Environmental Sustainability:

Moving Beyond Compliance

By Tajana MesicFounder and President, GGG Sustainability Solutions

Presentation Overview

About GGG Sustainability Solutions

Sustainability Reporting

Sustainability Reporting Frameworks

CDP

GRI

DJSI

Sustainable Value Framework

Applied Sustainability

Future Trends in Sustainable Development

GGG Sustainability Solutions

Sustainability consulting firm integrating sustainability into

operations and streamlining business processes

Founded in 2008, offices in Houston and Dallas

Driving quantifiable and measurable operational

excellence

Why Environmental

Sustainability

Sustainability Reporting

Disclosure Trends

Increased Environmental Impacts reporting

Increased Achievements and Commitments

Sustainability Reporting

Frameworks

CDP

GRI (G3, G3.1, G4)

Sustainability Disclosure Database (6,053 organizations, 17,553

reports, 14,363 GRI Reports); great for benchmarks; hosts G3

and G3.1

DJSI

SASB (Sustainability Accounting Standards Board)

CDP

Formerly Carbon Disclosure Project

Systemic look at environmental impacts

Corporate Goal – establish sustainable supply chain

management

Request information on greenhouse gas emissions,

energy use and the risks and opportunities from climate

change from thousands of the world’s largest companies

Global Reporting Initiative

GRI has pioneered and developed a comprehensive

Sustainability Reporting Framework that is widely used

around the world

A sustainability report is a report published by a company

or organization about the economic, environmental and

social impacts caused by its everyday activities.

Goal is to make the practice standard for all companies

and organizations.

Dow Jones Sustainability Index Launched in 1999 as the first global sustainability benchmark

Financial index

World (2,500 largest S&P Global Broad Market Index)

North America (600 largest North American co’s of the S&P Global Broad Market Index)

Europe (600 largest European co’s of the S&P Global Broad Market Index)

AsiaPacific (600 largest Asia/Pac co’s of the S&P Global Broad Market Index)

Korea (200 largest Korean co’s of the S&P Global Broad Market Index)

Emerging Markets (800 largest Emerging Markets co’s of the S&P Global Broad Market Index)

The Sustainable Value Framework

From The Necessary Revolution, 2008,

Peter Senge

Applied Sustainability Baseline and strategy

Integration and engagement of key stakeholders

Reliable local vendors to execute strategy

Quantify

Future of Sustainable Development

Collaboration becomes an accelerator

Chemical transparency

Water becomes a risk factor

Integration of social issues into sustainability programs

Strategic employee engagement

State of the Green, GreenBiz, 2014

For in depth information, contact:

Tajana Mesic

972-415-3017

tajanamesic@greengrovegroup.com