Sustainable Solutions

We are Different
Our Expertise
Some of Our Initiatives
Our Team

We are Different

The Clark Group helps businesses improve their environmental performance in ways that increase profitability and enhance competitiveness.

At The Clark Group, we approach sustainability differently. So what sets us apart from the hundreds of other companies in the United States that are now selling “environmental sustainability?” Lots of companies offer quick fixes – ways to reduce your environmental footprint. While these are admirable measures to be sure, they tend to produce marginal gains that diminish with time. Sustainability is about more than changing the light bulbs.

The Clark Group helps clients to identify and capitalize on the “sweet spots” where environmental improvement aligns with profitability and competitiveness. We are strategic change managers who can help you navigate toward improving your triple bottom line of economic, environmental and social profitability. And, unlike other companies, we also help our clients to shape the larger market and policy contexts in which they operate thereby dramatically expanding the opportunities for alignment of environmental and economic objectives.

Our Expertise

Sustainability Assessments

The Clark Group combines its high-level expertise in environmental science, environmental policy, and business expertise to develop and implement successful climate and environmental improvement strategies for our clients. The Clark Group is positioned to help our clients quantify the environmental effects of business operations and prioritize and implement cost-effective strategies to reduce a company’s environmental impacts. We can also help make sure your company is reducing its greenhouse gas footprint in ways that will enhance your financial bottom line.

Agricultural Sustainability

In addition, we are working with farmers, agribusinesses, environmentalists and retailers to re-define agricultural sustainability solutions. We bring a fresh perspective to the issue informed by our many years of work with both the agricultural and environmental communities. As one of a very few “bridge-building” firms on issues that affect agriculture and the environment, we are uniquely placed to help clients with operational sustainability assessment, strategic thinking, risk management and positioning for new sustainable market opportunities.

Market and Policy Alignment

We help clients position their investments and design business strategy to take advantage of emerging environmental and clean energy technologies and markets. We provide due diligence research and policy expertise that propels clients to the forefront of these emerging markets and technologies. We are uniquely positioned to help our clients develop business strategies that take advantage of rapidly changing federal environmental policies. The Clark Group is also helping investors develop value-based business strategies that capitalize on the growing private market interest in solving environmental challenges.

Some of Our Initiatives

Helping a Mid-Sized Banking Institution to Become More Sustainable – integrating sustainability into core business strategies in order to improve performance, realize savings, promote brand identity and enhance competitiveness.

Helping a Fortune 500 Company to identify emerging GHG reduction markets – researching greenhouse gas policies and identifying strategic market opportunities to drive business.

Helping Farmers and Investors Develop Value-Based Business Strategies - developing value-based business strategies that capitalize on the growing private market interest in solving environmental challenges.

Market Research with Harvard University – worked with Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design to undertake a comprehensive analysis of the latest market trends relating to business and the environment in a study titled Turning the Ship: Environmental Transformation of the U.S. Economy.

Our Team

Brian Kuehl, Partner – business sustainability, performance assessment
Sara Hessenflow-Harper, Partner – agricultural sustainability, market and policy alignment
Brad Mohrmann, Associate – sustainability, community initiatives
David Contrada, Associate – energy policy and environmental law
Terry Kellogg, Affiliate - business sustainability and environmental branding