Measuring Environmental Performance ESM 210 November 14, 2007

Readings  Flatz, Alois, 2002, “Corporate sustainability Financial Indexes,” in Environmental Performance Measurement. The Global Report World Economic Forum, ed. Daniel Esty and Peter K. Cornelius,  Hussey, Dennis, Patrick Kirsop, and Ronald Meissen, 2001, “Global Reporting Initiative Guidelines: An Evaluation of Sustainable Development Metrics for Industry,” Environmental Quality Management, 1-20.

The Assignment  Evaluate the environmental performance of the assigned firms  Describe the criteria you chose and why  Use information from corporate environmental reports as well as public sources  Odd numbers: HP, IBM, Intel  Even numbers: Exxon Mobile, Shell, BP

The Deliverable  Max of 5 power point slides  First slide must include the title and the group number (not counted for the 5 slides)  You must explain your criteria, methods, and results  Rank the three companies based on their performance  We need to understand your analysis from reading the slides only  Use large font, graphs, and figures as needed

Today  Review public and private sources of environmental performance information Carbon disclosure project Company's reports  Work in groups - discussion

Monday 11/19  Assignment is due before class via to Vered  Group presentations – need volunteers  Discussion: Relationship between environmental performance and financial performance How to measure environmental performance Discuss the public and private sources of environmental performance information

Questions?