Sustainability Management
Take your goals from aspiration to operationStrong sustainability management is what sets companies apart in the global mission for sustainable business growth. EHS leaders are increasingly responsible for taking companies beyond environmental compliance by building a sustainability strategy, settings goals, and creating value through sustainability initiatives.
Latest Reports
Greenhouse Gases (GHG)
Leading-Edge Greenhouse Gas Reduction Strategies
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Learn cutting-edge GHG reduction strategies from companies leading the way.
Leading GHG Management Strategies and Metrics
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Benchmark strategies companies use to reduce carbon emissions, as well as program scope and leading practices.
What the National Climate Assessment Means for Business
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Explore key findings on how climate change could affect business and how companies are responding.
How Science-Based Targets Drive Impact for Companies
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Nearly 1,200 companies aim to set science-based targets in line with the Paris Agreement to meet stakeholder pressures and reduce emissions.
Sustainability Strategy
The Science is Clear. The Public is Ready. The Time for Climate Action is Now.
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It’s time to break through traditional conversation about costs and limitations. It’s time to think differently about business value. It’s time to align our resources to invest in the shared imperative of saving life as we know it on earth.
Sustainability Leaders Need Actionable Solutions — Now
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Corporate sustainability is no longer a “nice to have.” Leading companies know that having a comprehensive strategy to manage ESG issues is a baseline necessity to operate.
Planning for a Sustainable Future
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What are the issues that will shape EHS & Sustainability management in the next 3 years? Download a quantitative benchmark and in-depth interviews with corporate sustainability leaders.
Selecting a Framework to Guide Sustainability Strategy
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Should your company's sustainability strategy align with an external framework? Learn how to leverage frameworks like the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals to set priorities.
Gina McCarthy's Advice for Environmental Champions: Be Persistent
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"Why aren't we thinking about getting the biggest bang for the buck when we invest in actions that lower carbon emissions?"
Sustainability in a Nutshell: An Expert's Guide to the Key Resources in the Field
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Leo Raudys shares key tips from his book "The Cheap Guide to Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility."
The Big Pivot
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How can you profitably do business in a world shaped by climate change, natural resource scarcity and radical transparency?
What Comes First: Communications or Culture?
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Learn how to use sustainability communications to engage employees and embed sustainability principles into company culture.
Developing a Product Stewardship Strategy at Johnson & Johnson
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Getting a large organization to align on goals can be daunting. Having a comprehensive product stewardship strategy is a good place to begin.
Harnessing Your Workforce to Achieve Sustainability
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Learn how companies ensure employees work for the good of the environment while increasing the bottom line.
Impact of Sustainability on Corporate Strategies
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Sustainability is now a significant business driver. Learn how companies incorporate sustainability to achieve business and environmental goals.
Sustainability Goals & Reporting
FLASH REPORT: 60% of Russell 1000® Are Publishing Sustainability Reports
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This research expands G&A’s annual studies, conducted for the last eight years, of the S&P 500® companies to include the next 500 largest companies in the U.S. Capital Markets.
Sustainability Reporting Drives Employee Engagement, Strategic Alignment
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Check out key findings from NAEM's global survey of 91 EHS&S leaders at U.S. and Europe-based companies.
External Sustainability Reporting is Increasingly About Quality, Not Quantity
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Explore the concept of materiality and how a majority of companies surveyed evaluate or plan to evaluate EHS&S in materiality terms.
Sustainability 2020: Will Big Goals Bring Big Results?
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When many companies published their last set of sustainability goals, the concept was still relatively new and external reporting was an emerging practice.
Supply Chain Sustainability
Solutions to Five Top Supply Chain Sustainability Challenges
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What are the best ways to make the business case, to overcome communication barriers, or to align your suppliers with your own goals?
Sustainability in the Supply Chain
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Learn how common formal supply chain sustainability programs are, what their key components are and how they are implemented.
Creating a Net Positive Impact from Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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Check out an emerging approach to sustainable value creation.
