Sustainability Management Systems March 17, 2005

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Sustainability Competency Opportunity Rating
Evaluation
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How SCORE was developed

• Collaboration of AXIS Performance Advisors, Zero
  Waste Alliance and International Sustainable
  Development Foundation
• Paired with The Business Guide to Sustainability
  (Hitchcock and Willard, Earthscan 2006), winner
  of the American Library Assn award for best
  academic titles for 2007

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What SCORE does
A few of our SCORE clients Alaska
Airlines British American Auto Care City of
Corvallis City of Santa Monica Curry
Brandaw Doubletree Howard County, MD Ecumenical
Ministries of Oregon Nike Organically
Grown Progressive Investment SERA
Architects Schwabe Williamson Wyatt Standard
Insurance

• Focus on organizational practices
• Structured the way organizations are structured
• Makes it easy to assign accountability and
  responsibility
• For each practice, shows a range of performance,
  from initial pilot efforts to sustainable

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What our government clients say

• I think that SCORE is an excellent tool to help
  an organization assess its internal strengths and
  weaknesses with respect to sustainability. I
  think it can be very helpful to organizations
  that are committed to sustainability and have a
  desire to improve and excel.Dean Kubani, City
  of Santa Monica
• "This assessment was very valuable. It tells you
  where you are now but also gives you ideas of
  projects you should undertake to become
  sustainable. It was easy to use and a good
  reality check for how far we need to go.
  Administrative manager in a City

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What our business clients say

• I am excited about the assessment and truly
  appreciate what you and Marsha have done to help
  put it all in place. Your book is extremely well
  written and organized, to the point where those
  who read and implement the assessment should be
  well on their way to understanding what it will
  take to develop a successful Sustainable
  Development program. Yancy Wright,
  Sustainable Initiatives Coordinator, Sellen
  Construction
• "Even though we have been pursuing sustainability
  for several years and have a robust
  infrastructure to support our efforts, the SCORE
  process uncovered new directions and helped us
  refocus our energies and actions. Clark
  Brockman, SERA Architects
• This was a good exercise because it really made
  me think about some of the areas Nike can improve
  on. We have a lot of work to do! Chuck
  Gatchell, Nike

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Where SCORE fits in to other assessments
SCORE is one of several high-level assessments
you may want to perform
Once priorities are clear, more detailed-level
assessments may be appropriate
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SCORE assessments
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Sample SCORE Item
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Sample SCORE Results w/ Benchmarks
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What you get

• An Excel file with your data and benchmarks
• A Word document report with our analysis and
  recommendations
• A PowerPoint template file to report your results
• The input document with your scores and all the
  items
• A copy of The Business Guide to Sustainability

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SCORE PracticesFunctions
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SCORE PracticesFunctions (cont.)
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SCORE PracticesSectors
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Four steps for implementing SCORE

• Briefing on SCORE make decisions about best way
  to implement it in your organization (typically
  1/2-1 hour)
• Data gathering meeting (typically 2 hours)
• Reporting and planning meeting (typically 2-3
  hours)
• Six-month follow-up to check on progress
  (typically 1 hour)

Redo the assess-ment in a year or two to track
progress
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Implementation Options
Snapshot Cross-org learning Calibration Future
vision
Snapshot
Benefits
Benefits
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Three Levels of Service

• Part of a larger sustainability assessment or
  planning process (fees vary based on scope)
• SCORE as a service (2500 plus travel)
• Consultation on how to implement SCORE
• Explain and conduct SCORE in a meeting
• Facilitate a discussion about the results and
  next steps
• Six-month follow-up
• Pre-SCORE (price varies based on scope and
  travel)
• For organizations that arent ready to rate
  themselves but who want to use SCORE as an
  educational tool

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Contact Us

• To set up a SCORE assessment through Zero Waste
  Alliance
• Teri Stoeber, tstoeber_at_zerowaste.org
• If you want to become licensedDarcy Hitchcock,
  darcy_at_axisperformance.com
• For more information on the creators of
  SCOREwww.axisperformance.com www.zerowaste.org/
  score