1. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Sustainability Measurement
Morgan Rider, PE
Blue Tree Strategies
Northwest Food Processors Expo
January 18, 2012

2. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Overview
 Definitions
 Considerations
 Development Process
 Benefits

3. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Metrics in a Nutshell
 Inform Strategy
 Provide Data
 Drive Improvements
 Evaluate Performance
 Demonstrate Value
 Facilitate Recordkeeping and
Reporting

4. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Definitions
 Sustainability
 Materiality
 Objectives and Targets
 Key Performance Indictors
 Dashboards & Scorecards

5. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors

6. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Inform Strategy

7. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Materiality
Relevance and Significance of an Issue

8. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Provide Data

9. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Objectives and Targets
 Zero Injuries and Illnesses
 Carbon Neutral
 20% Reduction in Energy
Use
 100% Compliance
 All Employees Improve
Environmental
Performance

10. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Goal Setting
Northwest FoodProcessorsAssociation
EnvironmentalEnvironmental
Currently Future Goals
Ex: Buy Wind Credit s Ex: I nvest in Solar Tech.
EconomicEconomic
Currently Future Goals
Ex: Ext ended 401K Benef it s Ex: Set up Prof it Sharing
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Economic or Social).
3. Brainstorm future environmental, economic or social activities that make good business
sense and write them on a flip chart.
4. Pick the top four activities that would make the most sense for your organization, division
or department and list those in the FUTURE GOALS column of each respected area.

11. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Levels of Engagement
• Industry
• Suppliers
• Corporate
• Division/Plant
• Department
• Employee

12. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Process v. Outcome
 Volume of waste generated (tons/year)
 Energy consumed (kw or therms)
 Wastewater discharged (gallons/month)
 Number of employees trained
 Community involvement (hours volunteered/year)
 Wetland protection (acres)
 Number of Environmental Improvement Projects
Evaluated

13. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Keys to KPIs
 Meaningful and Relevant to
Business Strategy
 Quantifiable and Verifiable
 Cost Effective to Monitor
 Easy to Control or Influence
 Commensurate with Scope of
Operations and Impacts

14. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Examples
Objective Target Key Performance
Indicator
Conserve
energy
Reduce member-wide
energy intensity by 25% in 10
years and by 50% in 20 years
Electricity , natural gas,
fuel consumption (kw-hr)
Minimize solid
waste
50% recycling rate Volume of waste
disposed, composted,
and recycled
(tons per year)
Improve
environmental
performance
Meet 100% of corporate
environmental performance
goals
Number of
environmental
improvement projects

15. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Drive Improvements

16. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Evaluate Performance

17. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Development Process
Source: GEMI Metrics Navigator

18. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Key Steps
1. What and Why?
2. How?
3. Who and When?
4. Where? (IT)
5. How to?
6. Really?
7. So What?

19. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Benefits
 Drive Process
Improvements
 Facilitate Product LCA
 Track Progress
 Benchmark Performance
 Communicate Achievements
(savings!)

20. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Demonstrate Value
XXX
XXX
X

21. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Facilitate Recordkeeping and
Reporting (over to Bob)
 Management Review
 Employee Engagement
 Celebrate Achievements
 Corporate Responsibility
Report

22. Triple Bottom Line Business Advisors
Resources and Contacts
 Gemi Metrics Navigator http://www.gemi.org/metricsnavigator/
 Northwest Food Processors Sustainability Guide http://goo.gl/9x8d3
 Global Reporting Initiative www.globalreporting.org
 Cradle to Cradle Certification www.mbdc.com
 Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2050:2008 http://goo.gl/ihTSZ
Green House Gas Protocol http://www.ghgprotocol.org/
 Carbon Disclosure Project – GHG, water management, and climate change
strategies disclosure https://www.cdproject.net/
Contacts
Morgan Rider
503.726.6376
morgan@bluetreestrategies.com