Management consulting firm focusing on sustainability; environment, health & safety; and emergency/crisis response. The firm is a social enterprise that funded the creation of Blackburn State Park and Wildlife Management Area in the environmentally sensitive Loess Hills of Southwest Iowa.

Selected the best section committee among 40 others.

Contracted to do four research papers on corporate sustainability and citizenship which are available from The Conference Board. See link at www.WBlackburnConsulting.com

Leadership: * Established formal state-of-the–art EHS program and extended it to global operations; developed EHS culture of company * Led drive toward sustainability * Developed public position papers on climate change, energy, and use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in products * Led several multi-functional groups, including: Compliance Council, Emergency Response Planning Team, Energy/Climate-Change Team, and Customer Advisory Council on Sustainability Baxter Results: * Reduced toxic air emissions by 98% from 1988-2003 * Reduced accident rate more than 50% from 2000-2003 * Reduced operations' waste and product packaging by one-third from 1989-2003 * Reduced energy usage by 20% per unit of production from 1996-2003 * In the Dow Jones Sustainability Index assessment for investors, secured top rating for Baxter's overall sustainability program in the medical products industry and top rating for Baxter's environmental program among all companies, 2003 * Earned more than 330 external EHS awards for operations from 1990 * Saved or avoided more than $800 million in costs as a result of environmentally beneficial actions from 1991-2003 Innovation: * Pioneered development and use of state-of-art environmental management standards, metrics, and environmental financial statement in the early 1990s * Initiated public environmental reporting in 1992 * Initiated sustainability reporting in 1999 * Established EHS advisory council with hospital customers * Co-authored the Baxter Environmental Manual, published by Clark Boardman