• “Compliance”:  The nature of "compliance” has grown beyond regulatory requirements to include legal/contractual requirements, industry standards, and company commitments.  Company's programs, organization and staff, and auditing programs have not kept pace. These compliance requirements continue to grow in number and complexity, and pose risks from non-compliance – and opportunities by leveraging performance.  
• Roles:  Almost every function at an organization does something related to environmental or sustainability issues. That’s good news – and bad news.  An army of staff doing their part in a well-organized system can greatly improve performance.  Random activities can be distracting, wasteful, and risky. 
• Climate Change:  Whether the U.S. Congress passes an Energy or Climate Change bill, organizations will continue to deal with concerns about Climate Change from many directions.  Regulators, customers, shareholders and other stakeholders are placing more – and sometimes inconsistent – demands on companies.  Enterprise boundaries, baseline conditions, performance measurement, financial implications, regulatory environment(s), verification, and transparency will be substantial challenges.  We have developed a Climate Change Risk Assessment tool for Directors and Officers.
• Change:  Everything’s changing – and fast:  Standards; operations and supply chain; public awareness and customer demands; IT systems; avenues for reporting and transparency; experience level, skill sets – or availability - of qualified workforce.  It’s tough for Environmental and Sustainability to keep up. 
• Show Value:  Programs and projects must demonstrate value.  Projects are typically evaluated on a standard economic return on investment (ROI) – then, much later; someone else gets to prepare an ROI for environmental or social/ stakeholder factors for Sustainability reporting. 
• Auditing:  Auditing simply compares some actual situation to a specified standard; auditors identify gaps and may be able to share good practices on closing gaps.  Auditing skill sets can be applied beyond traditional regulatory compliance auditing in testing the rigor of data, claims, assertions, progress towards goals, and to identify areas of risk or opportunity. 

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We provide ongoing donations and cook food, and feed the homeless on Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles.  I have been involved with this group since 1992. I was surprised and delighted to receive the President’s Volunteer Service Award in November 2009 for my efforts.

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