AtKisson Group members have served
hundreds of companies, organizations, schools and communities around the world. Hundreds of professionals have participated in our training programs.
The following is a sample of current and recent assignments, and scrolling through it will give you a sense of the diversity of our practice, which reaches from volunteer driven international initiatives, to leading NGOs, to large corporations, to small business incubators, to national government and international agencies ... and to individuals.
For detailed client references, please contact us.
Levi Strauss Europe, Middle East, and Africa
With a track record going back over 150 years, we are proud to support this company as it continues to deepen and accelerate its commitment to sustainability in business.
LEAD Indonesia CSR Program (Eight Companies)
ISIS Accelerator tools are at the heart of a successful program to introduce and support Corporate Social Responsibility in Indonesia. The program has grown from three to more than eight major firms.
The Tällberg Forum, Sweden
We supported this annual gathering of senior global leaders in sustainability with the preparation of a briefing book on “global tipping points,” for distribution to all participants.
Ministry of Education, Government of Thailand
Senior Associate Robert Steele introduced over 30 pilot schools, from all over Thailand, to the ISIS Accelerator as part of a program to turn the nation’s “Eco-School” policy into practice at the community level.
United Nations Environment Program - Asia & Pacific
The AtKisson Group has provided design, training, and facilitation support to UNEP's advanced training program for SE Asian leaders for the past several years. Those elements of the program that use the ISIS Accelerator tools consistently receive the highest evaluations from participants.
Volvo Car Corporation, Sweden
AtKisson Europe, in collaboration with Tencelcius, provided technical and editorial support to a critical internal initiative for this legendary auto maker.
Forum for Design and Sustainable Enterprise - Sustainable Fashion Academy, Sweden
AtKisson Europe is a primary service provider to this pioneering program to support accelerated adoption of sustainability practices in the clothing and textile sector in northern Europe. We have directly coached or supported some of Sweden’s largest retailers and manufacturers.
Accelerator Intensive at Prem Center, Thailand
We occasionally run two-to-three-day training sessions for professionals who want to deepen their understanding of sustainability in practice, the ISIS Method, and the Accelerator tools. A 2007 workshop at Prem Center in northern Thailand attracted participants from Japan to Australia, and from the corporate sector to national government ministries, NGOs, and education.
City of Randwick, Metropolitan Sydney, Australia
Randwick a major section of the Sydney urban conglomerate, has won national recognition for its sustainability programs. We have supported the development of integrated assessment, strategic planning, goal-setting.
The Government of Latvia
Working with the Ministry for Regional Development and Local Government, together with the inter-agency team responsible for the National Development Plan, we designed and facilitated an intensive 3-day workshop to develop goals and strategies for National Spatial Plan. The workshop used our Pyramid process to support a cross-disciplinary government and external expert group in the review of key trends, the analysis of systemic leverage points, and the identification of innovative policy directions that could address national issues and support the achievement of national development goals.
Earth Charter International
The Earth Charter is a consensus statement of ethical principles for sustainability, modeled on the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. It has been formally endorsed by a wide range of leading international institutions, including the IUCN, UNESCO, and thousands more. The Commission that created it includes Maurice Strong, Mikhail Gorbachev, Wangari Maathai, and many other well-known sustainability leaders internationally.
The AtKisson Group was engaged in 2005 to provide a comprehensive international evaluation and set of strategic recommendations for the next five years of the initiative's development. Virtually our entire network, from Brazil to Japan, was engaged in this project, partly on a pro bono basis (to honor the enormous amounts of volunteer work that have gone into making the Charter a reality).
Then, at the request of the Steering Committee, AtKisson Europe (our Stockholm office) took on the task of leading the implementation of the new strategy, with Alan AtKisson serving a two-year term as the transitional Executive Director. The renamed and expanded Earth Charter International now has new or expanded programmatic initiatives in business, religion, and youth; a rapidly growing website that attracts over ten times as many visitors; new partnerships with international institutions; and more. For more information on the Earth Charter, please visit the website. (2005-2007)
Baltic 21, Northern Europe
Through our European affiliate, AtKisson Europe, we have supported (on several different occasions) strategic planning, training, and communication for this multi-stakeholder initiative on regional sustainability for the eleven nations of northern Europe (including Russia, Norway, and Iceland). Operating under mandate from the eleven Prime Ministers, Baltic 21 is a primary vehicle for such cooperation in Northern Europe.
Stockholm County Government
The County Government of Stockholm owns and manages the entire health and public transportation sector, among other things. AtKisson Europe was engaged to support the County in a comprehensive redevelopment of its annual reporting process, to reflect a more sustainable and whole-systems perspective. (2004, 2005)
State of Victoria, Australia
We have provided occasional strategic support in the form of strategy review, executive briefings, and high level meeting facilitation during the formation of the states strategy for sustainability. We have also worked with several divisions of both Victoria Government, City of Melbourne, and RMIT University in providing seminars, keynotes, and training sessions in recent years. (Since 2000)
Toyota Japan
Several members of the AtKisson Group provided an independent review and feedback on the company's environmental and social responsibility report for 2004.
Nike, Inc., USA
We have provided periodic strategic and technical support to Nike's extensive internal programs on sustainability, as well as inspirational seminars for Nike employees. (Since 2000)
State of Queensland, Australia
For the Sustainable Industries Division, we have provided high-level training sessions, inspirational seminars, strategic advice, workshops for industry, executive briefings on sustainability issues to government leaders, and other services. (Since 2000)
State of South Australia, Australia
For the Department of the Premier and Cabinet, we applied our Pyramid strategic planning methods to support inter-departmental planning for sustainable development. (2004)
The Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh, USA
Over several years, we provided strategic and evaluation support to the Environment Program, which donates over US $10 million per year to support sustainability initiatives in Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Since 1998)
Sustainable Pittsburgh, USA
We helped to design and launch this regional, multi-stakeholder initiative, and we continously supported its strategic development, communications, and the publication of its Regional Indicators Report on sustainability trends in Southwestern Pennsylvania. (Since 1997) http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org/
Greater New Orleans, Inc.
Over several years, AtKisson Group provided strategic, design, technical and process support for a large, 10-county regional economic development initiative, based on the principles of sustainable development and the AtKisson Compass process.
Note: As everyone knows, in 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. Shortly thereafter, Alan AtKisson wrote an essay entitled Dreaming A New New Orleans, Version 1," which includes more about the initiative we supported, called Top 10 by 2010. See:
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//003425.html
The reports we developed for this initiative are archived here:
Angels with Attitude, Seattle, USA
Angels with Attitude is an early stage private equity fund that tracks the sustainability performance of its portfolio with the AtKisson Compass Index for Sustainable Investing. This tool for investors was created specifically to help young companies incorporate sustainability from the beginning, and to provide a bridge to public company indexes and measures like the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the GRI. (Since 2001)
The U.S. Army Forces Command, Installation Sustainability Program
Periodic keynote speeches, training sessions, and strategic consulting with U.S. Army installations and federal inter-agency programs, in support of internal sustainability initiatives and cooperative projects with surrounding authorities. (Since 2001)
Asian Productivity Organization, Tokyo
We provided a series of intensive training seminars for business, civil sector, and NGO leaders in Bangkok, under the auspices of the APO and the Thailand Productivity Institute. (2005)
WWF Climate Team
Alan AtKisson provided a keynote address for the international conference of this prominent international activist group, which gathered in Istanbul to review strategy for climate campaigning (2005).
Triple Logic, Stockholm
Sustainability assessment advice and services to this Swedish incubator for sustainable companies. (2003)
