Tom Fitz, Founder and President – Green Frontier, L.L.C.
Tom utilizes over eighteen years of manufacturing experience to help companies create value and competitive advantage by: conceiving & instituting environmental sustainability programs, re-engineering operations and optimizing processes to reduce operating costs, developing long and short term capital expenditure strategies, and designing world class equipment modules. These skills have been applied in the personal care, cosmetics, food & beverage, household goods and pharmaceutical sectors at companies including Unilever, Clairol, Burt's Bees, Wyeth, Bristol Myers Squibb, and numerous third party contractors.
Prior to founding Green Frontier, Tom worked at Burt's Bees for five years, the last three as Vice President of Sustainable Engineering. In this position, he led the company's environmental sustainability program that reduced non-product water usage by 35%, decreased the amount of solid waste diverted to landfill by 75% and flat-lined electricity usage despite sales growth of 55% and tripling the amount of space being occupied by the company in the three year span. Additionally, he was responsible for developing the company's three year capital expenditure strategy and executing the annual spending plan. Before working at Burt's, Tom worked as a process engineer at various personal care and engineering companies. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University.
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Extended Network and Partners
Green Frontier collaborates with industry specialists and leaders to provide clients with customized, turn-key offerings that enable them to attain their sustainability goals. Our network includes experts such as:
Cleargreen Advisors
Cleargreen Advisors supports companies at all stages of the journey to sustainability – from sustainability leaders seeking to hone and execute their strategies to business leaders with high aims but limited sustainability experience. Wherever you are on your journey, they will work as your trusted advisor and collaborator to help define and execute sustainability goals that fit your business strategy and aspirations.
Cleargreen Advisors can help your company to:
- Understand sustainability
- Build it into your business
- Generate value in the process
- Communicate your success to your customers and other stakeholders
Cleargreen Advisors has worked directly with dozens of large and small companies--including Walmart, where they spent several years helping executives and merchants in Bentonville to define and roll out the retailer's master sustainability strategy.
BridgePoint Construction Services
BridgePoint Construction Services provides clients with owner's representation services, sustainability consulting and support services for new construction, renovations, and facilities-related projects. We work with clients to determine the best options for reducing the environmental impact of their buildings while also ensuring sustainability features meet their needs – from payback periods and return on investment to reducing energy use and carbon emissions. We work with developers, architects, facilities managers, construction firms, and a wide array of technical experts to manage successful projects.
Our team provides LEED consulting services including design charettes, drawing specification review, and LEED project management. We are experienced in all LEED rating systems as well as LEED Existing Building gap analysis reports. BridgePoint also provides training for the LEED AP and Green Associate exams and overview of the LEED rating systems.
Southern Energy Management
Southern Energy Management is a North Carolina-based sustainable energy company offering energy efficiency, green building and turn-key solar services for homeowners, builders, companies, government and military clients across the Southeast. A certified B Corp, SEM's missions is to have a measurable impact on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, and to build a sustainable triple-bottom-line company. SEM was founded in a living room in Raleigh in 2001, and now employs a team of about 60 sustainable energy professionals working from offices in Morrisville, Charlotte and Greenville, S.C.
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