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The following were speakers (planned) at a conference at Wharton Business School on
Roberta Barbieri
Global Environmental Project Manager, Diageo
In her role as Global Environmental Project Manager, Roberta is responsible for establishing Diageo’s global strategy on Environmental Sustainability on an end-to-end supply chain basis – from the barley in the field to the empty bottle in the bin and everywhere in between – and for implementing programs to embed that strategy in all aspects of Diageo’s business. Roberta has over 20 years of experience in corporate environmental sustainability in several different industries, including the electronics, entertainment, and food and beverage industry. She holds an M.S. in Environmental Engineering and an M.S. in Environmental Science.
Libby Bernick
Vice President, TerraChoice
Libby Bernick is Vice President and practice leader of TerraChoice. With more than 25 years of environmental management experience, Libby designs and delivers unique sustainability consulting solutions with innovative leadership and award-winning expertise. Libby’s body of accomplishments span sustainability strategy, Design for Environment, environmental procurement, eco-labels and environmental claims, product stewardship, life cycle thinking and tools, and international best practices. An author of numerous technical articles on sustainability strategy, new product development, and product improvement, and frequent speaker at national and international industry events and forums, Libby is a recognized expert in her field. She served on the Steering Committee for the Green Products Roundtable and she participates in The Sustainability Consortium work groups for Home & Personal Care as well as Consumer Science. Before joining TerraChoice, Libby was the Director of PE International Five Winds’ Consumer Products & Retail Sector and worked with such clients as BASF, DuPont, L’Oreal, Staples, Johnson & Johnson, Delhaize Group, the UK Department of Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) and various trade associations including the Personal Care Products Council and Food Marketing Institute. She has also been a managing director for an environmental consulting firm, she led marketing projects for a communications firm, and she directed environmental programs at a national newspaper production facility. Libby holds a M.A.S. in Civil (Environmental) Engineering and a B.A. in Chemistry and Biology from the University of Delaware. She is a licensed Professional Engineer and is LEED AP accredited by the U.S. Green Building Council.
Gil Friend
President & CEO, Natural Logic, Inc.
A systems ecologist and business strategist with nearly 40 years experience in business, communications, and environmental innovation, Friend combines broad business experience with unique content experience spanning strategy, systems ecology, economic development, management cybernetics, and public policy. Tomorrow magazine called him “One of the country’s leading environmental management consultants—a real expert who combines theoretical sophistication with hands-on, in-the-trenches know-how. He is a founding board member of the Sustainable Business Alliance, Sustainable Berkeley, and the California Sustainable Business Council and serves on the executive board of OpenEco.org and the advisory boards of CleanFish, WattBot, Green World Campaign, and (past) San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s Clean Tech Advisory Council (and has been named one of the Bay Area’s top 25 movers & shakers in cleantech).
Judy Gunderson
Technical Director, The Dow Chemical Company
Dr. Judy Gunderson is the Technical Director for the collaboration between The Dow Chemical Company and The Nature Conservancy, the objective of which is to integrate ecosystem services into corporate decision-making processes.Her activities include scoping and providing oversight to individual technology projects and teams and identifying key external engagement opportunities for the corporation.She is also a leader within the Environmental Technology Center of The Dow Chemical Company.In this role, she provides strategic direction to the EH&S Analytical Services Group and the Future Environmental Technologies Group.The EH&S Analytical Services group provides analytical consulting and testing expertise in reactive chemicals, environmental analytical and food contact compliance testing of plastics for food packaging application.The Future Environmental Technologies Group provides a variety of services focused on decreasing the environmental footprint of the corporation including: innovative environmental process technology development, By-Product Synergy opportunity identification and facilitation, waste minimization strategies and facilitation and technology support for corporate waste and emission reduction initiatives.Prior to joining the Environmental Technology Center in 2005, Dr. Gunderson led a variety of R&D groups focused on fundamental research related to Dow processes and products.Dr. Gunderson has a B.S. degree in Chemistry and Math, and a Ph.D. in Physical-Analytical Chemistry from the University of Utah. She joined Dow in 1986.
Reiner Hengstmann
Global Director PUMA.SAFE, Puma
The puma.safe team works together with other teams within the PUMA organization to advise, lead and implement the puma.safe program through which we aim at reducing our carbon footprint, facilitate the development of sustainable products and raise work and production standards worldwide. The puma.safe team is led by Dr. Reiner Hengstmann, PUMA’s Global Director SAFE Supply Chain. Dr. Hengstmann is responsible for ensuring that all global puma.safe related issues are in place via the implementation of the program and its initiatives. He is also the lead when it comes to implementing PUMA’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) efforts along the supply chain, including licensee partners.The puma.safe team works together with other teams within the PUMA organization to advise, lead and implement the puma.safe program through which we aim at reducing our carbon footprint,...
