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Client Process,Our Deliverables

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PROBE for Sustainable BusinessAn Affordable, Effective Way

to Get Started and Get Better atSustainable Business Best Practices.

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Fast-tracking Corporate Sustainability Programs

What is PROBE for Sustainable Business?

• PROBE for Sustainable Business (PSB) is a best-practices

assessment that allows organizations like yours to better

understand how to harness sustainability as a driver of

profitability and innovation – wherever you are on the

journey.

• PSB is based on a sustainability framework that is being

adopted across the Fortune 500 - called ‘The Natural Step’.

• PSB fast-tracks your corporate sustainability program - it

“In today’s complex, resource-

constrained, and connected

world, if we don’t have a

strategy for sustainability, we

don’t have a strategy for

business.”

• PSB fast-tracks your corporate sustainability program - it

can be run start-to-finish in just four weeks.

• PSB joins the extensive suite of PROBE best-practice

assessment tools. Thousands of mid-sized organizations in

41 countries have run other PROBE assessments, which

include Manufacturing, Customer Service, and Nonprofit. So

far, 45 PSB facilitations have been run in 7 countries.

Jim Rogers, CEO

Duke Energy

PROBE is a Trademark of Comparison International

“PROBE”

is an acronym meaning

“Promoting Business

Excellence”.

PSB Client Experience

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW…

• PSB is a Four-Step process.

• PSB can be completed in four weeks.

• PSB generates the highest return • PSB generates the highest return

when client commits 40-60

man-hours to the project.

OUR DELIVERABLESCLIENT PROCESS

Client Experience: Step One

• Prior to kicking off your PSB process you’ll recruit your

Green Team. If you’re still building your Green Team we can

advise on how to select the right balance of people.

• Then, in a safe learning environment, we get started by

providing context for your team’s PSB experience, and

review outcomes you can expect after using the tool.

This session lasts 60-90 minutes.

Step One:

Process

• Recruit your Green

Team with an eye on ROI.

• Get Team buy-in on the

ideal outcome to running

this assessment.

• Review your

homework: to answer


This session lasts 60-90 minutes.

• For Step One, total number of client participants is

typically 5-10 people. This group includes your Green Team,

and you can also invite Executives & Key Advisers.

• The Green Team will receive two sets of questions to

answer: a qualitative set and a quantitative set. Both sets

are used to derive your PSB benchmark.

homework: to answer

both the qualitative

questions and the

quantitative questions

we provide.

Step One

CLIENT PROCESS

Client Experience: Step One

Step One:

Deliverables

• A guided review of

The Natural Step

Framework.

• Case studies & media

to continue learning

about sustainability.

• Green Team receives

• We review the Green Team’s homework: they’ll answer

50+ qualitative questions about the sustainable business

best practices in your company.

• Additionally, the Green Team Leader receives a set of

quantitative ‘Facts & Figures’ questions to answer.

• Senior Management then receives their own, less formal

OUR DELIVERABLES


• Green Team receives

Qualitative and

Quantitative

assessments to

complete.

• Senior Management then receives their own, less formal

questionnaire to complete.

Step One


Client Experience: Step Two

• Your Green Team completes the qualitative questionnaire,

answering subjectively and without conferring with any

colleagues. They hold onto their responses until the group

facilitation during Step Three. This takes about two hours.

• Your Green Team Leader completes the quantitative set of

questions, covering square footage, kWh consumed, etc...

This takes about eight hours.

Step Two:

Process

• Your Green Team

completes the PSB

qualitative questions.

• Your Green Team

Leader completes the

PSB Facts & Figures,

providing researched,


This takes about eight hours.

• The Vector Group is always available to answer your

Green Team’s questions via phone and email.

• Senior Management returns their questionnaire.

providing researched,

quantitative answers to

our technical questions.

Step Two

CLIENT PROCESS

Client Experience: Step Two

Step Two:

Deliverables

• Ongoing support.• Throughout this step The Vector Group provides ongoing

support to your Green Team via phone and email.

