“Bayer has launched an employee education program to advance sustainability throughout the corporation. It’s called STEP—for Sustainability Thinking Education Program. Chris Laszlo was instrumental in designing STEP and preparing Bayer executives for the key leadership role they must play in making the program a success.”

- Greg Babe, President and CEO, Bayer Corporation

"Chris Laszlo designed and facilitated a workshop for senior executives of L'Oréal dedicated to integrating Sustainable Development into the core of our business development and innovation strategy. Thanks to his listening skills and understanding of our culture, his expertise with integrating Sustainable Development at the core of business strategy, his experience of FMCG industries, and his acute facilitation style, this workshop created a strong sense of commitment among participants leading to strategic recommendations made to L'Oréal’s Executive Committee that were accepted and are now on their way to being implemented."

- David Arnéra, Group Director, L'Oréal

"We invited Chris Laszlo to speak at the 2007 UBS Women’s Leadership Conference on the theme, Creating Growth through Sustainability. The audience of several hundred found his interactive presentation to be highly informative and engaging. Dr. Laszlo was business oriented and down-to-earth on complex strategic issues. We highly recommend him as a speaker."

- Beth McCormick, Director, UBS Bank

"Chris Laszlo engaged our leadership group in a day long discussion and action planning event which was the springboard to integrate sustainability in all aspects of our business. His presentation engaged our group as it was personalized to our industry as well as included data and information gathered directly from our company. His discussion created an atmosphere which allowed the Weatherchem employees to discover how we affect the overall value chain in the packaging world and helped us to identify areas that will directly impact our bottom line. Dr. Laszlo is a terrific resource with his vast applicable knowledge of this area.”

- Jennifer Altstadt, President, Weatherchem Corporation

"I am pleased to write a few words about the Sustainability sessions Chris Laszlo runs for us at Orange/France Telecom. The sessions are composed of people who are extremely busy and demanding. Executives have responded very well to Mr Laszlo’s approach as demonstrated by this recent and representative evaluation comment on his work : "(Chris Laszlo was) well prepared, differentiated, business oriented, down-to-earth, practical..."“

- Joel LUBOFF, Program Manager, Orange / France Telecom

"Our environmental group found Chris Laszlo’s presentation on sustainability issues to be stimulating, relevant, and thought-provoking. His approach to environmental sustainability as a strategic business advantage generated a great deal of discussion in our group on how we can best meet the challenges that lie ahead. ”

- Daniel V. Steen, Vice President, Environmental, FirstEnergy Corp.

“Chris Laszlo moderated a plenary panel at our Business and Sustainability Conference that was rated one of the best panels at our event. He provided the attendees with a solid exchange of information, audience driven, rather than the usual "talking heads. " I strongly recommend him for a senior business audience.”

- Tom Davis, Conference Program Director, The Conference Board

Sustainable Value Partners has provided the practical strategic and tactical business skills and services to help Celanese "make the business case for Sustainable Development." Working with (and listening to) Celanese executives and managers, while conducting an in-depth analysis of Celanese businesses, organization and goals - - - -Sustainable Value Partners provided a path for Celanese to pursue integrating Sustainable Development into our business model to discover and create added Value for Celanese shareholders and stakeholders. Sustainable Value Partners bring a complimentary and mutually reinforcing mix of business skills and experiences which serve to establish rapid credibility within the business, commercial, manufacturing and line and staff organizations.““

- Rick Ramirez, V.P., Global Remediation, Corporate Environmental, Health & Safety Affairs, Celanese AG

Sustainable Value Partners helped us to understand better the financial value of social and environmental initiatives. They also identified actions we can take to ensure we maximize the financial value from our efforts in each of these areas. Their consultants bring a solid understanding of environmental and social issues combined with a focus on real, measurable business value. Their innovative approach helped us articulate the business value of sustainability, both internally and to our shareholders. I highly recommend them to organizations working to link sustainability and shareholder value. “

- Chris Boyd, Senior Vice President, Environment and Public Affairs, Lafarge S.A.

Sustainable Value Partners helped us to think through how to integrate sustainable development into our global strategy, with special attention to social aspects. The practical case studies used by SVP contributed to a more concrete approach to sustainable development, to increased internal awareness of the subject, and is helping to prepare further work in our business units. SVP also contributed to the discussions of the executive committee charged with diffusing sustainability throughout the organization. SVP was able to bring new insights and examples that help broaden our listening to the marketplace and our thinking about product performance along the full industry value chain. The sustainable value approach offers new opportunities for business to innovate product competitiveness in the broadest sense of the term. "

- Christine Tahon, Worldwide Head of HSE, Solvay S.A.

Sustainable Value Partners helped me develop a value proposition for integrating environmental and social performance into the new product plans of our digital kiosk business. I found the Sustainable Value process, tools and support to be practical, professional and compelling. It puts HSE issues into a business context and a language that the line understands. It will enable us to realize more synergy between HSE and the line and deliver additional value to the business. “

- Phil Hillman, Divisional Vice President – Health, Safety & Environment, Polaroid Corporation