introducing kuhn associates sustainability advisors llc 3.2015

Building Sustainable Businesses

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Our Mission

© Kuhn Associates Sustainability Advisors, LLC100 Park Avenue Suite 1600 / New York, NY 10017 / 212‐343‐1006

Building Sustainable Businesses

© Kuhn Associates Sustainability Advisors, LLC.

* The Sustainability Challenge is HereCompanies are choosing to or being required to takeaction to address environmental and social dimensions oftheir business activity. What is driving this?• Customer and other stakeholder demands• Regulations• Reporting requirements• Risk management protocols

* Our Mission and StrategyThe Firm’s mission is to provide the expert advice neededto help companies build sustainable businesses. Weprovide:• Consulting services, ranging from assessments to

implementations• Training services, including tools‐focused webinars

and sustainability strategy seminars• Coaching services, aimed at mid‐ and senior‐level

managers who need access to subject matterexpertise

• Software tools to assist in data collection, analysisand reporting


Core Capabilities



* Risk Assessment and Mitigation• EnvironmentalImpacts

• Greenhouse gases/energy• Water• Chemicals and Toxins• Waste

* SupplyChainSocialImpacts• Human rights• Labor rights

* Brand Value Creation

* Data Analysis and Management

* Sustainability Reporting

Sustainability Expertise

HumanRights

EnvironmentalResponsibility

SocialResponsibility

LaborRights


Senior Staff



Robert W. Kuhn,President and Senior Advisor

* Current role: sustainability consultant to companiesthroughout the product supply chain.

* Background: over a decade of corporate managementexperience and over seven years as a corporate attorney.

* Affiliations: member of several professional associations andserves on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Stakeholder AdvisoryGroup, the Institute for Supply Management’s Sustainability andSocial Responsibility Committee and the External AdvisoryBoard of Wesleyan University’s College of the Environment.

* Education: Graduated from The Hotchkiss School (Lakeville,CT), earned his B.A. degree cum laude from Wesleyan University(Middletown, CT) and obtained his J.D. from GeorgetownUniversity (Washington, DC).


Services


Consulting Services


* Situational and Materiality Assessments• Materiality analyses and heatmaps• Benchmarking studies and gap analyses• Supplier sustainability assessments

* Strategy Development and Implementation• Enterprise‐aligned sustainability strategies• Supplier‐focused sustainability strategies• Impacts‐oriented environmental or social responsibility

strategies• Sustainability protocols and guidance • Creation of metrics and KPIs

* Data Management, Analysis and Reporting• EMS software and sustainability tools• Analysis of company‐ and supplier‐based data• Sustainability reporting – internal and external, using best

practice‐based standards


Training Services


* Foundational Training• Intended audience: new hires, manager‐level

personnel new to sustainability• Learning objective: understand basic concepts

and how to create a vision, goals, strategies

* Intermediate Training• Intended audience: senior managers and

those with exposure to sustainability concepts• Learning objective: be able to operationalize

basic concepts

* Advanced Training• Intended audience: C‐level and other senior

management with responsibility for sustainability strategy

• Learning objective: be able to use sustainability as a risk management and opportunity creation lever

Environmental and/or social topics Enterprise or supply chain focus


Coaching Services


* Get Access to Best-in-Class Information

• Often done under monthly retainer, executivecoaching in sustainability provides you with on‐demand subject matter expertise.

• Get help solving a problem.• Have a sounding board for ideas.• Vent your frustrations.• Find collaborators.

• Personal, senior‐level advice• Highly confidential• Cost‐effective approach for organizations that

have their own implementation capabilities


Representative Engagements


A Sample of Our Work

Kuhn Associates Sustainability Advisors, LLC.

Issue: Improve Sustainability Focus in ProcurementApproach: Develop and deploy a global sustainable procurement policy, with supporting category guidance and training.Result:Comprehensivesustainableprocurementpolicyrolledoutin2of6businessunits,improvingsupplychainsustainabilityperformanceandpreparingforrolloutinremainingBUs.

Issue: Capture and Report Baseline Environmental DataApproach:Prepare value chain greenhouse gas emissions inventory in compliance with GHG Protocol Standard and receive third‐party verification.Result:Baseline report indicates GHG “hotspots” in supply chain, allowing client to prioritize work; subsequent iterations of GHG inventory underway to refine and improve data accuracy, reliability and representativeness.

Issue: Train Supply Chain Managers in SustainabilityApproach:Develop and delivery multi‐session webinar curricula for client’s global Supply Chain Academy.Result:Hundreds of supply chain managers trained in sustainability issues ranging from Engaging Stakeholders in Sustainability to Operationalizing Sustainability Metrics in the Supply Chain. Received consistently high marks for content and presentation from all audiences.


Why Kuhn Associates?


Business Acumen +Subject Matter Expertise


Our senior advisor has significant business leadership experience and is on every engagement. No junior staff running projects.

We have developed a proprietary analytical framework designed by a leading subject matter expert

We have access to best‐in‐class solutions providers and assign project specialists with technical expertise when the situation calls for expertise outside the scope of our capabilities

We use a unique, respected implementation protocol that delivers improved long‐term results over other methods

We are ambitious, yet realistic and sensitive to your culture

Five good reasons to choose us for your sustainability work:


Let Us Help You Build Your Sustainable

Business


For more information:Visit: www.kuhnassociatesllc.com

Call: +1-212-343-1006Email: [email protected]

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