Six Sigma for Sustainability
Authors: Tom McCarty, Michael Jordan, Daniel Probst
ISBN: 9780071752442 / 0071752447
©2012 | 1st Edition | 304 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: AUG-11
Price: US$ 50.00
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Six Sigma Master Black Belts show how to create and implement a corporate sustainability strategy using Six Sigma
Six Sigma for Sustainabilityexplains how to get started with a corporate sustainability program or take existing sustainability programs to a higher level of systematic management and production of results. Regardless of why large companies are going green, the shift is never an easy one, particularly within large corporations, where change can be glacial. That’s where this book comes in—it’s the perfect resource for CEOs launching or professionalizing an environmental sustainability program, and Six Sigma Green or Black Belts charged with running a green or sustainability strategy.
The authors show how typical Six Sigma/DMAIC structures lend themselves to sustainability, and how to use the power and tools of Six Sigma to help solve the challenge of sustainability. They explain in detail how typical sustainability problems such as carbon emissions, energy conservation, materials recycling, water use, and finance can be solved using Six Sigma tools. This is a practical, case-based book on the topic of sustainability program implementation.
Six Sigma for Sustainability
- Offers a unique approach—familiarizes the Six Sigma expert with sustainability issues, and vice versa
- Includes valuable advice on how to successfully apply Six Sigma to green initiatives that promote long-term sustainability while driving bottom-line results
- Provides case-based examples of concrete Six Sigma projects, including energy program design and solar energy within the government
- Approaches sustainability from a value chain perspective, leveraging and engaging employees, suppliers, and customers in the initiative
- Demonstrates the leadership framework necessary to drive sustainability
- Discusses how to be “more good” instead of “less bad”
- Uses examples from The Natural Step and the 4 systems conditions (extraction, creation, disruption, and basic human needs)
- Provides an overview of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the Carbon Disclosure Project
About the Authors
Tom McCarty (Chicago, IL) is a Managing Director within the Strategic Consulting group of Jones Lang LaSalle. In this role, he leads Six Sigma deployment strategies within the firm and for client engagements. Mr. McCarty uses Six Sigma business improvement methodology to help clients achieve their strategic performance objectives. In addition, he applies Leadership team coaching and Organizational Design principles to help clients become high performance real estate teams. He has been a featured speaker and has written many articles on Six Sigma. He is the lead author of the Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook, and co-author of The New Six Sigma: A Leader’s Guide to Business Improvement and Sustainable Results, and Six Sigma Financial Tracking and Reporting. Mr. McCarty’s clients span a broad range of sectors, and include HSBC, United Health Group, Fidelity, Sprint, Agilent, American Electric Power, Starbucks, Motorola, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Michael Jordan (West Linn, OR)is a Senior Vice President and leads Jones Lang LaSalle’s Energy and Sustainability Services (ESS) Americas Corporate practice. Mr. Jordan has experience in technology, pharmaceutical and financial services industries and uses his expertise in strategic planning and operations to help companies set and achieve their sustainability objectives. He has worked in effective advisory roles with real estate executives at several Fortune Global 100 companies on initiatives to cut costs, manage carbon, and build greener buildings around the world. He is a LEED Accredited Professional, a trained facilitator in The Natural Step sustainability framework, and a Six Sigma master black belt.
Tom McCarty and Michael Jordan are Master Black Belts with over 20 years of experience in implementing Six Sigma improvement campaigns. For the past 5 years, they have been leaders with the strategic consulting team at Jones Lang LaSalle, where they have been working with clients to solve the complex problems associated with managing large real estate portfolios. As the leading provider of global corporate real estate outsourcing services, Jones Lang LaSalle manages a significant percentage of the real estate owned and occupied by the largest corporations in the world. Michael Jordan has the responsibility for delivering innovative sustainability solutions to those corporate clients. He has teamed with Tom McCarty, Six Sigma Practice Leader for Jones Lang LaSalle to build and apply six sigma methodologies to the firm’s sustainability practice.
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