Podcasts by Sustainable Nation
The Sustainable Nation Podcast delivers interviews with global leaders in sustainability and ESG. Our goal is to provide sustainability and ESG professionals, business leaders, academics, government officials and anyone interested in joining the sustainability revolution, with information and insights from the world's most inspiring change-makers.
Further podcasts by Josh Prigge: CEO of Sustridge Sustainability Consulting
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Rachel Kaufman - Senior Director, Global Sustainability at Avantor from 2023-11-24T11:00
Rachel Kaufman is the Senior Director, Global Sustainability at Avantor, a leading global provider of mission-critical products and services to customers in the life sciences and technology indu...
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Jamie Horst - Chief Purpose Officer at Traditional Medicinals from 2023-10-30T10:00
Jamie joined Traditional Medicinals in 2019 as the Chief Purpose Officer. She manages Traditional Medicinals sustainability efforts including risk assessment, Zero Waste Project, regen...
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Amelia DeLuca - Chief Sustainability Officer at Delta Air Lines from 2023-10-23T10:00
Amelia DeLuca serves as Chief Sustainability Officer at Delta Air Lines, leading the airline on its journey to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 and deliver a more sustainable and eleva...
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Scott Tew - Center for Energy Efficiency&Sustainability at Trane Technologies from 2023-09-26T10:00
Scott Tew is the leader of the Center for Energy Efficiency & Sustainability at Trane Technologies (CEES) and is responsible for forward-looking sustainability initiatives aimed at tra...
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Tara Brown - Senior Director of Corporate Responsibility at Jack Henry from 2023-08-22T10:00
Tara is Senior Director of Corporate Responsibility at Jack Henry. She leads the strategy and execution of the organization's corporate sustainability efforts, including corporate ethi...
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Liliana Esposito - Chief Corporate Affairs&Sustainability Officer at Wendy's from 2023-07-27T10:00
Liliana joined Wendy’s in June 2014 and has served as Chief Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Officer since February 2021 to reflect her range of responsibilities across Communication...
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Pam Klyn - Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations and Sustainability at Whirlpool from 2023-06-14T10:00
Pamela Klyn was named Senior Vice President, Corporate Relations and Sustainability, on January 1, 2022. Klyn was most recently a Vice President in Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Produ...
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Emilio Tenuta - Chief Sustainability Officer at Ecolab from 2023-05-17T10:00
Emilio Tenuta is senior vice president of Corporate Sustainability and chief sustainability officer for Ecolab. For the past 11 years, he has led Ecolab’s strategic sustainability jour...
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Josh Raglin - Chief Sustainability Officer at Norfolk Southern Corporation from 2023-05-01T10:00
Josh Raglin has dedicated over 25 years in the fields of conservation, forestry, and environmental stewardship. As chief sustainability officer at Norfolk Southern, he leads efforts to...
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Yogesh Chauhan - Director of ESG at HubSpot from 2023-03-27T10:00
Yogesh Chauhan is director of ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) at HubSpot. His brief is to develop a new and impactful ESG strategy covering all HubSpot’s operations. He oversees ...
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Bridgette McAdoo -Global Sustainability Officer at Genesys from 2023-02-23T11:00
Bridgette McAdoo leads the Global Sustainability practice at Genesys. She is responsible for sustainability as a management approach that holistically optimizes our economic, social, and environ...
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Michael Cooke - Vice President, Social and Environmental Responsibility at Jabil from 2023-01-18T15:00
Michael Cooke has held senior EHS positions in various industries ranging from pharmaceuticals and chemicals to inks and coatings and engineering. In these roles ...
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Fawn Bergen - Corporate Sustainability Manager - Intel Corporation from 2022-12-13T11:00
Fawn Bergen leads Intel Corporation’s Global Water Stewardship program. Using her 21 years of experience as an environmental engineer, she manages Intel’s global ...
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Amanda Cimaglia - Vice President, ESG and Corporate Affairs - AZEK from 2022-11-23T11:00
Amanda Cimaglia is currently serving as our Vice President, ESG and Corporate Affairs. Prior to joining us in January 2021, Ms. Cimaglia served as the Managing Di...
