Option A: Free Participation – “How do we maintain access?”

Founding Members are invited to participate and help to shape the offerings for ongoing involvement with the Corporate Sustainability Scorecard. Key points are:

  • Timeframe: Q4-2017 through Q1-2018
  • Companies Invited:
    • Current and past clients of Hedstrom Associates
    • Participants in the 2015 Pilot described earlier on this website
    • Members of three Conference Board executive Councils (except consulting firms):
      • Chief Environment, Health & Safety Officers’ Council
      • Sustainability Council I: Strategy and Implementation
      • Sustainability Council II: Innovation and Growth
  • Current Status (as of February 10, 2018):
    • ~65-70 Companies Invited (all Fortune 500 or equivalent size)
    • 60 have completed their Company Self-Assessment
  • Actions and Involvement of Founding Members:
    • Complete initial Company Self-Assessment
      • Provide comments on overall system and specific rating criteria
      • Help shape refinements to the Scorecard
    • Edit their initial Company Self-Assessment
      • Using updated refinements to the rating criteria (only ~5-10% of criteria changed)
      • Adding / modifying use of the “Highly Important / Relevant to my Company” button
        • The goal is roughly 10-20% of (the 157) Key Sustainability Indicators would be marked as “Highly Important”
        • Actual practices on initial Self-Assessment varied considerably
      • Refining use of “NA” button – also using the new “Don’t Know” button
    • Add their Goal Setting – separate module on the web-site
    • Create their Gap Assessment
  • Help Shape Scorecard Joining Options
    • Participate in group discussions (e.g., Conference Board Council meetings)
    • Suggest specific input re benefits and associated costs for various options
  • Subscribe as of April 1, 2018 (selecting one of the three options below)
    • Option A: Basic Analysis (at 20% discount for first year)
    • Option B: Tailored Analysis (at 20% discount for first year)
    • Decline for now