Executive Session
On over 20 occasions, following his participation in a board committee meeting, outside directors have asked to meet with Gib Hedstrom in executive session (after the CEO and other members of management leave the room.) These discussions tend to be brief as they focus on addressing the question: “Is there anything else we should know about or be thinking about?”
Sustainability Governance Research
For the past few decades, Gib Hedstrom has focused entirely on global leading practices in sustainability governance. His extensive and ongoing research has resulted in numerous publications in the most prestigious journals.
The December 2025 issue of The Corporate Board - The Leading Journal of Corporate Governance has an article by Gib titled, “The Board Owns Sustainable Growth.”
The Q1-2025 issue of Directors & Boards magazine featured a timely article by Gib titled “Climate and Sustainability for Boards” published in the immediate aftermath of the horrific California wildfires.
The cover story of the Winter 2022 issue of Directorship - journal of the National Association of Corporate Directors - featured an article by Gib and a client titled “Transforming Board ESG Oversight.”
These articles and more can be found on this website under the Insights tab.
Scenario Planning Workshop with Full Board
Gib Hedstrom spent a half day with the full board of directors of a major North American utility company. At the core of the workshop was a carefully designed scenario-planning exercise. Board members and the executive leadership team rolled up their sleeves and worked through a variety of plausible scenarios about future “high-impact / high-vulnerability” mega-trends impacting their business.
Building on that meeting, the Board increasingly has taken leadership of the sustainability agenda. The sustainability director was moved to strategic planning and the CEO changed the corporate planning approach from the traditional one-shot annual event into a series of 12 monthly sessions across the year.
CEO-Driven Environmental Governance Review
We conducted an environmental governance review for the CEO of a major metals and mining company. Our work involved competitive benchmarking, best practice assessment across industries, executive interviews, and analysis using our time-tested Sustainable Growth Navigator. Following our review, the CEO implemented each of our recommendations.
External Sustainability Advisory Board
We were invited to be one of two outside experts on a newly established Sustainability Advisory Board for a major chemical company. Working with a team of internal senior executives, we constructed a path forward that is robust, strategic, and credible.
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