Charting your course
to sustainable innovation and growth – with ESG Navigator

ESG is complicated — and COVID-19 is accelerating the unstoppable growth of ESG as a defining business issue of the 2020s.

What’s your company’s ESG transformation story?

Welcome to ESG Navigator – the best tool available to companies understand: (1) how we stack up today; (2) where we are vulnerable; and (3) how we future-proof our company.

“ESG Navigator speaks the language of our C-suite and board. We cannot let ESG ratings dictate our strategy; we must first honestly know our material issues, our strengths and vulnerabilities; put actions in place to address those weaknesses – and then see where ESG ratings can add value.”

Scott Tew – Executive Director, Trane Technologies

Every company must transform itself to survive and thrive in a carbon-constrained, ESG world. It is happening now.

  • Trane Technologies is leading the way. Imagine the CEO of an old-line, global industrial company saying, “It’s our responsibility to put the planet first.”
  • BP and Shell are taking small steps – but Neste (Finland) and Ørsted (Denmark) paved the way:
    • Neste reinvented itself from a local crude oil refining company to a global leader in renewable fuels in a decade.
    • Ørsted transformed from 85% oil and gas to 85% green energy 20 years early on its 30-year plan.

What we do

Board of Directors Sustainability Support

Many Fortune 500 board of directors have turned to Gib Hedstrom for guidance about sustainability – the risks and the business opportunities.

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Strategy Services

Using our proprietary Corporate Sustainability ScorecardTM, we have helped many clients over 20 years to craft a winning sustainability strategy.

Know your position

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Chart your course

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Build robust systems

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C-Suite / CSO Advice and Counsel

We provide trusted advice and counsel to many chief sustainability officers and their C-suite executives.

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Resources

“What are the best few articles about sustainability that I should send to the CEO?” Depending on the circumstances, industry sector, stage of (sustainability) maturity, etc., view our collection of recommended reading.

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Sustainability - What It Is and How to Measure It

Just published by De G Press (Walter de Gruyter Inc.) – October 2018

The authoritative text on corporate sustainability – critically important information for today’s business leaders:

  • Practical and unbiased.
  • Grounded in 30 years of hands-on work with corporations globally.
  • The most detailed examination available of metrics to evaluate a company’s management of Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues.
  • Contains over 200 examples of innovative best practices.

Part 1 provides a primer on sustainability – how business leaders should think about the risks and opportunities.

Part 2 walks through the Corporate Sustainability Scorecard – complete with updated best practice company examples.

Sustainability – A Guide for Boards and C-Suites

Just published, this new book, Sustainability – A Guide for Boards and C-Suites is available for purchase. If you want to engage your Board, CEO, C-suite and other leaders in your company about sustainability, hand them a copy of this book.

  • Short and Concise – The book is small (~6” x 9” and ~100 pages) and easy to read.
  • Frames the Sustainability Conversation – This book will greatly help sustainability leaders create the right strategic conversation about sustainability in your company.
  • Companion to the Handbook – The content of this small book is virtually identical to the main text in the more detailed Handbook (available to registered users of the Corporate Sustainability Scorecard). This small book is for the most senior executives; the Handbook is the desk reference for those actually using the Scorecard.

The Corporate Sustainability Scorecard

The Corporate Sustainability Scorecard™ was developed for CEOs and board members to answer that question – and to provide C-suite executives with a “framework” for taking action. This simple tool measures progress on your company’s sustainability journey and helps you to plan strategically. The Corporate Sustainability Scorecard is a comprehensive assessment and planning tool.

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Navigating the Sustainability Transformation

Board members, CEOs, and the executives advising them need to ask, “How should we plan for this major transformation?” This report describes a four-stage model for companies to progress from engaging initially with sustainability to accelerating, leading, and ultimately, transforming their businesses.

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Testimonials

During my 15 years serving on the Board of Directors of Ashland Inc. and International Paper Company, I was constantly seeking the best insight, advice and counsel at the intersection of corporate governance, environment, and strategy. I consistently turned to Gib Hedstrom. Gib is a trusted pair of hands in the boardroom. He answers our tough questions and challenges our thinking. Gib is just what independent directors need.”
Patrick F. Noonan
Chairman Emeritus, The Conservation Fund
Long time Board Member of
Ashland Inc., and
International Paper Company
“For 25 years, from World Resources Institute to Wall Street, I have turned to Gib Hedstrom for advice and counsel at the interface of sustainability and strategy. Most recently, Gib helped us design and launch JPMorgan Chase’s first sustainability summit in 2014. To create the best work – or solve the toughest challenges – you need the best partners.”
Matt Arnold
Managing Director and Head of Social and Sustainable Finance
JPMorgan Chase
As a Fortune 500 company that has undergone considerable transformation, Ashland’s board, CEO and leadership teams are keenly aware of our environmental and societal responsibilities. For the past 20 years, Ashland has turned to Gib Hedstrom and his team for expert advice and counsel. Gib guided our Board of Directors during some challenging times in the 1990s; he re-tooled our “assurance letter process” to provide ongoing input to our Board; and he is helping Ashland embed sustainability into our growth strategy today.”
Keith Silverman
Vice President, EHS and Sustainability
Ashland Inc.
Curtis Packaging is a small company with big ambitions. We are the first packaging company in North America to be 100% carbon neutral; use 100% renewable electricity and be Forest Stewardship Council certified. When we set our sights on these bold goals some years ago, we turned to Hedstrom Associates (and his partners including The CarbonNeutral Company) for advice. Gib and his team guided us in preparing our first global sustainability report.”
Donald R. Droppo
President and CEO
Curtis Packaging Corporation
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