"With the Sustainable Growth Navigator, Gib has developed and refined a tremendous toolkit to help company leaders and boards increase their fluency and management of sustainability topics critical to their company!"
Jane Schindewolf, VP, Corporate Sustainability, DuPont
From founder Gib Hedstrom...
"Can you develop a scorecard that helps board members navigate sustainability?"
In 1997, I was asked this question in two Fortune 500 Board of Directors meetings. That sowed the seeds for the Sustainable Growth Navigator.
During those 1997 Board meetings, I decided to craft The Sustainability Scorecard - later renamed ESG Navigator and, in 2025, rebranded as the Sustainable Growth Navigator.
I have had the privilege of participating in 70+ Fortune 500 Board of Directors meetings. In every board meeting, I have been asked: "How does our company stack up - compared with competitors, peer companies, and leaders?" That is the question the Sustainable Growth Navigator initially set out to answer. Since then, we have added many features and benefits requested by our members.
Gib Hedstrom's bio
History of the Sustainable Growth Navigator
DEVELOPED in Corporate Boardrooms (1997-2015)
Crafted in board meetings of major multinational corporations (1997)
Built robust foundation working with 35+ companies across the U.S. and Europe (1998-2015)
Piloted with 25 companies (2015)
The Conference Board published “Navigating the Sustainability Transformation” (2015)
LAUNCHED in collaboration with The Conference Board (2018-2019)
Fine-tuned platform
Built benchmarking analytics
Launched monthly webinars
The Conference Board published “Beware the 80/20 Governance Trap: Focus on the ‘G’ in ESG” (2018)
DG Press published "Sustainability: What It Is and How to Measure It" (2019)
ENHANCED by the 80 most active corporate members (2020-Present)
Formalized partnership with The Conference Board
Created ESG Ratings Maps (compare vs. 15 frameworks and ratings) and ESG Regulations Maps
Built Snake Chart and other analytics for use with CEO and board
Enrolled 110 new companies from The Conference Board
Engaged MBA teams to conduct strategy analyses (several years)