Performance Consultants International believes everyone has the choice to act responsibly and develop a productive orientation towards:

• personal growth; and
• social, economic and environmental developments.

Those individuals, leaders and companies that adopt a positive perspective, and see change as an opportunity to lead consciously and proactively, will be those that:

• perform better;
• find both meaning and value;
• truly enjoy what they do; and
• become the creative cause of success in the future.

Ecological sustainability

Performance Consultants International works towards building a healthy environment as the foundation for:

• the well-being of individuals, societies and businesses; and
• a sustainable economic system and wealth generation.

We encourage individuals, leaders and businesses to take note of the findings of the UN Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA) which assessed two key issues related to healthy ecosystems and human well-being:

• the consequences of ecosystem change for human well-being; and
• the scientific basis for action needed to enhance the conservation and sustainable use of those systems and their contribution to human well-being.

For the assessment, the MA synthesized information from scientific literature and data and current knowledge held by the private sector, practitioners, local communities and indigenous peoples.

The MA findings are the consensus view of the largest body of social and natural scientists ever assembled to interpret and communicate knowledge in this area. They call for whole system transformation in order to bring about ecological sustainability:

'Over the past 50 years, humans have changed ecosystems more rapidly and extensively than in any comparable period of time in human historyÉ The bottom line of the MA findings is that human actions are depleting Earth's natural capital, putting such strain on the environment that the ability of the planetŐs ecosystems to sustain future generations can no longer be taken for granted. At the same time, the assessment shows that with appropriate actions it is possible to reverse the degradation of many ecosystem services over the next 50 years, but the changes in policy and practice required are substantial and not currently underway.'

(Excerpt from the main findings of the MA)

For more, easily accessible facts on ecosystem change, you may wish to take a look at GreenFacts.

Performance Consultants International was created with a vision to respond to systemic challenges. To meet the challenge for a healthy global environment, we contribute through an integrated approach in all our areas of expertise and collaboration across our advisory, coaching, leadership and investment services.

A new dimension in situational awareness

Ultimately, ecological sustainability requires a change in direction. A new attitude towards nature, human solidarity and cooperation is needed to face the vital threats of ecological degradation in a foreseeable world of nine billion people. To that end, we are mindful of our clients' unique potential and treat you as a responsible agent of change for the world we experience and the seed that we leave to future generations.

We are non-prescriptive – the essence and part of any truly transformational process in our work with clients and international partners is the creation of awareness, responsibility, self-belief and leadership within. This enables our clients to develop their true potential and manage demands on land, soil and vegetation without undermining crucial ecosystem functions and, in due course, set examples of human ambition, active participation and excellence.

Our perspective is holistic – we work from the individual to the systems level, and along and across our clients' value-chains and value-webs. We help our clients to create themselves more sustainable business models, organizational structures and cultures. As part of their journey, our partners and clients will each raise their voice as individual and corporate citizen and advocate, and work towards system-level changes.

In cases where the transformation process benefits from further insights, our advisory services provide senior management expertise and mentoring, and both strategic and operational consulting.

Our commitment

In helping our partners and clients to raise their environmental performance, we aim to reflect our commitment to ecological sustainability and will act in accordance with our values and beliefs. We recognize this to be a continuous process of improvement rather than a steady-state and we seek to improve our performance over time. Our impacts Our most significant adverse environmental impacts are: * Consumption of natural resources in the development and delivery of our services and in our general office operations. * Emissions to the atmosphere from the use of carbon-based energy in the development and delivery of our services and in our general office operations. * The environmental performance of our suppliers. * Production of waste materials. Our most significant positive environmental impacts are working to reduce our environmental footprint and that of our partners and clients. With regard to our own operations, we will:

• increase our use of recycled and environmentally friendly products;
• reduce, and ultimately eliminate, waste;
• increase the share of renewable energy and our energy efficiency, becoming climate neutral over time;
• aim at sourcing locally;
• purchase more organic produce; and
• follow sound procurement practices and give preference to sustainable suppliers.

Our objectives

To deliver our commitment to environmental performance, our objectives are to:

• oversee and regularly review all of our environmental practices, conduct and operations, and set the future direction of our environmental procedures and goals;
• set objectives, targets and programmes to improve our environmental performance, including sustainable sourcing, carbon management, waste minimization, pollution prevention and the use of ethical supply chains;
• comply with relevant legislative and regulatory requirements;
• provide information and appropriate training for and seek feedback from all staff on our environmental procedures and goals;
• use our resources to meet these commitments in a manner that reinforces our activities;
• seek continuous improvement in our environmental performance; and
• measure our progress in pursuing these objectives.

Our statement on environmental performance is a living document and will be reviewed and updated periodically and when appropriate.

For more information

To request further information please contact Tell Muenzing on +44 (0) 2073 736 431 or by email at info@performanceconsultants.com