GREEN: It’s the Right Thing to Do
Stakeholders and Your In-plant
Stakeholders are parties who affect, or can be affected by, an organization’s actions. All of them carry equal weight. Any of them can affect how successful you and your operation are.
According to the book “Green to Gold: How Smart Companies Use Environmental Strategy to Innovate, Create Value and Build Competitive Advantage,” by Daniel Esty and Andrew Winston, there are five categories of stakeholders:
Vic Nathan Barkin has more than 35 years of experience in the printing, paper and wood products industries and currently owns a consulting practice specializing in business development, workflow, and technology implementation, focusing on “Green Procurement and Production” practices. Vic is a QMS Lead Auditor certified to ISO 9001:2008 standards, is a consultant for the Rainforest Alliance as an FSC Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood senior auditor, is an FSC, SFI and PEFC lead auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers and SGS North America, and has engaged in more than 700 site assessments and audits.