companies incorporating sustainability into their annual reports? Likewise, has there been an increase in number of companies moving away from stand-alone sustainability reports?" Read More
Reporting Goal Achievement
One member writes, "Several years ago we set a revenue-based intensity target with a deadline to reach by 2020. Technically (thanks to new eGrid factors) we met our goal at the end of 2017, however we are about to open a new facility and our 2018 calculation is likely to show we’ve taken a step back. My question is, do we claim that we met our goal and proceed with setting a new one, or do we keep it under wraps until we are sure we will consistently be under goal since we still have time before our public deadline of 2020?" Read More
Carpool and Ride Share
One of our members asks, "Have you by any chance come across corporate carpool or ride-share programs? You might be aware that LEED offers a point for providing fewer parking spaces than code requires to try and reduce heat island but also car miles, etc. However, it seems you’d need some sort of accommodation like public transit, or if that’s not available either a program to incentivize ride sharing or offering a bus or vanpool type setup maybe from a park & ride. So, maybe a long shot, but wondering if you’re aware of either any corporate programs to check out along these lines? Read More
ESG Investment Options for 401K Offerings
One member writes, "We are interested in providing ESG investment options as part of our 401k offerings to employees. Are there other members that have already included this in their benefits that would be willing to share their experience with internal buy in, process, employee response, etc.?" Read More
Science Based Targets
One member asks, "Has your company set science-based climate goals and are you actively tracking and reporting against those goals? If so, what solution(s) do you use for the following? If using a third-party tool or vendor, please provide their name and any comments about their effectiveness: a) Data collection and tracking (Scopes 1, 2, 3) b) Metrics analysis and reporting c) Scenario analysis (e.g. GHG impact of a potential technology or activity-based solution?) Read More
GRI Reporting Consultants
One member asks, "Anyone use an external consultant that they would recommend to produce their Sustainability Report with a GRI Index?" Let us know if you have any suggestions. Read More
Renewable Energy Procurement Strategy
One member asks, "“We are currently developing an RFP to work with a third-party service provider to help our company execute a renewable energy procurement strategy. Would any members be able to provide: • Recommendations of Third Party Providers to help create a short list • Recommendations of what to be sure to include in our RFP Read More
Emissions Offsets
One member asks, "Does your company offset some/all of its emissions? Is this corporate-wide, or do you have smaller-scale options, e.g., reimbursements for employees offsetting their travel emissions?" Read More