Innovation Applied Partners
Paul Linzmeyer
Sustainability
Paul leads Innovation Applied's business-focused approach to Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility (CSR) based on the premise that a business can "do well by doing good."The Innovation Applied Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Sustainability Team can help companies discover "What Sustainability/CSR really is for their company, and then what to do with it."
Prior to returning to his native state, Paul Linzmeyer has been leading companies in San Francisco, Chicago and Denver. Returning in 1994, he assumed the role of President of Green Bay based company. Under Paul's leadership he transformed the company into a "Best in Class"model in his industry – recognized nationally for leadership in financial performance, environmental sensitivity and human resource development.
Paul also founded (1999) the Employers Workforce Development Network, a private sector-led organization whose mission is to share resources and develop partnerships for creating world-class workplaces. This private/public collaboration was one of the partners in the initial developments of a regional coalition to create an eighteen county North East Wisconsin economic community, now referred to as NEW North. Paul currently leads NEW North as a board member and Chair of both the Workforce Development and Sustainability Committees.
Linzmeyer has implemented the Triple Bottom line high performance strategies at his company and seen considerable success from this process as a result: Environmental Sustainability, Diversity and Inclusion, Health and Wellness, Safety, and Investing in People strategies have led his company to appreciate record financial results and stakeholder (especially customer, team member, and community) loyalty.
In 2008, Linzmeyer was appointed by the US Department of Commerce to represent our country in Paris in April for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development policy meeting. He is one of three TBL experts appointed by the US Department of Commerce. He was picked precisely because of his expertise in TBL strategies.