PROBE for Sustainable Business - A Cost Effective Way to Fast Track Corporate Sustainability Programs

Client Process,Our DeliverablesDevelol pini gn Y ouru Susu ts aini an blb el e Busu is ni en ss s Mini dn sd es te wiw ti hPROBE for Sustainable Business®An Affordable, Effective Wayto Get Started and Get Better atSustainable Business Best Practices.Fast-tracking Corporate Sustainability ProgramsWhat is PROBE for Sustainable Business?“In today’s complex, resource-• PROBE for Sustainable Business (PSB) is a best-practices assessment that allows organizations like yours to better constrained, and connected understand how to harness sustainability as a driver of world, if we don’t have a profitability and innovation – wherever you are on the strategy for sustainability, we journey.don’t have a strategy forbusiness.” • PSB is based on a sustainability framework that is being adopted across the Fortune 500 - called ‘The Natural Step’.• PSB fast-tracks your corporate sustainability program - it • PSB fast-tracks your corporate sustainability program - itJim Rogers, CEOcan be run start-to-finish in just four weeks.Duke Energy• PSB joins the extensive suite of PROBE best-practice “PROBE”assessment tools. Thousands of mid-sized organizations in is an acronym meaning41 countries have run other PROBE assessments, which include Manufacturing, Customer Service, and Nonprofit. So “Promoting Business far, 45 PSB facilitations have been run in 7 countries. Excellence”.PROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International PSB Client ExperienceWHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW…• PSB is a Four-Step process.• PSB can be completed in four weeks.• PSB generates the highest return • PSB generates the highest returnwhen client commits 40-60 man-hours to the project.Client Experience: Step OneCLIENT PROCESSOUR DELIVERABLESStep One:Process• Prior to kicking off your PSB process you’ll recruit your Green Team. If you’re still building your Green Team we can • Recruit your Green advise on how to select the right balance of people.Team with an eye on ROI.• Get Team buy-in on the • Then, in a safe learning environment, we get started byideal outcome to runningproviding context for your team’s PSB experience, and this assessment.review outcomes you can expect after using the tool.ThT isi s essioi no l al sts st 606 -909 0 mini utet s. • Review your homo ewe ow ro kr :k : tot o answs ew r rboth the qualitative • For Step One, total number of client participants is questions and the typically 5-10 people. This group includes your Green Team, quantitative questions and you can also invite Executives & Key Advisers.we provide.• The Green Team will receive two sets of questions to answer: a qualitative set and a quantitative set. Both sets are used to derive your PSB benchmark.Step OnePROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International Client Experience: Step OneCLIENT PROCESSOUR DELIVERABLESStep One:Deliverables• We review the Green Team’s homework: they’ll answer • A guided review of50+ qualitative questions about the sustainable business The Natural Step best practices in your company.Framework.• Additionally, the Green Team Leader receives a set of• Case studies & media quantitative ‘Facts & Figures’ questions to answer.to continue learning about sustainability.• Senior Management then receives their own, less formal • Senior Management then receives their own, less formal• Green Team receives • Green Team receivesquestionnaire to complete. Qualitative and Quantitative assessments to complete.Step OnePROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International Client Experience: Step TwoCLIENT PROCESSOUR DELIVERABLESStep Two:Process• Your Green Team completes the qualitative questionnaire, answering subjectively and without conferring with any • Your Green Team completes the PSBcolleagues. They hold onto their responses until the group qualitative questions.facilitation during Step Three. This takes about two hours.• Your Green Team Leader completes the • Your Green Team Leader completes the quantitative set of PSB Facts & Figures, questions, covering square footage, kWh consumed, etc... pror vo idi ini g rer searcr hc ed, ,ThT isi t at kek s abouo t t eigi hth t houo rsr .quantitative answers to our technical questions.• The Vector Group is always available to answer yourGreen Team’s questions via phone and email.• Senior Management returns their questionnaire.Step TwoPROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International Client Experience: Step TwoCLIENT PROCESSOUR DELIVERABLESStep Two:Deliverables• Throughout this step The Vector Group provides ongoing support to your Green Team via phone and email.• Ongoing support.Step TwoPROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International Client Experience: Step ThreeCLIENT PROCESSOUR DELIVERABLESStep Three:Process• In Step Three we’ll begin compiling the data you’ve • Facilitated follow-up collected. Step Three will run for 4-5 hours.Green Team meeting, reaching consensus on • For Step Three, The Vector Group returns to meet with their answers for each of your Green Team. In a group setting we review each the 50+ qualitative individual‘s answers to the qualitative questions provided in questions. Step One, using facilitated dialogue to reach consensus on tht e coc mo panyn ’s’ a nsws ew r r tot o eachc qualil ti at ta it vi ev quests it oi no . ThT ata tdata is entered into our benchmarking backend.• Answers to the quantitative set of questions (provided by your Green Team Leader) are entered into our benchmarking backend.• All answers are submitted to Comparison International’s home office to be processed and visualized for your Final Step ThreeExecutive Report.PROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International Client Experience: Step ThreeCLIENT PROCESSOUR DELIVERABLESStep Three:Deliverables• A facilitated review of Green Team’s responses, producing consensus around each qualitative question.• Facilitated review of Green Team’s responses.• A preliminary benchmark, and we review that with your • We produce and review Green Team.a preliminary benchmark.• The Vector Group is always available to answer Senior • Senior Management MaM nageg mentn ’s’ q uests it oi no s abouo t t tht ese quests it oi no s viai phono e rer cec ivi ev s t ht eiri r owo nw and email. questionnaire.Step ThreePROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International Client Experience: Step FourCLIENT PROCESSOUR DELIVERABLESStep Four:Process• You sit back, enjoy the show, and gain greater • We’ll present the understanding of how your Sustainable Business Mindset findings to your Executive can be used to gain advantage in the marketplace.Team. Step FourPROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International