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Environmental footprint measurement, reporting, and analysis is an essential component to understanding the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and / or environmental impact of your product or service.  A thorough understanding the GHG and environmental impact of a product, process, or asset yields valuable insights into the optimum strategies for managing these impacts and associated costs.  There may also be revenue implications as eco-labeling proliferates (sustainably harvested wood, chlorine-free paper, biodegradable packaging, etc.).

Many corporations have already identified, implemented, and promoted changes to products or services that make product production and/or service use more environmentally sound.  But the markets for products and services, at both the business and consumer level, are becomming more environmentally aware and sophisticated every day.  These market changes present risks and opportunities that product portfolio and market strategies must address.  As you "green" your supply chain, your customers are greening their supply chains.  Can your product portfolio withstand the substitution risk presented by more environmentally sound options that you might not even consider to be competitors?  What can you do today to prepare for an environmentally uncertain future?

Resource & Process Optimization are essential components to designing the sustainable organization. Minimally, the following should be assessed and developed into the overall Corporate Sustainability Strategy; energy, water,  waste to landfill, feed stocks, procurement and supply chain optimization, sustainable raw material selection and use, environmental specifications, waste-stream monetization strategies, recycling / reclamation strategies, energy use and energy generation.

Environmental and sustainability performance are increasingly perceived by investors as leading indicators for long-term shareholder value creation. The reason is that effective corporate sustainability strategies, including those intended to reduce environmental impact, address all aspects of the business value chain. Revenues, operational costs, risk profiles, and capital costs all benefit from the conscientious development and implementation of sustainable business strategies. It should not come as a surprise that shareholders are now using performance in sustainability and environmental excellence as a proxy for management effectiveness.

In today"s market, high-performance remediation management organizations make tangible contributions to the top- and bottom-line. The benefits in risk mitigation, cost reduction and profit opportunity are compelling many companies to assess the opportunity. This is the kind of "capital stewardship" shareholders have come to expect from top performing companies.

The role of the Environmental/Health/Saftey function is changing.  Concerns about global climate disruption are placing unprecedented demands on Environmental/Health/Safety (EHS) functions in all industries. Industries with heavy environmental footprints will be particularly impacted.

Necessary and valuable innovations to increase agriculture productivity have received mixed reviews from the public, the press, and the environmental community, particularly in Europe. How different might societal reaction have been with environmentally proactive reputations and early stakeholder engagement? Sustainable agriculture is the responsibility of all participants in the system, including farmers, laborers, policymakers, researchers, retailers, and consumers.

The chemical industry has been managing many types of solid, gaseous, and liquid byproducts for many decades now. It’s understandable that chemical industry executives would be tempted to believe that  anticipated Greenhouse Gas regulations can by managed by applying existing management processes to a few new compounds.

Consumer product organizations are facing a unique challenge to maintaining and growing increasingly narrow profit margins: how to innovate and create value for consumer segments that are becoming increasingly savvy and discerning purchasers. The latest in market insights indicates that certain consumer segments are willing to pay a premium, 10% to 15% for products that are in alignment with their own lifestyles and values. How is your organization poised to anticipate and meet the needs of one of the fastest growing consumer product market segments – the Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability segment?

Manufacturers may be tempted to dismiss rising market interest in environmental impact and increasing regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.