Using Sustainability to Drive Supply Chain Performance
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Explore how to integrate sustainability into supply chains and the business benefits of this approach.
Water Stewardship
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Developing a Water Management Strategy
WebinarWater scarcity is an issue for every country, geographic region and company. Learn how to evaluate water supply risk for new facilities, as well as the value of periodic evaluations for existing facilities located in water-stressed areas.
Sponsored Content
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How Customer Requirements are Driving Sustainability into the Supply Chain
Rick Love, EH&S Manager for United Technologies Corp. describes the benefits of setting sustainability goals for the company's top-tier suppliers. To learn more about the trends that will shape EHS & Sustainability management in the year to come, download NAEM's "2016 Planning for a Sustainable Future" report, www.naem.org.Tags: 2016 Supplier Engagement Supply Chain Sustainability Supply Chain Transparency Sustainability Metrics Sustainability Strategy Trends Video -
Collaboration is Key to Creating an Engaged Culture of Sustainability
How do you create an engaged culture of sustainability within a company? In this panel discussion you will hear how green teams, cross-functional collaboration and communications all play a role in motivating employees around the company's goals. The speakers are: Bruno Sarda, Director of Global Sustainability Operations for Dell Inc.; Gretchen Digby, Director of Global Education Initiatives at the Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability at Ingersoll Rand Co.; and Andy Savitz, author of "Talent, Transformation and the Triple Bottom Line."Tags: 2013 Communication Skills Emerging Issues Employee Engagement Sustainability Goals Sustainability Strategy Video -
Looking Over the Sustainability Horizon
Johanna Jobin, Director of Global EHS & Sustainability for Biogen Idec, discusses the future of sustainability and how success will be measured. To learn more about where leadership companies are headed next, download NAEM\'s 2016 "Planning for a Sustainable Future" report at https://staging.naem.org/Tags: 2016 Circular Economy Emerging Issues Emerging Strategy Issues Sustainability Goals Sustainability Metrics Sustainability Strategy Video -
Making the Business Case for Sustainability Programs
Sustainability is more than just an aspirational idea; it's a potential value driver -- if you are willing to approach it accordingly. Rick Love, Manager of Environmental Sustainability at United Technologies Corp. explains how this approach has achieved results within his company.Tags: 2016 Corporate Social Responsibility Energy Efficiency Integrating Sustainability Making the Business Case Sustainability Metrics Sustainability Strategy Video -
Patagonia's Common Threads: An Unconventional Lifecycle Management Approach
Tetsuya O'Hara, Director of Advanced Research and Development for Patagonia, describes the business benefits of the company's new Common Threads initiative. -
Why Integrated Sustainability Programs are Key to Consumer-Facing Brands
Sustainability commitments can drive brand value--if a company can demonstrate actual results. In this video, Fawn Bergen, Sr. Environmental Engineer with Intel Corp. explains how integrating these concepts is a key strategy to driving sustainable business performance. To join the conversation about the future of corporate sustainability management, join NAEM in Milwaukee on Aug. 2-3 for our 2016 Sustainability Management Conference. Learn more: http://bit.ly/29QcdTS.Tags: 2016 Integrated Reporting Integrating Sustainability Key Performance Indicators Sustainability Goals Sustainability Strategy Video -
The Value of GRI Reporting
Mike Wallace, director of the Global Reporting Initiative's Focal Point USA, explains the use and value of GRI reporting to companies and their stakeholders. Learn how GRI can be a part of making the business case for sustainability goals. GRI is the most widely used sustainability reporting framework in the world, with more than 80 percent of the Global 250 using GRI when they report on sustainability.Tags: 2011 Making the Business Case Metrics and Reporting Stakeholder Engagement Sustainability Goals Sustainability Strategy Video -
Introducing Product Stewardship Criteria to a Diverse Product Portfolio
Gretchen Digby explains how Ingersoll Rand Inc. assessed the opportunities for environmental impact in terms of their product development process. To learn strategies you can use to create a product stewardship program at your company, please visit https://staging.naem.org/
