Six Sigma for Sustainability

Tom McCarty, Six Sigma Master Black Belt, is a Managing Director within the Strategic Consulting group of Jones Lang LaSalle where he leads Six Sigma deployment strategies within the firm and for client engagements. He is the lead author of The Six Sigma Black Belt Handbook, and co-author of Six Sigma Financial Tracking and Reporting. Mr. McCarty's clients include HSBC, United Health Group, Fidelity, Sprint, Agilent, American Electric Power, Starbucks, Motorola, and the U.S. Department of Defense.Michael Jordan is a Senior Vice President and leads Jones Lang LaSalle’s Energy and Sustainability Services (ESS) Americas Corporate practice. He has worked with real estate executives at Fortune Global 100 companies to cut costs, manage carbon, and build greener buildings worldwide. Mr. Jordan is a LEED Accredited Professional, a trained facilitator in The Natural Step sustainability framework, and a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.Dan Probst has been in the commercial real estate industry for over thirty years including 23 with Jones Lang LaSalle. He currently serves as Chairman of the global Energy and Sustainability Services practice. He is responsible for developing and delivering products and services to help clients reduce energy costs and their real estate related environmental footprint through innovative portfolio and occupancy strategies, workplace standards, and operating practices. Dan has a Mechanical Engineering degree from Purdue University and an MBA from Indiana University, and is a LEED Accredited Professional.

• Chapter 1. Developing the Business CaseChapter 2. Sustainability and the Collaborative Management ModelChapter 3. The Sustainability Transfer FunctionChapter 4. Sustainability Measurement and ReportingChapter 5. Transformational Change and the Power of TeamsChapter 6. Sustainability and Real EstateChapter 7. Six Sigma Sustainability Project ExamplesChapter 8. Design for Six SigmaChapter 9. Stakeholder ManagementConclusion: Letters to Tomorrow's Corporate LeadersAppendix A: Business Case Template and ExamplesAppendix B: Sustainability Transfer FunctionAppendix C: Sample Energy Conservation Opportunity Evaluation Checklist for an Office Building AssessmentAppendix D: Sample High-Level Process Map for Energy Conservation in an Office FacilityAppendix E: Sample Functional Performance Criteria for Enterprise Carbon Accounting SoftwareIndex