Cases

Situation: Under increasing pressure from private equity owners, the CEO of a $4.5B software and technology services company with 17,000 employees operating in 30 countries takes a bold step to establish the company’s first Office of Sustainability.

Situation: A UN-supported intergovernmental organization leading sustainable development of oceans across 14 countries and 7 million km² of sea area in East Asia needs to transform from a 20-year donor-supported project to a financially sustainable, country-driven institution.

Situation: A $32B financial services company with global investments in agriculture looked to stay ahead of growing concerns about the sustainability of agricultural assets.

Situation: Countries in East Asia and international donors were seeking to strengthen investment by the private sector in blue economy and sustainable development of oceans and coasts.

Situation: One of the world’s largest software companies needed to prepare a workforce of 12,000 employees, from technical consultants to sales to support staff, to be ready for the global launch of one of its core products.

Situation: Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska, the largest national park in the United States, needed a strategy to address trespassing on indigenous lands by offering alternative user access to a popular headwater tributary to the famous Copper River.

Situation: An innovative energy operations technology company offering software that was a pre-curser to smart grid technology was experiencing increasing complaints about the quality of its week-long core training program for operators at some the largest utilities in the US.