Sample Clients

AtKisson, Inc. has provided services to dozens of initiatives around the world. 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 the US Department of Defense and the United Nations Environment Program.

For a current set of client references, please contact us.

LEAD Indonesia and Participating Companies

AtKisson Accelerator tools are at the heart of a new program to introduce and support Corporate Social Responsibility in Indonesia. The program has grown from three to soon eight participating major firms.

[Global Clothing Company]

Using our Compass Index assessment tool, we have provided internal support to this and other companies seeking to chart a new course toward enhanced, integrated sustainability performance.

United Nations Environment Program - Asia & Pacific

Our AtKisson Group representative in Asia, Systainability, has provided design, training, and facilitation support to UNEP's advanced training program for SE Asian leaders in sustainable development for the past four years. Those aspects of the program that use AtKisson Accelerator tools consistently receive the highest evaluations from participants.

City of Randwick (Sydney) Australia

Randwick is a major section of the Sydney urban conglomerate. Working with our licensees at University New South Wales, AtKisson Group has supported new integrated assessment and goal-setting as the city work to set the highest standards of sustainability performance.

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 the Australian Senate. The Charter grew out of the Brundtland Commission and Rio Summit process in the early 1990s, and achieved a first international consensus in 2000. 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 by the Initiative's Steering Committee to provide a comprehensive international evaluation and set of strategic recommendations for the next five years of the initiative's development, in advance of a global conclave in November 2005, sponsored the Netherlands Government. 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 hosting the new European office and leading the implementation of the new strategy, with Alan AtKisson serving a two-year contract as the transitional Executive Director for the period 2005-2007. 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: http://www.earthcharter.org/

Baltic 21, Northern Europe

Through our European branch, AtKisson Europe, we have supported 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 the primary vehicle for such cooperation in Northern Europe. (2000, 2003, 2004) http://www.baltic21.org/

Stockolm 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 Victoria, Australia

We have provided strategic planning advice to several programs and departments of Victoria Government, including advice on the development of the State's environmental sustainability strategy. We have also provided high-level seminars on sustainability strategy for a broad array of senior government, business, and regional leaders. (Since 2004)

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

We provide ongoing 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) http://www.heinz.org/

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/

Top 10 by 2010, New Orleans/SE Louisiana, USA

Design, strategy, technical and process support for a large, 10-county regional initiative, sponsored by the New Orleans Regional Chamber of Commerce (now renamed Greater New Orleans, Inc.). (2000-2003)

Update: As everyone knows, in 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans. "Dreaming A New New Orleans, Version 1" includes more about the Top 10 by 2010 initiative. The very first indicator in their 2002 Regional Indicators Report was "Coastal Erosion, Storm, and Flood Damage." http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//003425.html

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) http://www.forscom.army.mil/

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).

Stockholm County, Sweden

We supported the development of a new indicator system for the county, which runs all health and public transport services. These indicators will help track the full sustainability of the county's operations, from planning to purchasing, and from current results to long-term imapcts. (2004-2005)

Triple Logic, Stockholm

Sustainability assessment advice and services to this Swedish incubator for sustainable companies. (Since 2003)

Nantucket Sustainable Development Commission

Design, strategy, technical and process support for an island-wide initiative to develop measures of sustainability, and strategies for improving their performance. (1999-2003) http://sustainablenantucket.org/research.html

Martha's Vineyard Indicator Project, Martha's Vineyard Commission

Design, strategy, technical and process support for an island-wide initiative to develop measures of sustainability, and strategies for improving their performance. (Since 2001)

Healthy Community Initiatives of Greater Orlando

Design, planning, and implementation of city-wide indicator report using our Compass Index methodology. This report on trends in Orange County, Florida was the first published application of the Compass Index methodology. You can download the report at their website. (Since 1999) http://hciflorida.org/sustainability.html

HealthForum (a Division of the American Hospital Association)

Facilitation and training on sustainability for health professionals, using on-line, teleconference, and live seminar formats. (Since 2000) http://www.healthforum.com/

The Trust for Public Land, US

Supported efforts to develop new measures of success for land conservation projects. http://www.tpl.org/

Aachener Stiftung Kathy Beys, Germany

Strategic support to leading German foundation promoting product dematerialization. (2002) http://www.aachener-stiftung.de/cms.php?id=4&lng=english

City of San Diego, Environmental Services Division

Keynote presentation and seminar to senior management on accelerating innovation for sustainability.

HENSE -- Higher Education Network for a Sustainable Environment

Facilitation of founding meeting for this network of university and college-level sustainability initiatives in the United States.

City of Olympia, Washington

Performed a comprehensive assessment of the city's Water Comprehensive Plan, including full engineering, hydrology, geohydrology, economic, political, and cultural assessment for long-term sustainability.

Institute for Sustainable Communities

Capacity-building workshops on program design, cultural change stragtegy, and fundraising for NGOs in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

New Jersey Future

Initial strategic support for design of state-wide indicator initiative; presentations at ceremonies with Gov. Whitman announcing the results of the report. http://www.njfuture.org/

Sustainable Northwest, Portland, Oregon

Design of comprehensive assessment tool for this leading facilitator of regional sustainability initiatives in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/

Sustainable Penang (Malaysia) (pro bono)

Keynote presentations, strategic design, and facilitation of opening sessions for this multi-stakeholder, city-wide initiative to develop indicators of sustainability and catalyze action programs to advance the sustainability agenda in this fast-growing industrial city.

Cape Cod Center for Sustainability

We have long supported, pro bono, this multi-stakeholder regional initiative to develop indicators of sustainability, with the participation of the business, environment, and social welfare communities on the Cape. http://www.sustaincapecod.org/

Vital Communities of the Upper Valley (VT, NH)

Kick-off presentation on indicators for this wide-reaching initiative to promote healthier communities in the upper Connecticut River valley (Hanover, NH, Norwich, VT, and many other towns).