Sustainable Business Strategies
Verdantix research on sustainability and climate change strategies digs below corporate marketing machines and political messaging to examine the on-the-ground facts. Our forecasts answer questions about the real level of spending on sustainable business initiatives. Our case studies assess the substance behind corporate sustainability plans. Our Green Quadrant studies compare suppliers to help their customers make more intelligent procurement decisions.
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Orange Targets Sustainability Leadership
Over the last 2 years Orange has accelerated its internal and customer facing sustainability initiatives and ranked in the Leaders Quadrant of the Verdantix analysis of sustainable telecoms operators in Europe. To hear more about the Orange strategy, Verdantix met with Marc Fossier who in February 2009 was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Corporate Social Responsibility Officer. View full Report details »
Published: 12 September 2009
Overcoming Barriers To Sustainability Leadership
As firms upgrade their sustainability strategies they run into execution risks due to a lack of organizational capacity and leadership with power to make changes happen. Verdantix hosted a seminar of industry thought leaders to identify today’s challenges and potential solutions. Firms must deal with the inertia of existing organizational structures, the complexity of implementing change, pushback from Board members and a lack of involvement from the CFO. View full Report details »
Published: 04 January 2011
PepsiCo Pioneers Sustainable Water Technologies
This report provides CSOs and VPs of sustainability with an independent analysis of PepsiCo’s sustainability strategy. To understand how firms exposed to water risk are defining their sustainability programme, Verdantix selected PepsiCo, a $57.8 billion global food and beverage firm, for a case study. We interviewed senior members of PepsiCo’s sustainability team and analysed data from corporate sustainability reports and submissions to the Carbon Disclosure Project. View full Report details »
Published: 18 July 2011
PG&E's Leadership Supported By Regulation
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate sustainability strategies. Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is a Californian utility, providing energy to approximately 9.4 million people and generating revenue of $13.4 billion in 2009. View full Report details for available options »
Published: 21 January 2011
Philips Pioneers Integrated Annual Report
This report helps firms considering sustainability reporting options with a case study of the implementation of an integrated report. Since 2008, Philips has published an integrated Annual Report that links its business strategy with environmental and social trends; combining financial performance disclosures with sustainability performance data. View full Report details »
Published: 01 April 2011
PwC Wins Big Sustainable Development Contracts
In January and March 2010, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) awarded pwc two contracts to lead DFID-funded initiatives in developing countries. The first of these, awarded in January 2010, is the Building Innovation Facility (BIF), beginning with a three-year pilot programme from July 2010 to June 2013. The second, which began in March 2010, is the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN). View full Report details »
Published: 01 October 2010
Renault's Electric Vehicle Ecosystem Charges Ahead
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate plans. Since 1998, Renault has targeted improvements throughout the life cycle of its vehicles, which resulted in the firm cutting carbon emissions by 17.4% between 2004 and 2008. Industry leadership on end-of-life vehicle recycling saved Renault €400 million in 2007 alone, with the firm seeking to meet the ambitious target of producing 95% recyclable vehicles by 2015. View full Report details »
Published: 28 April 2010
Samsung Electronics Stares At Bright Solar Future
This case study is one in a series of Verdantix reports that analyses corporate climate change and sustainability strategies. Samsung Electronics is the largest firm in the South Korean conglomerate, or chaebol, Samsung Group. The firm, which employs 161,700 people, delivered revenue of $131 billion and accounted for 16% of all South Korean exports in 2009. View full Report details »
Published: 26 May 2010
SAP Seeks To Marry Financial And Sustainability Reporting
This report provides CSOs, VPs of sustainability and CSR directors with independent analysis of SAP’s approach to sustainability reporting. To better understand this topic Verdantix interviewed Peter Graf, CSO and EVP Sustainability Solutions at SAP. Verdantix found that SAP commits to operating a sustainable business, using its sustainability report to showcase the firm's software applications. View full Report details »
Published: 09 December 2011
Smart Vendors: Sustainability And Climate Change Risk Consulting
Firms face a new set of risks triggered by regulatory responses and market reactions to climate change. But the identification of sustainability risks is far from most directors’ minds. This Smart Vendors reports helps risk officers get to grips with climate change risk management by assessing the services provided by ten leading consultancies. Based on interviews with a dozen practice leaders the report offers a detailed assessment of the business case for climate change risk identification. View full Report details »
Published: 18 January 2009