Paul Herman
Founder/CEO, HIP Investor
R. Paul Herman is CEO and a registered representative of HIP Investor Inc., an investment adviser registered in California, Washington, and Illinois. He created the HIP (Human Impact + Profit) methodology for entrepreneurs, companies and investors worldwide to realize how quantifiable sustainability can drive financial performance. Herman advises investors, designs HIP portfolios, and manages the HIP 100 Index -- all applying 'The HIP Scorecard' featured in his 2010 book (The HIP Investor; Make Bigger Profits by Building a Better World; John Wiley & Sons), Fast Company magazine, business school curricula, and at www.HIPinvestor.com. Herman's financial acumen was honed at the Wharton School and McKinsey & Co., and he accelerated social entrepreneurs at Ashoka.org and Omidyar Network. Herman has advised leading corporations (including Walmart and NIKE), family offices and foundations on how to be more HIP. His insights have been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, Forbes, BusinessWeek, and on CNN, Reuters, Morningstar.com and CNBC.
Jonathan Jacoby
Policy and Campaigns Manager, Private Sector Department, Oxfam America
Jonathan Jacoby is Policy and Campaigns Manager in the Private Sector Department at Oxfam America, where he oversees a talented team of six (with 9 advanced degrees among them) engaging US companies and investors on corporate and public policies related to global poverty reduction. His work with major companies such as Starbucks, eBay, Nike, Levi Strauss, Swiss Re, Walmart, and Mars has amplified the business case for foreign assistance reform, US investment in climate change adaptation, and other policy areas related to sustainable development. Previously, Jacoby served as Associate Director for International Economic Policy at the Center for American Progress, a leading Washington think tank founded and led by former Clinton Administration Chief of Staff John Podesta. There he co-authored 'Virtuous Circle,' a policy blueprint for an innovative approach to development, trade, and globalization. Jacoby also offered expert economic commentary on CNN, BBC, CNBC, and PBS and in an online Council on Foreign Relations debate series. As a Columbia Business School CORPS Fellow, Jacoby served as Advisor for the Initiative for Global Development, a national network of business and civic leaders (including Dick) advocating for global poverty reduction. Prior to graduate school, Jacoby conducted advocacy, community organizing, and research for Oxfam to address the impact of declining commodity prices on developing economies. His efforts related to the global coffee trade contributed to the passage of legislation, U.S. membership in a multilateral organization, Procter & Gamble and Dunkin' Donuts offerings of Fair Trade Certified coffee, and the creation of the national group United Students for Fair Trade. Jacoby is a fluent Spanish speaker who has spent time working, living or traveling in nearly 50 countries throughout Africa, Latin America, Europe, and Asia. He holds an A.B. in Social Studies from Harvard University and an M.B.A. and Masters of International Affairs from Columbia University.
Heidi Koester
Manager, International Public Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Heidi Koester is Manager of International Public Affairs at The Coca-Cola Company, where she managed components of the Oxfam Poverty Footprint study. Previously, she worked in rural community development in Latin America with the United States Peace Corps. Ms. Koester earned a Masters in Sustainable Development from Escuela Organización Industrial in Madrid, Spain, and a Bachelors of Science in Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Michelle Lapinski
Director of Corporate Practices, The Nature Conservancy
Michelle Lapinski is The Nature Conservancy’s Director, Corporate Practices, leading the Conservancy’s global corporate engagement strategy and Business Council focused on business practices, public policy and philanthropy to advance conservation. In her role she works with the private sector to integrate the value of nature and natural infrastructure into business practices and decision making as a core business strategy. Michelle’s career has focused on advising leading global companies on more sustainable strategies, practices and business models. Most recently she ran her own consulting business, SustainBiz, and has advised clients such as Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Starbucks as well as private investors. Prior to launching her own business, she did similar work as Director, Advisory Services at Business for Social Responsibility where she led BSR’s consulting practices to Fortune 500 food, agriculture, consumer products and transportation companies. Michelle was the Global Environmental Health Safety manager at Gap Inc. where she developed the company's industry-leading initiative on responsible sourcing applied to 3500 suppliers in 53 countries. Michelle holds a M.S. in Environmental Management from the University of San Francisco, where she also served as an Adjunct Professor, and a B. A. in Behavioral Biology from Johns Hopkins University. She is a founding Board member and National Co-Director of the Young Women Social Entrepreneurs and an Environmental Leadership Program Senior Fellow.
