Network Resources

Superstorms, sea-level rise, droughts, flooding and wildfires are just a few of the climate change-related threats to business. During our Winter meetings, members discussed their strategies for both quantitatively and qualitatively identifying climate-related risks, either by adopting recommendations by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) or by evaluating other risk-assessment tools. Read More

During the January meetings, members discussed what they’ll be working on in the upcoming year and their longer-term strategy. We’ve highlighted some of the plans and goals below. Read More

By popular demand, we’ve added what we’re calling a speed-dating component to our discussion format. To facilitate this, we asked each member to pick someone they didn’t know and spend 10 minutes having a discussion. The topic for our Winter meeting was how to get more engaged with the C-suite. Here’s a recap of some of the ideas that came from these discussions. Read More

One member asks, "Have any companies found great alternatives to China end-user recycling markets for materials like LDPE plastic film and cardboard? For example, we have started utilizing a couple of alternatives for film recycling that are paying higher $ / lb and also have a higher contamination threshold, and all processed in the U.S." Read More

One member asks, "Considering the significant scoring methodology changes in 2018, have any other members dropped in their CDP Score by more than at least 1 letter grade in 2018, and if so, how are they publicly acknowledging or not acknowledging the drop (e.g. PR around this)?" Read More

One member asks, "For those members who've used external consultants to help develop their climate change strategy, I'd love to hear what consultants you've used that you would recommend. In particular, I'm interested in consultants used to assist with the following: • Develop science-based targets • Assess climate risks/opportunities and develop a climate resiliency strategy • Assist with CDP reporting • Verify your carbon footprint and/or climate change targets and progress towards them Read More

One of our members shares, "we don’t currently have anything resembling site-level “green teams,” and they could be useful to support both the sustainability function and employee engagement in a changing culture. When I went looking for information and resources online, everything I found was about ten years old. So I’m curious if companies have recent experience with green teams, or if they have faded away or morphed into something else – and if so, why? I’d love to hear from the group or see any resources you have both to help make the case for/against the idea, and to help green teams get set up if we decide to do that." Read More

One member asks, "Has your company ever hosted a sustainability-related activity as part of a Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day event? We are planning to host children ages 8-12 at our offices and would like to engage them in a fun, creative and educational activity. Are there any examples of activities you can share for children in this age range that teaches them about sustainability?" Read More

With the release of the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in June 2017, companies face growing pressures to disclose not only how the company is impacting the environment, but also to provide insights on how climate change may affect corporate performance. Read More

One member writes, "Mfg. leadership is looking for a single metric to encompass sustainability/environmental performance at the mfg plant level (not health & safety or enviro compliance). Are there examples of other companies that have created something like this that takes into account energy, waste, and water? (Or other similar). We're interested in how folks have normalized or weighted the different kinds of measurement for each impact area to get to a single representation?” Read More