OUR DELIVERABLES


Step Two


Client Experience: Step Three

• In Step Three we’ll begin compiling the data you’ve

collected. Step Three will run for 4-5 hours.

• For Step Three, The Vector Group returns to meet with

your Green Team. In a group setting we review each

individual‘s answers to the qualitative questions provided in

Step One, using facilitated dialogue to reach consensus on

the company’s answer to each qualitative question. That

Step Three:

Process

• Facilitated follow-up

Green Team meeting,

reaching consensus on

their answers for each of

the 50+ qualitative

questions.


the company’s answer to each qualitative question. That

data is entered into our benchmarking backend.

• Answers to the quantitative set of questions (provided by

your Green Team Leader) are entered into our

benchmarking backend.

• All answers are submitted to Comparison International’s

home office to be processed and visualized for your Final

Executive Report.Step Three

CLIENT PROCESS

Client Experience: Step Three

Step Three:

Deliverables

• Facilitated review of

Green Team’s responses.

• We produce and review

a preliminary

benchmark.

• Senior Management

receives their own

• A facilitated review of Green Team’s responses, producing

consensus around each qualitative question.

• A preliminary benchmark, and we review that with your

Green Team.

• The Vector Group is always available to answer Senior

Management’s questions about these questions via phone

OUR DELIVERABLES


receives their own

questionnaire.

Management’s questions about these questions via phone

and email.

Step Three


Client Experience: Step Four

• You sit back, enjoy the show, and gain greater

understanding of how your Sustainable Business Mindset

can be used to gain advantage in the marketplace.

Step Four:

Process

• We’ll present the

findings to your Executive

Team.


Step Four

CLIENT PROCESS OUR DELIVERABLES

Client Experience: Step Four

Step Four:

Deliverables

• We produce your

benchmark and Final

Executive Report.

• We review your

answers to the Senior

Management

questionnaire.

• Between Step Three and Step Four we “crunch the

numbers” to produce your benchmark and Final Executive

Report.

• At your offices we present the benchmark and Final

Executive Report to your Senior Management team.

• We review your answers to the Senior Management


questionnaire.

• We deliver an in-person

review of your

completed PSB Final

Report to your Executive

Team.

• We review your answers to the Senior Management

questionnaire.

• And then comes a critical moment – in order to harness

the energy and ideas that PSB has generated you’ll need to

be proactive about defining your clear path forward and

begin taking action. This is your second best moment to

deepen and broaden the ROI your Sustainable Business

Mindset is already producing. Step Four

How will a SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MINDSET benefit you?

• Start putting distance between you and your competition.

• Reduce your costs through efficiency gains.

• Grow your revenue through new products and services.

• Attract and retain the best and brightest employees.

• Better manage your operational and regulatory risk.

PSB was developed by

Comparison International,

in alliance with these and

other organizations:

A Sustainable Business Mindset can have a dramatic net-

positive impact on your organization’s performance.


• Build intangible assets like brand image and collaborative

networks.

• Improve customer loyalty.

Call Jeff Hayes today at 323-549-9787 to

schedule your PROBE for Sustainable Business

After we’ve run your assessment, then what?...

After running your first PSB, you’re primed to maximize the return on your

Sustainable Business Mindset. Get started on your own, or harvest even more

“low-hanging fruit” with The Vector Group’s:

“The Vector Group shows their clients how to convert the waste and risk associated with old-school

business practices into leading edge competitive advantage. These guys are business performance

experts AND sustainability experts - in today’s increasingly competitive business environment,

performance and sustainability are joined at the hip. If you want sustainability to be the best

investment your company ever makes, don’t wait and wonder - call them and get started today.”

-Jeff Kleid, President, Elite Risk Services

“low-hanging fruit” with The Vector Group’s:

• Workshops & Continuing Education.

• Gap Analysis & Strategic Planning.

• CONDUCTOR, our proprietary Execution Model.
