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September 16, 2009 - Today at a global business conference entitled Sustainability Stakeholder Engagement, a new tool for assessing companies' work with their wider constituencies was unveiled.
A benchmarking framework called the Stakeholder Score, the new diagnostic tool is the result of a multiyear project on best practices in the field. This framework provides a means of evaluating companies’ stakeholder engagement and reporting practices, including metrics for comparing companies’ methods of stakeholder engagement.
"Companies know that listening to their customers, nonprofits, and other stakeholders is important, but it's not always clear how to do this well. In response to this need, we're excited to release the Stakeholder Score after a year-long validation process," commented Corinna Kester, author of the tool.
"We see more and more Fortune 500 and leading companies explicitly engaging with environmental organizations and a wide range of other stakeholders. The business drivers often involve strategic issues for businesses, such as product innovation, market success and company reputation," added Jon Guice, Managing Director of Research at AltaTerra.
Corinna Kester will be presenting a comprehensive review of the value and use of the Stakeholder Score in a national web conference developed by AltaTerra Research on October 15. Further information and registration for the event is at: http://www.altaterra.net/event/StakeholderScore
About the Event
“The Stakeholder Score: 39 Questions to Ask Every Company” will be held on October 15th, from 9:00 to 10:30am Pacific Time / 12-1:30pm Eastern Standard Time. Further information and registration for the event is at: http://www.altaterra.net/event/StakeholderScore
About the Speakers
Corinna Kester, Associate to The Environment Council and Program Manager of The Stakeholder Score, is an expert in stakeholder analysis, management, strategy and engagement, including master's research at the University of Cambridge through 2008. She has been active in the sustainability field for more than five years, including roles at Sematech, Sun Microsystems, and KEMA Consulting.
Jon Guice is AltaTerra's Managing Director of Research. Prior to AltaTerra, Dr. Guice developed a cleantech design engineering consultancy, building a customer base of innovative startups, publicly-traded firms such as SunPower (Nasdaq:SPWR) and research groups such as PARC, and establishing the firm as the leader in the field. His stakeholder engagement activities include having served as founding co-chair of the American Bar Association's Cleantech & Climate Change Committee.
About AltaTerra Research
Founded in 2007, AltaTerra Research is the first research firm dedicated to corporate sustainability and the commercial markets for clean technology solutions. With research reports, advisory services and executive education, AltaTerra helps business leaders make informed decisions on sustainability strategies, practices and cleantech solutions. Through the AltaTerra Research Network, we collaborate with other report publishers, content providers and event organizers to ensure that the sustainability community and our customers receive the highest quality information available.
To search our online catalog of publicly available research, summaries of proprietary reports, blogs and industry event listings, please visit the AltaTerra Research Network website at www.AltaTerra.net.
Contact:
Ms. Neela Kulkarni
AltaTerra Research
Palo Alto, California Office
Email: Neela.Kulkarni ( at ) AltaTerra.net
Tel. +1 (650) 362-0440 ext. 585
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