Assessment, Audits & Diagnostics

Whether you are looking at benchmarking, verification or seeking opportunities for improvement, GEM offers a suite of Assessments, Audits and Diagnostics to provide you with a clear picture of past performance and future opportunities.

 

Consultation

Identifies what is going well and opportunities for improvement related to all dimensions of Sustainability. Focuses on both the application and performance of “Hard” tools as well as the execution of the “Softer” Cultural and Leadership aspects. Also, benchmarks the organization to world class sustainability based on established criteria and using a Poor, Good, Better, Best rating system.

Focuses on answering 2 Broad Questions to identify the key sustainability risks and opportunities for an organization:

  1. What are the organizations key impacts on Sustainability? (i.e water, community, biodiversity)
  2. What current sustainability trends can impact the organization? (i.e water scarcity, climate change, market conditions)
Identifies what is going well and opportunities for improvement related to an organizations Lean and Green Program. Focuses on both the application and performance of “Hard” tools as well as the execution of the “Softer” Cultural and Leadership aspects.
 Inspection, survey and analysis of energy flows in buildings, processes and/or systems to identify opportunities for energy conservation.
Inspection, survey and analysis of energy flows in buildings, processes and/or systems to identify opportunities for energy conservation.
Inspection, survey and analysis of waste generation in buildings, processes and/or systems to identify opportunities for waste conservation and diversion. Determines waste diversion rate and completed according the legislative requirements where applicable.
  1. Benchmarking an organizations sustainability related performance vs internal baseline.
  2. Benchmarking an organizations sustainability related performance vs internal baseline across divisions, departments and/or facilities.
  3. Benchmarking an organizations performance against industry performance in a given area of Sustainability, i.e Energy. *This service is subject to the availability of industry data

Can be focused on specific aspects of Sustainability such as energy, water or waste performance.