Sustainability Partners, Inc.

Sustainability Partners Inc. is based in the Chicago metropolitan area and provides consulting services to organizations that want to increase profitability and compete more effectively while using their influence to make the world a better place.

Sustainability Partners was founded by Kate Schrank, who is an environmental lawyer and certified sustainability practitioner.  Kate’s extensive experience in successfully resolving many complex environmental issues for a range of industries provides a deep foundation for helping companies identify and implement sustainability strategies and best practices.  Kate is certified by the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) based in London, which provides a global focus on sustainability trends, measurement and reporting through the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

Here are some of the services provided by Sustainability Partners.   For more information, please call us at 630-363-1133 or email kate@sustainabilitypartnersinc.org.

• Provide the business case for developing and implementing a sustainability vision and strategy.
• Stakeholder identification and risk analysis to identify top sustainability priorities.
• Help organizations identify current sustainable practices and effectively tell their sustainability story to stakeholders.
• Provide CSR maturity analysis for organizations, which includes identifying sector specific best practices.
• Train persons responsible for sustainability initiatives within an organization through affordably priced sustainability  circles with local business organizations.
• Assist organizations in responding to supply chain requests from companies that require suppliers to begin reporting on sustainability performance.
• CSR reporting based upon GRI performance metrics.
• Assist with environmental and energy policy initiatives at the state and federal level.
• For non-profit organizations, we help them align their sustainability strategy with potential donor organizations that share sustainability missions.
• For more about Kate, click here .