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Clarke Murphy - Board and CEO Leadership Advisor at Russell Reynolds Associates from 2022-11-02T10:00
Clarke Murphy is a leadership expert who advises the world's top companies on leadership strategies that fuel profitable growth and value for all stakeholders. He...
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Stacy Kauk - Head of Sustainability - Shopify from 2022-09-22T15:00:17
Stacy joined Shopify in January 2020 where she is the Head of Sustainability and oversees and leads the company's sustainability initiatives. She also serves on the advisory board of the Carbon ...
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Bérénice Lasfargues - Sustainability Integration Lead - BNP Paribas Asset Management from 2022-08-29T10:00
Bérénice Lasfargues is Sustainability Integration Lead at BNP Paribas Asset Management. In this role, she is in charge of the implementation of the firm's ESG int...
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Clare Doyle - SVP&Chief Sustainability Officer - Masonite from 2022-07-18T10:00
Clare Doyle has served as Masonite’s Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer since August 2021. Previously, Clare held the roles of Senior Vice President and General Manager – UK Bus...
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Emma Stewart - Sustainability Officer - Netflix from 2022-06-09T05:57:46
Emma Stewart, Ph.D., is Netflix’s first Sustainability Officer, where together with teams from across the company, she seeks to bring Netflix's carbon footprint to net zero, raise environmental ...
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John Rogers - U.S. Chief Sustainability and Procurement Officer - Anheuser-Busch from 2022-05-01T10:00
Passionate about creating a better world and enabling growth among Anheuser-Busch employees and business, John is responsible for leading teams to deliver a more sus...
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Ira Pearl - Vice President - Environmental Sustainability - Cox Enterprises from 2022-03-31T10:00
IRA Pearl is the Vice President of Environmental Sustainability at Cox Enterprises. Ira is responsible for leading Cox's sustainability strategy, including driving ambitious goals to achieve zero w...
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Ellen Weinreb - Founder - Weinreb Group Sustainability and ESG Recruiting from 2022-02-22T11:00
Ellen has worked at the intersection of sustainability and human resources as a recruiter and consultant for 20+ years. A super connector, Ellen’s passion for sustainability and ESG was sparked whi...
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Kristen Sullivan - ESG and Sustainability Services Lead at Deloitte from 2022-01-31T05:03:03
Kristen B. Sullivan is a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP and leads Sustainability and ESG Services, working with clients to help address their sustainability and ...
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Braden Kay - Director of Sustainability - City of Tempe from 2021-12-02T11:00
Braden Kay is the director of sustainability for the City of Tempe. He was recently the sustainability project manager for the City of Orlando, where he led sustainability imple...
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Chris Kline - Global Senior Principal for Sustainability and ESG at Cardno from 2021-10-28T10:00
Chris serves as Global Senior Principal for Sustainability and ESG where he is responsible for leading Cardno's corporate sustainability initiative and in particular, providing ESG support to in...
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Cecilia Nord - Sustainability Strategy Director at Electrolux from 2021-09-08T04:00
Cecilia is the Sustainability Strategy Director at Electrolux in Sweden. Her role includes supporting the continued development of the company's sustainability strategy. She is responsible for i...
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Lauren Riley - Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs and Sustainability at United Airlines from 2021-08-10T04:00
As Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs and Sustainability at United Airlines, Lauren is responsible for leading United’s efforts in environmental compliance, waste, water and energy ...
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Virginie Helias - Chief Sustainability Officer at Procter and Gamble from 2021-07-14T10:00
With over 3 decades of experience at Procter & Gamble in Brand Management and Innovation, Virginie has a broad experience across multiple categories and global to local brand manage...
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Erin Meezan - VP and Chief Sustainability Officer at Interface from 2021-06-23T10:00
Erin gives voice to Interface’s conscience, ensuring that strategy and goals are in sync with its aggressive sustainability vision established more than 20 years ago. Today, Interface has evolve...
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Tabitha Upshaw - NI Senior Director of Brand, Reputation&Impact from 2021-05-25T01:52:02
As Senior Director of Brand, Reputation & Impact, Tabitha Upshaw leads NI’s global Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) strategy, where purpose and social im...
