Darcy Hitchcock

Senior Associate, Zero Waste Alliance

Darcy Hitchcock is a senior associate of the Zero Waste Alliance with over 25 years experience in organizational development and training. She specializes in the implementation of sustainable business practices. She co-designed and facilitates the Implementing Sustainability Professional Certificate Program at Portland State University.

Darcy has published several popular business books and is currently working on a book entitled The Business Guide to Sustainability: Management and Implementation for Businesses and Organizations, which will be published in 2006 by Earthscan. She has also published 15 how-to booklets called the Sustainability Series™. She acts as an advisor to the Oregon Sustainability Board and formerly was the president of the local chapter of Business for Social Responsibility.

Believing that she should “walk the talk,” her firm, AXIS Performance Advisors, publishes an annual sustainability report (available at http://www.pacifier.com/~axis). AXIS was honored by the Oregon Natural Step Network having achieved their highest level of sustainability performance; their case study is available at http://www.ortns.org/.