Mark McElroy
Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Organizations
Mark W. McElroy, Ph.D. is founder and Executive Director of the Center for Sustainable Organizations in Vermont. He is the lead author of Corporate Sustainability Management – The Art and Science of Managing Non-Financial Performance (forthcoming from Earthscan, 2011), and will also be leading a Workshop on Corporate Sustainability Management and context-based sustainability later this year.
SUBMITTED CONTENT
GRI Responds to ‘Enforce or Explain’ Article October 18, 2011
A Public Plea to GRI: Enforce or Explain Article September 19, 2011
Do LCAs Measure Up To Sustainability? Article August 15, 2011
Sustainability Context – What Is It? Article July 18, 2011
Do Winning Sustainability Reports Measure Up? Article April 20, 2009
Corporate Sustainability Reporting - Where's the Context? Article March 23, 2009
Defining 'Sustainability': An Open Letter to the FTC Article March 26, 2008
Mark McElroy on What's Wrong with Sustainability Reporting Article March 24, 2008
John O'Connor
Vice President, Sustainability Research, Gaia Metrics
As Vice President for Sustainability Research at Gaia Metrics, John is responsible for the financial accounting framework the company uses to integrate social and environmental factors, and for defining new generations of the company’s benchmark indicators. In both these areas he uses what is typically called the wealth or capital approach to sustainability, an approach he pioneered as Senior Advisor in the World Bank’s Environment Department, first published in Monitoring Environmental Progress. Since relabeled the Bank’s Millennium Capital Assessment, it is the conceptual framework for, among others the Report of the Joint UNECE/OECD/Eurostat Working Group on Measuring Sustainable Development and the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. John worked for decades at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, where he designed and managed systems for internal decision-making and external reports, such as the Bank’s operational guidelines for financial preferences, and the World Development Indicators. As Chief of Comparative Analysis and Data he made the Bank an incubator for many current sustainability monitoring frameworks (e.g., human development indicators, ecological footprint, and quantitative environmental assessments). Over the years, he has contributed to a variety of sustainability initiatives including the EU JRC Dashboard of Sustainability, the US EPA's National Advisory Council on Environmental Policy & Technology, the Millennium Institute (an NGO promoting a longer-term perspective on sustainable development) and a conference at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina on the next generation of sustainability indicators.
Eric Orts
Faculty Director, IGEL, Wharton School
Eric Orts is the Faculty Director of IGEL, and the Guardsmark Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is a professor in the Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department with a joint appointment in the Management Department. He directs the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) at Penn/Wharton. He also serves as an academic co-director of the FINRA at Wharton certificate program for securities compliance and regulatory professionals. His primary research and teaching interests are in environmental law and policy, corporate governance, and professional ethics. His scholarly work is widely published in academic journals (mostly law reviews) and books. Prior to joining Wharton's faculty in 1991, Orts practiced law at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York City and was a Chemical Bank fellow in corporate social responsibility at Columbia Law School. He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and visited at the UCLA School of Law, University of Michigan Law School, Tsinghua University, Sydney Law School, and NYU School of Law. He has also been visiting Fulbright professor in the law department of the University of Leuven, the Eugene P. Beard Faculty Fellow at Harvard University’s Center for Ethics and the Professions, and a faculty fellow in the Center for Business and Government at the Kennedy School at Harvard. Orts is a graduate of Oberlin College (BA), the New School for Social Research (MA), the University of Michigan (JD), and Columbia University (JSD).
Jules Peck
Founding Partner, Flourishing Enterprise
Jules Peck is a Founding Partner at strategy and innovation consultancy Flourishing Enterprise which works to engage the corporate world with beyond-growth economics and to help them innovate through the lens of wellbeing.. Jules is a Trustee of nef (the New Economics Foundation), an adviser to The Green Thing, outgoing Chair of the Bulmer Foundation and a Fellow of the think tank ResPublica. Jules is active in the Transition Towns movement and an advisor to the social enterprise Bath Community Energy. He is also Chairman of the Edelman Sustainability and Citizenship Group. Jules’ special interest is the new economics of wellbeing and ecoslowcialism and the business implications of wellbeing economics. He has worked in sustainability and wellbeing for 23 years, one third in and around politics at the EC, in London and in Washington, one third in business and consulting and one third in NGOs like WWF where he was Global Policy Adviser for five years. Jules has extensive experience at working at the interface between companies, the third sector and politics and works at the highest CEO and government Minister levels. Jules has worked with and advised many of the world’s largest companies as well as smaller social enterprises. For two years Jules Directed David Cameron’s Quality of Life Commission which led to the Prime Minister calling on the ONS to measure and develop policy based on wellbeing. Jules is author of the wiki book www.citizenrenaissance.com and is a regular blogger for Citizen Renaissance, Left Foot Forward, Compass, Green Alliance, The Guardian, Harvard Business Review and others, and a regular tweeter and public speaker.
