SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.
- African Proverb
Are you responsible for driving sustainability in your organisation or heading a company focused on becoming more sustainable on all levels? Would you like to elevate your sustainability performance and transform challenges into innovative, game-changing solutions?
​
I offer a framework supporting you to breakthrough your toughest challenges by tapping into the human and values-based drivers of sustainability and transformation:
​
-
Find leverage points that shift the system
-
Prioritise hotspots to focus your efforts
-
Shift mindsets, creating a new culture that supports sustainability
-
Engage with stakeholders to refine and evolve your strategy
-
Build depth, momentum, and cohesion for positive transformation
​
I can support you in developing your sustainability strategy to integrate new business models, foster positive advocacy, reduce carbon emissions and increase social impact to achieve your sustainability goals: workable solutions designed to create conditions for change.
​​
Advancing environmental and social impact is a complex challenge which requires collaborative action with stakeholders across your value chain and, often shifting mindsets and culture and adopting a quadruple bottom line: planet, people, purpose, profit, transforming your capacity to lead change.
​​
Let’s work together to unlock the full potential of sustainability in your organization.
Projects I've worked on
Sustainability Accelerators
-
Sustainability Strategies: Develop Initiatives to Transform Your Business - Stanford University - Worldwide. Supporting 100 sustainability leaders from 21 countries increase sustainability performance.
-
Sustainable Development Goal Acceleration through Systems Transformation - United Nations Development Programme. Helping 50 changemakers from 33 countries increase sustainability outcomes.
Green products and services Innovation
-
Green business incubator to develop four new products with 16 scientists – Union Carbide – Switzerland
-
Business plan creation for a solar panel business with 6 managers of Sapa Group – United States
-
Leadership development and innovation in climate adaptation across sectors with 75 UN partners – Ghana
-
Mentoring of two teams of entrepreneurs in sustainable mobility startups – United States
-
Researched solutions to reduce traffic in large cities for a government agency – United States
-
Coached and facilitated learning for CEOs and executives in strategy, innovation, design thinking, and organizational design for executives through Stanford University – Worldwide
Sustainability Innovation
-
Facilitated a multi-stakeholder dialogue to align a green growth strategy with 4 ministries – Ethiopia
-
Created a network of NGOs, artists and leaders for the environment at the 1992 UN Earth Summit – Brazil
-
Facilitator in the sustainability frameworks course, Green MBA, Presidio Graduate School – United States
-
Developed an initiative to strengthen social and environmental impact reporting at the plant level - France
-
Co-designed a leadership development programme for executives in sustainability – Scotland
"Patrick is an excellent listener, so with his high qualifications he can contribute to very valuable and appreciative paths that mean more than was previously apparent. The rich variety of his methods helps him just as much as his own intuition. It is an enrichment to work with him."
- Armin Neises, CEO
Waves.lu
"Very impressed with Patrick's ability to understand my businesses."
- CEO, Manufacturing