Deloitte Opens Center for Sustainability Performance

August 11, 2009

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Consulting firm Deloitte sees great enough promise in the sustainability sector that it has opened a new business unit dedicated to the sector.

The Center for Sustainability Performance will provide on-site client training, research and development, with an emphasis on corporate sustainability measurement and reporting, according to a press release.

The center is led by Mark McElroy, former executive director of the Center for Sustainable Innovation and creator of the Social Footprint Method, a procedure for measuring and reporting the social sustainability performance of organizations.

Additionally, Deloitte will offer Global Reporting Initiative-certified sustainability reporting training courses at its offices throughout the U.S. and Canada through a partnership with LEAD Canada, a GRI-certified training organization.

Deloitte’s new Center for Sustainability Performance will offer the following services:

Research and development in sustainability measurement and reporting
Publication of white papers and research reports on performance related topics of interest to corporate sustainability managers
Client training on corporate sustainability management, measurement and reporting
A demonstration facility for sustainability-related functionality in ERP package solutions
Development of a Sustainability Measurement and Reporting Maturity Model
Consulting and sales support on sustainability-related efforts

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