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.
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
Goal Setting
One member asks, "We are looking to make a step-change in our goal setting around environmental, social and business performance. What process did you follow to set your goals? What consultant would you recommend to help navigate through the goal-setting process?" Read More
External/Internal Sustainability Communications
One member asks, "I’m wondering how companies are resourcing their external/internal sustainability communications, either through dedicated sustainability resources, leveraging corporate communications part time, or external consultants." Read More
EV Charging Stations
One member asks, "We are looking to learn from other companies that have installed electric charging stations at one or more locations for employees to charge personal vehicles, or companies that installed stations primarily for company vehicles with employee charging as a secondary use (when available). If anyone has any lessons learned, guidelines developed or even photos of posted signage, we’d be grateful. We are also interested to know if companies offer charging for free as a benefit or connect on-premise stations to one of the commercial charging businesses like Chargepoint and promote the convenience? And if anyone has thought through what happens when EVs are more prevalent from a consumer perspective and businesses will need more than just a few stations to meet demand, we’d love to hear about that too." Read More