Corporate Sustainability Coaching & Stakeholder Communications
Navigating the internal and external world of corporate sustainability is vital for any company that wishes to prosper in this day and age. Having worked with numerous multi-sector travel and tourism executives in this arena, I provide strategic corporate positioning, planning, thought leadership and communications support. This includes assessment, identifying metrics and setting targets, navigating corporate governance, and addressing internal and external communications needs - including reporting - as well as multi-sector and supply chain network collaboration.
I focus on the following core areas in order to help the travel industry improve business through its sustainable efforts:
- Strategic Positioning
- Key Stakeholder Communication and Reporting:
- Internal, customers, shareholders, supply chain, and critics
- CSR and Environmental Reports, including Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria (GSTC), Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), etc. - Destination Stewardship
- Supply Chain Management
- 3BL Measurement & Management Systems, Standards & Eco-certification
- Carbon Program Development & Integration (internal & consumer facing)
Leadership Examples:
Sustainable Travel Leadership Network (STLN) – Convened by Sustainable Travel International (STI), the STLN is an executive level forum for industry leaders committed to achieving the highest levels of sustainability. Working together this peer to peer interchange helps its private sector Members to identify and assess key issues and provide a forum for information exchange on good business practices that facilitate social, environmental and economic sustainability, both locally and globally. Formerly as President of STI and concurrently as an external consultant, this includes convening the STLN from inception through development and current management of the by-invitation-only corporate sustainability forum, which includes the world’s leading companies in the airline, cruise ship, accommodation, tour operator and online travel aggregator sectors. Members include:
- Rock Resorts International LLC/Vail Resorts Hospitality
- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
- Fairmont Raffles Hotel International
- Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts
- Xanterra Parks & Resorts
- Finnair Group
- United-Continental Holdings
- Micato Safaris
- InterContinental Hotels Group
- Pacific Beachcomber and Paul Gauguin Cruises, Inc.
- Nature Air
- Carnival Corporation & plc
- Sabre Holdings / Travelocity
- Abercrombie & Kent
- Loews Hotels
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL)- At STI, managed advisory services with the Environmental Stewardship team of the world’s second largest cruise ship company to support the development and implementation of sustainable tourism policies, programs, projects, CSR reporting, strategic corporate culture positioning, internal and external communications, and sustainable supply chain management of its shore excursion providers. See RCCL’s Stewardship Report.
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Airline CSR Expert Advisor – Expert advisor as part of the CERES Network’s Corporate Stakeholder Expert Advisory Group for the Airline Industry CSR Reporting, including American Airlines and Virgin America.
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