Letter of Introduction
The Face of Sustainability for corporations.
Refined
over the course of a 30 year professional career in sustainability as CEO,
Architect, and Philanthropic Innovator, I am a passionate, persuasive and
deeply informed champion for corporations
seeking to enhance their profits by engaging corporate sustainability as an
integrated component of their corporate culture, operations and policies.
Successful
Corporate Sustainability is borne from creative, open-minded strategic planning
and the courage to change – to posture sustainability as a core corporate value.
For
corporations willing to recognize and engage the branding, financial and social
values of sustainability, I position sustainability as a strategic business priority
based upon the triple bottom line … People-Planet-Profit. This approach
synergistically leverages sustainability options of human capital, natural
capital and economic prosperity into profit centers, expense reductions and
risk reduction.
Using
a ten-step process, I create greater profitability, reduced operating expenses
and reduced risk through practical sustainability implantation. Functioning as
a Corporate Officer or as a Consultant, my team and I build relationships to
garner the trust of officers, employees, clients and customers motivating them to
embrace the value of sustainability by soliciting pride in their own actions to
promote a general sense of well-being as they “walk the talk” of sustainability.
As
a LEED Accredited Professional (BD+C), I am seasoned with a deep understanding
of sustainability concepts and technology in energy, waste, carbon emissions,
green building and other areas. Armed with such understanding, I am able to identify
tools, capitalize upon opportunities and mobilize resources for sustainability
planning and implementation. I am financially astute and able to develop,
comprehend and translate long and short-term sustainability efforts into
meaningful performance metrics for tracking and measuring success.
I
am an excellent communicator with advanced oral and written abilities to
influence, educate and persuade at all levels and functions, internal and
external. As a credible and highly approachable leader with a natural,
transparent and disarming style, I inspire people to action -
promoting a climate of innovation, collaboration and participation - up, down
and across corporate organizational strata.
Please
consider me a resource for your Corporate Sustainability leadership needs.
Sincerely,
Richard A. Best, Jr.
