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.
Environmental Justice
One member asks, "Are you actively engaged with the Environmental Justice community? If so, how do you engage (locally, nationally?) and through which entities (NGOs, US EPA, etc.)? Does anyone have a statement on EJ – either public or as a standby?" Read More
Establishing a Corporate Foundation
One member asks, "We are considering (confidentially) a corporate foundation. I just got the question from some of our leaders if we could use funds from the foundation to offset our carbon footprint, or if that would be considered not kosher. I'm interested to find out if any other corporations have asked this question before, or looked into this." Read More
Materiality Assessments
One member asks, "How are companies utilizing their materiality assessments? Primarily for reporting alone? Or is it also playing a role in determining priorities and setting strategy/goals? If so, how much of a role? Also - How are companies doing re-assessments? Are they doing it mostly in house or hiring consultants? If consultants, then which ones would they recommend? Is how a company is utilizing materiality (reporting only vs reporting + strategy) influencing their approach?" Read More
Climate Week Roundup?
One of our members asks, "I’ll be in NYC for Climate Week and it would be great to know if any GBEN members are going and know of (or are hosting) events that would be good to attend, or any other useful information." Read More
Climate Strike Strategy
In a related question, one member asks, "How do you think that your company will be handling the Global Climate Strike in September? For employees who wish to participate? Are you potentially going to encourage participation? Would welcome thoughts on what people have heard that others are doing as well!" Read More
TCFD Consultants
One member asks, "Which consultancies have companies worked with on TCFD risk assessments and modeling around scenario planning, and would they recommend them?" Read More
Kohler on Employee Engagement
One member writes, "We’re in the beginning stage of developing an employee engagement strategy/program. I’m interested in speaking to companies with mature programs that have robust employee involvement if GBEN members have referrals or if they have time to respond themselves. Answers to the following questions would be helpful Read More
Communications Firms
We last asked a question like this back in 2015 so it seems like a good time for a refresh as one member asks, “What communications firms have fellow members had the best experience with when writing and designing their annual sustainability reports? What did they do well?” Read More
GRI & Mergers/Acquisitions
One member asks, "For companies dealing with a significant merger or acquisition, how did you handle the GRI Comparability principle for the first GRI report, post-merger (if it has been evaluated that the data of both companies cannot be easily aggregated)?" Read More
Professional Development Training
One member asks, "Does anyone have an internal course on sustainability as part of the overall Professional Development trainings? Is it a general course? Or is it focused on the business case, new market development, engaging with customers, etc.? Did you create the course or bring in/work with an outside firm?" Read More