Workshop Series | Measuring Sustainability Performance

Measuring Sustainability Performance: A Framework for Regenerative Enterprise

This timely and engaging three part workshop series will be led by Ed Quevedo & Sarah Isabel Parriott from Paladin Law Group LLP. Over the course of this workshop series, participants will be assembling their own toolboxes for creating effective metrics.

Participants are encouraged to attend all three workshops but attendance at one or two is also welcome. To maximize your experience and executable takeaways, readings will be sent before and exercises will be assigned at the end of each meeting. See individual workshop descriptions below.

Coffee, tea & morning snacks will be served.

Dates & Locations:
Tuesday, June 22: Mechanics’ Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
Tuesday, July 13: Environmental Defense Fund, 123 Mission Street, 28th Floor, San Francisco
Tuesday, August 3: Hub SoMa, 901 Mission St (@ 5th), San Francisco
Time: 8:00AM – 12:00PM
Cost:
Green Chamber & SBA members: $125 for all three; $50 for individual workshops
Non-members: $175 for all three; $65 for individual workshops

Register for individual workshops after their descriptions.

Workshop One - June 22nd
Theme: Natural Capital.

We will start the workshop series by examining the nature of sustainable development through the ecological economics framework that assumes our progress is currently limited by our supply (and sustainable use) of natural capital.

Then focusing on natural capital metrics (or ‘eco-metrics’), we’ll address the power of using narrative, symbols and stories in capturing ecological data. We will use the case studies of Method and other progressive companies to experientially understand how to use sustainability metrics both to make decisions, and to reach/educate consumers.

Speaker: Drummond Lawson, Method

Workshop Two - July 13th
Theme: Human and Financial Capital.

In workshop two we will explore the various frameworks for capturing the growth of human capital/human development used in the world economies and examine the gaps of “ESG” (Environment, Social and Governance), so often used by the investing community. Paul Herman will dive deep into the way balance sheets and income statements impact the people in an enterprise.   We  will also practice the quantification of sustainability performance improvement in the human realm.

Speaker: Paul Herman, HIP Investor
He will have his book available for purchase at the event for $20 (sells for $29.95 in stores).

Coffee for this event provided by our friends at Bicycle Coffee Co. (Thank you!)

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Workshop Three - August 3rd
Theme:  Social Capital.

Impact Management: Measuring Social Intangibles

Well-formed and well-intentioned sustainability efforts not only work to maximize the three elements of the much-hyped triple bottom line, but also to manage to a single, integrated bottom line that includes social, environmental and financial returns. Social impacts, however, can be the hardest to measure. Though some results like ‘job creation’ are quite tangible, others such as ‘trust’ and ‘empowerment’ are much more difficult.

In this workshop we will address the large range of social impacts organizations might have, internally and externally. We will investigate means of deriving related metrics which are of highest value to track and discuss how to use that information in daily management and decision-making.

In this final workshop of the series, we will also be tying together the three forms of capital together for overall sustainability performance management.

Speaker: Brett Galimidi, Sustainability Consultant

Register for Workshop Three: