"We invited Chris Laszlo to speak at the 2007 UBS Women’s
Leadership Conference on the theme, Creating Growth
through Sustainability. The audience of several hundred
found his interactive presentation to be highly informative
and engaging.
Dr. Laszlo was business oriented and down-to-earth on complex
strategic issues. We highly recommend him as a speaker."
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- Beth McCormick, Director, UBS Bank
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"Chris Laszlo engaged our leadership group in a day
long discussion and action planning event which was the springboard
to integrate sustainability
in all aspects of our business. His
presentation engaged our group
as it was personalized to our industry as well as included data
and information gathered directly from
our company. His discussion
created an atmosphere which allowed the Weatherchem employees to
discover how we affect the overall
value chain in the packaging
world and helped us to identify areas that will directly impact
our bottom line. Dr. Laszlo is a terrific
resource with his vast applicable
knowledge of this area.”
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- Jennifer Altstadt, President, Weatherchem
Corporation
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"I am pleased to write a few words about the Sustainability
sessions Chris Laszlo runs
for us at Orange/France Telecom. The sessions are composed of people
who are extremely busy and demanding.
Executives have responded very
well to Mr Laszlo’s approach
as demonstrated by this recent and representative evaluation comment
on his work : "(Chris Laszlo was) well prepared, differentiated,
business oriented, down-to-earth, practical..."“
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- Joel LUBOFF, Program Manager, Orange
/ France Telecom
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"Our environmental group found Chris Laszlo’s presentation
on sustainability issues to be stimulating, relevant, and thought-provoking.
His approach to environmental sustainability as a strategic business
advantage generated a great deal of discussion in our group on
how we can best meet the challenges that lie ahead. ”
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- Daniel V. Steen, Vice President,
Environmental,
FirstEnergy Corp.
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“Chris Laszlo moderated a plenary panel at our Business
and Sustainability Conference that was rated one of the best panels
at our event. He provided the attendees with a solid exchange
of information, audience driven, rather than the usual "talking
heads. " I strongly recommend him for a senior business audience.”
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- Tom Davis, Conference Program Director,
The Conference
Board
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Sustainable Value Partners has
provided the practical strategic and tactical business skills and
services to help Celanese "make the business
case for Sustainable Development." Working with (and
listening to) Celanese executives and managers, while conducting
an in-depth analysis of Celanese businesses, organization
and goals - - - -Sustainable Value Partners provided a path
for Celanese to pursue integrating Sustainable Development
into our business model to discover and create added Value
for Celanese shareholders and stakeholders. Sustainable
Value Partners bring a complimentary and mutually reinforcing
mix of business skills and experiences which serve to establish
rapid credibility within the business, commercial, manufacturing
and line and staff organizations.““
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- Rick Ramirez, V.P., Global Remediation, Corporate Environmental, Health & Safety Affairs, Celanese AG
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Sustainable Value Partners helped
us to understand better the financial value of social and environmental
initiatives. They also identified actions we can take to ensure
we maximize the financial value from our efforts in each of these
areas. Their consultants bring a solid understanding of environmental
and social issues combined with a focus on real, measurable business
value. Their innovative approach helped us articulate the business
value of sustainability, both internally and to our shareholders.
I highly recommend them to organizations working to link sustainability
and shareholder value. “
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- Chris Boyd, Senior Vice President, Environment and Public Affairs, Lafarge S.A.
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Sustainable Value Partners helped
us to think through how to integrate sustainable development into
our global strategy, with special attention to social aspects.
The practical case studies used by SVP contributed to a more concrete
approach to sustainable development, to increased internal awareness
of the subject, and is helping to prepare further work in our business
units. SVP also contributed to the discussions of the executive
committee charged with diffusing sustainability throughout the
organization. SVP was able to bring new insights and examples that
help broaden our listening to the marketplace and our thinking
about product performance along the full industry value chain.
The sustainable value approach offers new opportunities for business
to innovate product competitiveness in the broadest sense of the
term. "
- Christine Tahon, Worldwide Head of HSE, Solvay S.A.
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Sustainable Value Partners helped
me develop a value proposition for integrating environmental and
social performance into the new product plans of our digital kiosk
business. I found the Sustainable Value process, tools and support
to be practical, professional and compelling. It puts HSE issues
into a business context and a language that the line understands.
It will enable us to realize more synergy between HSE and the line
and deliver additional value to the business. “
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- Phil Hillman, Divisional Vice President – Health, Safety & Environment, Polaroid Corporation
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