Testimonials

Global Citizenship 360 facilitated the benchmarking of our company against global standards. Future 500 then gave us an agenda of our both our strengths and our gaps against global standards, and helped us to identify specific practices that would add value to our business and our stakeholders. We implemented many of their recommendations and have benefited in seeing our ratings increased by third-party rating agencies.

Bart Alexander
Vice President, Global Alcohol Policy and Corporate Responsibility
Molson Coors

Because of Future 500's work, we have a much better understanding of our stakeholders and their concerns, what needs to be done, and potentially who would need to be involved...In our business, we can sometimes fall into the trap of looking at things with blinders on, and Future 500 does a very good job at opening our eyes to what are key concerns.... We're very satisfied with Future 500. They do a great job and understand our business, and a wide variety of stakeholders, to come up with what I think are reasonable solutions and actions that need to be taken by the various parties involved. [They] are knowledgeable, well-respected, and forward-thinking, and I enjoy working with them. I think they do a great job.

Brian Glasbrenner
Business Development Manager
Nature Works

If there is some room for alleviating concern and seeking common ground, that's where Future 500 comes in. They don't just mediate, but are seeking to resolve the issue and advance all parties toward a solution. When unilaterally approaching the other side may not be the best option, I would highly recommend talking with Future 500. They have the ability to creach directly those on the other side of the debate.

Greg Koch
Director, Global Water Steward
Coca-Cola

[Future 500 is] able to understand and translate a variety of different perspectives and bridge divides, and they do their work with integrity.

Michael Brune
Executive Director
Rainforest Action Network

Future 500 is distinctive in that the organization has created a strong network of stakeholders plus processes to help companies think through their stakeholder engagement activities. DuPont was facing some concern in China about a proposed plan to build a new facility so we needed help to reach out to some of the NGOs to help us understand their issues and concerns. With Future 500's assistance, we were able to gain insight into their perspective on the new facility. The work is still in progress, but Future 500 helped in starting to build the links to important NGOs in China. Future 500 responds quickly and provides excellent feedback.

Dawn Rittenhouse
Director of Sustainable Development
DuPont

Future500 has managed to become a neutral broker with stakeholders on some key issues. This distinct position is important because it allows for the development of intelligence on the issue that can later be used as an effective tool to resolve the issue... We were looking for a consulting partner that would help us with the implementation of our software. Future500's work with stakeholder mapping was unique and innovative and a good fit for us, [and Future 500] provided feedback on software application, specifically on how to enhance our offering using some of their mapping techniques. [The best aspects of working with Future 500 are] their people, and the cutting edge work that they are doing on some key issues.

Natan Zaidenweber
Founder and CEO
StakeWare

I think they're professional, have the right values, and can be trusted by NGOs. They're very bright, very dedicated, and trustworthy. I think they've done some pretty good multi-stakeholder work on some pretty important topics. And they were exceptional at rising above their clients' immediate suspicions to grasp the bigger opportunity of the Mitsubishi Campaign.

Michael Marx
Executive Director
Business Ethics Network

Pioneers in the transition (from) adversarial relationships and toward problem solving. Helped us arrive at a proposed alternative that was consistent with good economics.

Lynn Scarlett
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
US Department of the Interior

Your presentation was simply ideal - it gave an audience unfamiliar with many of the concepts accessible information and tangible best practices to use in "directing for the long-term". The evaluations were overwhelmingly positive and the day exceeded my expectations in introducing the "mainstream" corporate community of the Pacific Northwest to the value of considering stakeholder interests.

Dana Gold
Director, Center on Corporations, Law & Society

Creative and innovative. The rational voice in a sometimes irrational, shrill dialogue.

Chuck Bennett
The Conference Board

Cleaned out the cobwebs of old and useless ideas and replaced them with new, more expansive and wise thoughts.

Bill Kincaid
Hewlett Packard

Combines an environmentalist's dedication with the practical skills of business.

Bill Coors
Chairman
Coors Brewing Company

Projects meet expectations and the results are always excellent. The coalition building yields the success.

Andy Mikashus
Coors Brewing Company

The half-day (Global Citizenship 360) process facilitated by Future 500 delivered more information, brought all the standards under one umbrella, and engaged subject matter experts from throughout the company in a roundtable discussion. Everyone fed off one another, developing a lot of energy, passion, and commitment to carry out their roles. People came away excited and enthused. Future 500 answered our natural skepticism with great performance. Our people would do this again every year.

David Barthmuss
Environmental and Energy Communications Manager
General Motors

The more you spoke, the more I wanted to hear. Your presentation was informative, eye-opening, and inspiring.

Larry A. Rosenthal J.D. Ph.D.,
Adjunct Professor, Goldman School of Public Policy,
University of California, Berkeley

Your presence, remarks, and contribution were fantastic! We are so incredibly honored to have had Tachi Kiuchi and all of you join us.

Gib Hedstrom
The Conference Board

Your leadership made quite a positive impact. It was an honor to share the stage.

Bob Garrity
Vice President, Giant Eagle.
Chairman, Sustainability Task Force, Food Marketing Institute

Your fantastic style and content give you great credibility with our audience and especially our Sustainability Leadership Committee. Your slides are magnificent.

Jeanne Von Zastrow
Senior Director, Sustainability and Industry Relations
Food Marketing Institute

Knowledgeable from a practical, first-hand working perspective. We will be getting together internally to see how we can use these learnings.

Marc G. Schurger
Director, Sustainability Strategic Initiatives
Eastman Chemical Company

Green Power Conferences has worked with Erik Wohlgemuth and the team at Future 500 for a number of years. Future 500 continues to be instrumental in helping us develop excellent conference programs by introducing us to compelling NGO and corporate speakers. They provide insight, industry expertise and access to some of the most interesting organisations and companies. Additionally, Erik is a very knowledgeable speaker and excellent moderator. His laid back and engaging style draws the audience into both fruitful and informative discussion.

Andrew Slavin
Event Producer
Green Power Conferences