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Corporate Sustainability and Carbon Footprinting: Staying Competitive
in a Changing Landscape
Presentation, June 2009. In a presentation to the Northern Virginia Technology Council, Rahul Young of ICF International defined corporate sustainability, highlighted the benefits of “going green” for companies, and reviewed ICF’s framework for a successful corporate sustainability strategy.

Environmental Sustainability: Interpreting Trends to Build an Informed Strategy
Webinar, April 2009. Gwynne Rogers of the Natural Marketing Institute, a leader in market research and marketing strategy for the "LOHAS" (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability) market, discussed current trends in customer attitudes toward corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts, as well as the growing awareness of customers to a company's carbon footprint and communications about corporate climate strategies. Senior Manager Rahul Young and Manger Jonathan Jordan, both of ICF, presented approaches on how companies can respond to aligning corporate sustainability programs with customer environmental concerns, including strategies for launching a corporate sustainability program and strategies to determine the full environmental impact of their products (through life-cycle analysis), their supply chain, and their corporate communications.

Engaging Employees in Corporate Environmental Performance Improvement Programs
Webinar, April 2009. ICF International's Jeff Gibbons presents specific tactics for engaging employees and building engineering staff in sustainability initiatives, and the importance of having a formalized program to help ensure behavioral and cultural change. Along with best practices in training and change management, ICF demonstrates the benefits of tools such as Do Your Part!, deployed to expedite program implementation and measurable achievement as part of corporate sustainability programs.

Sustainable Communications and Green Corporate Strategy—Reducing Your Communications Footprint through Virtual Marketing, Meetings, and Trainings
Webinar, January 2009. ICF International’s Rahul Young, Senior Manager in the Climate and Sustainability Strategy practice, and Brainshark’s Greg Flynn, Vice President, Products and Services, describe how leading companies are incorporating sustainable communications as part of their green business strategy. Not only are these companies reducing their carbon footprint, they are simultaneously improving the effectiveness, and reducing the cost, of their corporate communications. The webinar also outlines the steps that companies can take to get started quickly and gain competitive advantage.

Managing Environmental Data - How a Proactive and Integrated Approach is a Critical Success Factor for Your Corporate Sustainability Program
Presented by ICF International, Perillon Software and Green Strategies in September, 2008. This presentation helps define corporate sustainability, provides some case examples for data driven sustainability programs, outlines critical success factors, and provides steps to getting started at your company.

Companies and Climate Change
Presented by Sudhakar Kesavan, Chairman and CEO of ICF International, on January 30, 2008, at the Titans Breakfast Series, Northern Virginia Technology Council. Kesavan discussed his insight on the decision-making process, how going green can benefit your company, and why offering green products and services realizes widespread benefits, from boosting your bottom line to an improved corporate image while at the same time contributing to sustainable development. He also explained ICF's carbon offset purchase agreement and other energy efficiency measures to fully offset carbon emissions from its 31 offices worldwide by April 2008. Register to download the presentation slides or podcast, or to watch the video.