SUBMITTED CONTENT
Increasing Well-Being To Build Your Brand and Competitive Advantage Article October 5, 2011
Today's flourishing enterprises should focus on wellbeing rather than growth Article June 8, 2011
Michal Pelzig
Manager, Reporting, Hess Corporation
Ms. Pelzig is Manager, Reporting at Hess, with responsibility for Hess Corporation’s public and investor climate change and sustainability reporting and verification. She is also engaged in the company’s climate change strategy and programs, including carbon markets and monetization, verification of greenhouse gas emissions and energy utilization, Scope 3 emissions, sector energy efficiency best practices, and benchmarking. Ms. Pelzig has extensive experience in the oil and gas and chemical industries, including operational and environmental roles, and merger and acquisition environmental due diligence. Prior to joining Hess in 2008, she was a sustainability management consultant to Global 500 companies and to private equity. She holds a B.S. in Biochemistry/Biology from Southampton College, a B.S. in Geology from Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, and a graduate degree in Biochemical Sciences from Princeton University.
Jeff Smith
Partner, Prophet
Jeff has nearly 20 years experience in helping companies both define and implement brand and marketing strategies. He has worked for both service and product-driven companies in healthcare, financial services, consumer packaged goods, retail, and telecommunications. Jeff was a founding member of Prophet's Chicago office and also lead Prophet's Zurich office for four years where he led a multi-year relationship with UBS. Other companies he has worked with include: Caterpillar, Maidenform, UBS, T. Rowe Price, Wrigley, and Universal Studios. With his real life implementation experience, he has worked on integrating HR and brand, building world-class marketing organizations, creating internal ambassadors, and infusing current company initiatives with the elements of a brand strategy. Jeff received his B.S. from Miami University in Ohio.
Dave Stangis
Vice President of CSR and Sustainability, Campbell Soup
Dave Stangis is Vice President of CSR, Sustainability and Community Affairs for the Campbell Soup Company and President of the Campbell Soup Foundation. Campbell is the world's largest soup manufacturer, and comprises other brands such as Pepperidge Farm, V8, Pace, Prego and Swanson. Dave is responsible for designing and leading Campbell’s overarching CSR, Sustainability and Community Affairs strategies. He heads a global CSR Network organization and oversees the execution of CSR and Sustainability goals, policies, programs, engagement and reporting for the company. Dave also oversees the Community Affairs strategy including Campbell’s signature childhood hunger and obesity initiative. Dave works in collaboration with Campbell business units and functions to deliver long term business value across broad CSR platforms including the Marketplace, Community, Environmental Sustainability and the Workplace. Since arriving at Campbell Soup, the company has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, the 100 Best Corporate Citizens List and as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. For more than 20 years, Dave has been leveraging corporate responsibility and sustainability principles to generate business and brand value. Prior to joining Campbell, Dave worked at Intel for 12 years where he created and led the Corporate Responsibility function. Dave is on the advisory boards of the Graham Sustainability Institute at the University of Michigan, Net Impact, University of Detroit College of Business, and Ethical Corporation magazine. In 2008, he was named one of the 100 Most Influential People in Business Ethics by Ethisphere Magazine. In 2011, Trust Across America named Dave one of the Top 100 Thought Leaders in Trustworthy Business Behavior. He earned his MBA from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science in Occupational and Environmental Health from Wayne State University in Detroit.
