EKOS International is a leading sustainability consulting firm helping companies drive the organizational transformation now required by global economic, social and environmental trends to create sustainable value. Founded in 1996 EKOS is regarded as one of the thought-leading firms in the country in the area of integrating social and environmental sustainability with business strategy, new ventures and world-class operations.

Our vanguard clients are creating innovative sustainable business models, strategies, and product designs that will drive success in the new economy.

EKOS provides sustainability strategy consulting; new venture business planning, executive and management education, and sustainability brand and communications content development. Our extensive research and database of global best practices in sustainable technologies and world class management---together with our years of implementation work in the trenches of organizational change---make us unique in the field. EKOS helps clients achieve breakthroughs in business design, strategic positioning, branding, product and process design, customer and stakeholder relations, production and operations, human resource practices, and value stream management.

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Mapping the Journey iconOur Book: Mapping the Journey
Illuminating case studies of companies like Volvo, Sony, and Patagonia using sustainable design and production. Demonstrates business rationale and bottom line benefits.
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Value Stream Coffee Game iconValue Stream Coffee Game™
Dynamic (and fun) management education game demonstrating benefits of managing across the entire value stream from suppliers' suppliers to customers' customers.
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Urban Sustainability Report iconUrban Sustainability Report
Cities are simultaneously the vortex of unsustainable production and consumption and the center of hope for the future. Report summarizes leading approaches toward sustainability in urban centers.
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What is your SQ? Test Your Sustainability Quotient
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Organizations pursuing sustainability are disrupting their industries. Where are you?

  • Where does your company fall on our continuum?
    Traditional - Reactive - Proactive - Integrative - Transcendent
  • Use our quick self-assessment to examine your organization's level of maturation toward sustainability.

 

Knowledge Management for Sustainable Value Creation*
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*Paper presented at the 1999 Greening of Industry Conference.

Corporate applications of Knowledge Management (KM) technologies are exploding.

  • How is KM redefined by the requirements of sustainable industrial practices?
  • How can KM contribute to Sustainable Value Creation in the new economy?
  • COLLABORATE research on Knowledge Management & Sustainability: KM@EKOSi.com

 

Implementing Strategic Sustainability: Lessons Learned
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Several firms in Europe have been actively integrating sustainability into their fundamental competitive platforms. Here are the practical insights we've gained from studying their implementation efforts.