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Kevin Hagen

VP, Environment, Social & Governance Strategy
Iron Mountain Inc.

Kevin Hagen is Vice President Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) Strategy at Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) the global leader in storage and information management services with $4B in sales operating over 1400 facilities in 56 countries.

Kevin and his team serve as advisors and internal consultants to global leaders and business units to develop and implement sustainable business strategies that address a wide range of ESG issues such as environment and Climate footprint, human rights, ESG reporting, corporate philanthropy and community engagement. Recent highlights include joining the RE100, committing to set Science Based Targets for carbon reduction and scoring a perfect 100 on the Human Right Campaign workplace equity scorecard. Iron Mountain is committed to collaboration on ESG issues and is active with organizations such as the Renewable Energy Buyers Alliance (REBA), the Future of Internet Power working group and the ESG Council at Nareit. Kevin serves on a number of professional sustainability advisory boards including Sustainable Brands, Net Impact and the UW Tacoma Center for Leadership and Social Responsibility. He is a frequent speaker, guest lecturer and has authored or contributed to numerous articles and papers on sustainable business strategy and implementation. Over a 30 year career spanning Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurial organizations in the US and Europe he has held leadership roles in product development, marketing, sales and business strategy. Prior to joining Iron Mountain, he led sustainable business strategy at Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI). Kevin is based in Seattle, WA and received a BS from Clarkson University in Potsdam, NY with a background in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering and an MBA in Sustainable Business from the Presidio Graduate School.

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Turning employees and top management into sustainability advocates and champions

This session will host a candid discussion about internal company practices that have stood the test of time in terms of helping turn employees and top management into sustainability advocates and champions. In addition to covering tactics proven eff... View More

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Turning employees and top management into sustainability advocates and champions

This session will host a candid discussion about internal company practices that have stood the test of time in terms of helping turn employees and top management into sustainability advocates and champions. In addition to covering tactics proven eff... View More

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How to Sell Sustainability as a Key Measure of Business Success

When companies make bold commitments to sustainability, we all win. Here, we share lessons learned and ongoing challenges from three very different corporate sustainability journeys — to show others on the front lines that they are not alone. ... View More

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#NewMetrics18: The ROI of Sustainability Strategy — and 6 Ways to Get There

Last week at Sustainable Brands’ New Metrics ’18 conference in Philadelphia, PA, over 300 delegates from brands, NGOs, strategists and practitioners across sectors gathered to share their latest tools and findings regarding measuring the risks an... View More

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Experts Gather to Discuss ROI of Sustainable Business at New Metrics '18

The Sustainable Brands® community gathers today in Philadelphia, PA to kick off the 8th annual New Metrics conference. Over 300 global executives from brands like Nike, Salesforce, and Eileen Fisher are convening to unveil cutting-edge corporate pra... View More

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Sustainable Brands Delivers Insight on How to Build Better Sustainability Metrics

Danone, Global Reporting Initiative, SAP, PepsiCo speaking at New Metrics ‘18 about creating and measuring new forms of value SAN FRANCISCO, September 26, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® reveals program, networking and activity highlights for its upc... View More

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SB Brand Transformation Roadmap to Help Companies on Journey to True Sustainability

Yesterday at SB'18 Vancouver, Kevin Hagen — VP of Environment, Social and Governance Strategy at Iron Mountain — and Dimitar Vlahov, Director of Content Development at Sustainable Brands (SB), offered a sneak peek at the SB Brand Transformation R... View More

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Sustainable Brands Launches Self-Assessment Tool for Brands Navigating Sustainability

The SB Brand Transformation RoadmapSM launches today at SB’18 Vancouver as a pioneering self-assessment tool that provides a comprehensive process plan for continuous improvement in sustainability. A first of its kind, it is specifically designed f... View More

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Redesigning for Success in Sustainability: Introducing the SB Brand Transformation Roadmap

Many responsible brands are by now committed to benefiting both our planet and its people, but becoming a truly sustainable brand takes courageous leadership and a commitment to continuous improvement over time. At Sustainable Brands® we’ve worked... View More

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Sustainable Brands Gathers Global Brand Innovation Leaders at SB’18 Vancouver

Sustainable Brands kicks off its largest community gathering today with Sustainable Brands '18 Vancouver at the Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, British Columbia. Over 2,000 business executives along with their teams from 33+ countries... View More

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Sustainable Brands Announces Full Conference Program for SB’18 Vancouver

Target, P&G, REI, Danone and Google among companies confirmed to showcase how brands are redesigning products and services for The Good Life SAN FRANCISCO, March 29, 2018 – Sustainable Brands® recently announced full program details for SB’1... View More

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The Roadmap Series, Phase V: The Sustainability End Game

The roadmap series details the Hagen-Wilhelm change matrix, a tool to accelerate adoption and maximize the benefits of sustainable business thinking. This model builds on the work of many thinkers, leaders and researchers who have identified five sta... View More

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The Roadmap Series, Phase IV: Taking Sustainability to Scale

This series has been taking a dive into the five phases of sustainable business described in the Hagen-Wilhelm change matrix published in Making Sustainability Stick. We want to offer a roadmap for those working to change business from inside large o... View More

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The Roadmap Series, Phase III: From Personality to Process

Almost every company I have known to start down a formal path of sustainable business strategy has had the benefit of a passionate advocate for change. ... View More

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The Roadmap Series, Phase II: The First Big Step

It’s been 26 years since the Brundtland Report, 25 years since Karl-Henrik Robèrt launched The Natural Step, and it was 16 years ago that John Elkington coined the term “triple bottom line.” These landmark works and many that followed have hel... View More

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The Roadmap Series: We All Start at Stage I

OK, I hear you. The change chart is pretty busy, but there’s a lot packed into this infographic. In the first post in the series, I highlight the key curves: The blue value & profitability curve shows that companies will be more successful as t... View More

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A Sustainable Business Roadmap: The Hagen-Wilhelm Chart for Change

In his recent book, Making Sustainability Stick, Kevin Wilhelm offers a wealth of insight, experience and tools to help individuals and organizations deliver more business value by adding environmental and social parameters to their business strategy... View More

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What I Learned About Sustainability At REI, Part 5: Systems Over Silos

This is the fifth of five posts in the series about what I learned in my time leading sustainable business strategy at REI (read part one). It was a privilege to be part of a significant transformation at the co-op and I hope sharing these posts will... View More

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What I Learned About Sustainability at REI, Part 4: Innovation Over Trade-Offs

This is the fourth in a series of posts on things Kevin Hagen learned while leading Corporate Social Responsibility at REI for the past seven years (read parts one, ... View More

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What I Learned About Sustainability At REI, Part 3: Incremental vs. Breakthrough Changes

This is the third in a series of posts on things I learned while leading Corporate Social Responsibility at REI for the past seven years (read parts one and two).I’m often asked if incremental improvements can really lead to sustainable business ou... View More

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