Case Study: Center for Sustainable Energy achieves 50% faster contract negotiations with CounselLink

Fast-Growing Nonprofit Digitizes Contract Management to Decrease Negotiation Times by Half

Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE), a fast-growing nonprofit with over 200 employees nationwide, was bogged down by manual contracting: associate GC James Strange spent 5+ hours daily printing, walking documents for wet-ink signatures, updating spreadsheets and chasing approvals while needing flexibility to accommodate diverse internal teams and rigid government client workflows. To address this, CSE selected CounselLink's contract lifecycle management solution.

CounselLink implemented automated routing, real-time collaboration, centralized storage and customizable dashboards so approvers receive notifications, comments are tracked, and contracts are visible across teams. Using CounselLink, CSE halved negotiation times, doubled contract throughput, saved roughly 3+ hours per day (recovering ~90% of prior administrative time), and gained improved accuracy, visibility and milestone tracking.

Center for Sustainable Energy

James Strange

Center for Sustainable Energy