Jim Sullivan
VP, Strategic Advisor, SAP
James (Jim) Sullivan brings over 18 years of experience to his role as strategic advisor for sustainability at SAP. Jim joined SAP in June 2009 with the Clear Standards acquisition. In his current role, Jim is responsible for providing strategic advice to help prospects, customers, partners and analysts identify and achieve tangible return on investment through proactive environmental management and for helping them understand and employ technology solutions to profitably reduce carbon and other environmental impacts across global business operations. Prior to joining SAP, Jim was Vice President of Advisory Services at Clear Standards. Formerly Director of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Leaders program, Jim is an internationally recognized expert on policies and measures to combat climate change. Jim’s previous work included developing and analyzing performance metrics for U.S. climate programs and serving as an expert reviewer of the European Union’s climate policy. Prior to his service at EPA, Jim worked at Skadden, Arps as an environmental specialist. Jim represents SAP on the technical committee of the WRI GHG Protocol Product/Supply Chain initiative. A frequent speaker at environmental and climate change related events, Jim is a strong advocate of industry efforts to implement meaningful, verifiable energy efficiency and carbon reduction programs. Jim holds a Masters of Science from John Hopkins University and a BA in History from Brown University.
Andrew Winston
Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies
Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, is the author of Green Recovery, a strategic plan for using environmental thinking to survive hard economic times. He is also the co-author of Green to Gold, the best-selling guide to what works – and what doesn’t – when companies go green. Andrew is a globally recognized expert on green business, appearing regularly in major media such as The Wall Street Journal, Time, BusinessWeek, New York Times, and CNBC. Andrew is dedicated to helping companies both large and small use environmental strategy to grow, create enduring value, and build stronger relationships with employees, customers, and other stakeholders. His clients have included Bank of America, Bayer, HP, Pepsi, Boeing, and IKEA. Andrew bases his work on significant in-company business experience. His earlier career included advising companies on corporate strategy while at Boston Consulting Group and management positions in strategy and marketing at Time Warner and MTV. After these more traditional roles, Andrew pursued his passion to explore the overlap between business and environment. He served as the Director of the Corporate Environmental Strategy Project at Yale’s renowned School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Today, Andrew is a highly respected and dynamic speaker, reaching audiences of thousands of people around the world and acting as a practical evangelist for the benefits of going green. He also writes extensively on green business strategy, including a weekly column for Harvard Business Online, regular pieces on Huffington Post, and a monthly strategy e-letter, Eco-Advantage Strategies. For his efforts, Andrew was recently named a “Planet Defender” by Rock the Earth. Andrew received his BA in Economics from Princeton, an MBA from Columbia, and a Masters of Environmental Management from Yale. He lives in Riverside, CT with his wife Christine and two young sons.
SUBMITTED CONTENT
Why Companies Keep Investing in Renewable Energy Article April 27, 2011
What is “Zero Waste” - And Why Should You Care? Article February 22, 2011
How The Auto Giants Are Managing A Paradigm Shift Article January 14, 2011
12 Highlights from Sustainable Brands 2010 Article July 7, 2010
IBM, P&G, and Pepsi (and others) Issue New Supply Chain Mandates Article May 21, 2010
A New Tool for Avoiding Greenwash Article April 16, 2010
What Companies Can Learn from the Greening of Sports Article March 11, 2010
Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2009 Article January 11, 2010
Copenhagen and Beyond: 4 Scenarios for Business Article December 3, 2009
Getting Smart: The Benefits of Knowing your Footprint Article October 25, 2009
Exxon is Green? CFL's 'Probably' Reduce Energy Use? Article August 31, 2009
A Path to a Green Recovery: Time to Get Lean Article August 19, 2009
Wal-Mart Drives Everyone Down the Green Recovery Path Article June 29, 2009
Why This Is the Right Time to Go Green Article June 10, 2009
Rising Transparency - One Way to Avoid Massive Market Failure Article April 27, 2009
Regulation Is Back in Style Article April 8, 2009
Eight Green-to-Gold Plays Article March 8, 2009
Innovating for Sustainability: What's Your Heresy? Article February 20, 2009
How U.S. Automakers Missed the Green Wave Article February 4, 2009
2009: The Year of Light Green Article January 23, 2009
Exxon Goes Green? Article January 12, 2009
Five Forces to Drive the Green Wave in '09 - Even During a Recession Article January 6, 2009
Why This Downturn Has a Green Lining Article December 9, 2008
Wal-Mart's New Sustainability Mandate in China Article December 4, 2008
Headslappers: The Small Ideas That Save Big Article November 4, 2008
Do 'Quality' Carbon Offsets Exist? Article October 16, 2008
Green Business and 'Compliance' Article October 3, 2008
Helping Customers Reduce Their Footprint: Green Services Article October 1, 2008
Greener Products: Your Ticket to Faster Growth Article September 3, 2008
Pitching Climate Change to Consumers Article August 12, 2008
Transparency: The Mega-Force You Can't Totally Control Article July 2, 2008
Employees: Your Most Important Stakeholders Article May 6, 2008
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