The Bottom Line On Going Green: Egon Zehnder Sustainability Dialogue Features Interview with Mark Tercek, President and Ceo of the Nature Conservancy ; Experts Discuss Advancing Conservation Mission Through Corporate Sustainability Initiatives

U.S. Newswire › December 05, 2011

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NEW YORK, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Corporations must go beyond philanthropic support as their sustainability program to understanding how sustainability initiatives improve their bottom line, according to Mark Tercek, President and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, the world's largest environmental nonprofit with an annual operating budget well over $500 million. Tercek, who came to the Conservancy from a senior leadership role at Goldman Sachs, discussed his organization's efforts to protect nature by working with the private sector with Christoph Lueneburger, leader of the global Sustainability Practice at Egon Zehnder International, in a video interview (http://www.egonzehnder.com/dialogues-mark-tercek).

The discussion, the first in Egon Zehnder's Sustainability Dialogues series with top-level executives, focused on what corporations can do to improve sustainability initiatives and the tough criteria the Conservancy uses to select private sector partners.

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The Bottom Line On Going Green: Egon Zehnder Sustainability Dialogue Features Interview with Mark Tercek, President and Ceo of the Nature Conservancy ; Experts Discuss Advancing Conservation Mission Through Corporate Sustainability Initiatives

"We don't give seals of approval to any company," said Tercek. "Collaborating with companies to find ways to improve environmental practices is serious business. We want partners that are ...

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