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Ratish Namboothiry - Director - Innovation for Good&Sustainability at Kohler Co. from 2021-05-04T10:00
Ratish Namboothiry is the Director for Innovation for Good and Sustainability at Kohler Co.
Innovation for Good (IfG) is Kohler’s internal volunteer think tank created to incubate new ide...
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Danielle Jezienicki - Director of Sustainability at Grove Collaborative from 2021-04-20T00:00:43
Danielle Jezienicki is the Director of Sustainability for Grove Collaborative, the leading digital-first brand & ecommerce platform for natural home and personal care products. A certified B Cor...
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Tim Trefzer - Director of Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility at Georgia World Congress Center Authority from 2021-04-06T10:00
Tim serves on the executive leadership team guiding long-term social and environmental strategy for a 220+ acre campus that includes the 4M SF convention center, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, the forme...
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Ellen Mitchell-Kozack - Chief Sustainability Officer at LEO A DALY from 2021-03-12T18:45:46
Ellen Mitchell-Kozack, AIA, LEED BD+C, WELL AP, SEED, has joined LEO A DALY as vice president, chief sustainability officer. She leads strategic initiatives in sus...
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Ryland Englehart - Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kiss the Ground from 2021-01-11T13:00
Ryland Engelhart is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Kiss the Ground, and is the producer of Kiss The Ground the Movie on Netflix. He has spent the last 15 years as an entrepreneur and l...
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James McCall - Senior Director, Global Climate and Supply Chain Sustainability at Procter&Gamble from 2020-12-08T11:00
James is responsible for leading P&G’s global climate change efforts along with their end to end supply chain sustainability program, helping one of the world’s largest CPG companies reduce thei...
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Christine Miller - Director of Sustainability, Samsonite from 2020-10-27T21:57:45
Christine Riley Miller is Director of Sustainability at Samsonite where she is launching the first-ever global sustainability strategy and program across nine brands. With more than 10 years’ ex...
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Ellen Jackowski - Chief Sustainability and Social Impact Officer, HP Inc. from 2020-10-13T05:00
Ellen Jackowski drives HP’s Sustainable Impact strategy and programs that focus on the planet, people and the comm...
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Catherine Sheehy - Global Lead of Sustainability Partnerships, UL Environment&Sustainability from 2020-09-29T05:00
Sheehy brings to clients, 20 years of project and program management experience. She manages a range of advisory projects including sustainability training initiatives, sustainability risk asses...
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Kevin Wilhelm - CEO, Sustainable Business Consulting from 2020-09-15T05:00
Kevin Wilhelm is the author of "How to Talk to the Other Side" and CEO of Sustainable Business Consulting and is one of the world’s pre-eminent business consultants and speakers in the field of ...
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Mark Lewis - Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management from 2020-09-01T05:00
Mark Lewis has more than 20 years’ experience as a financial analyst covering energy and environmental markets. He joins from Carbon Tracker, an award-winning thi...
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Saskia van Gendt - Head of Sustainability, Rothy's from 2020-08-18T05:00
An environmental scientist with over a decade of experience in sustainable manufacturing and design, Saskia is head of sustainability at Rothy’s, a global l...
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Scott Paul - Director of Natural Resource Sustainability at Taylor Guitars from 2020-08-04T05:00
With more than 20 years experience, Scott Paul has held senior positions at many of the world's leading environmental organizations including Greenpeace. He is an...
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Shannon Bergstrom - Sustainability Operations Manager, Recycle Track Systems from 2020-07-21T07:55:27
Shannon Bergstrom is a LEED-accredited, TRUE waste advisor. She currently works at RTS, a tech-driven waste and recycling management company, as a sustainability operations manager. Shannon cons...
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B Corp Spotlight - Mike Wakeland, CEO at DialogueDirect from 2020-07-07T05:00
Mike Wakeland serves as the CEO of DialogueDirect, a leader of face to face fundraising acquisition in North America. His focus is building strong partnerships with charity clients, while impro...
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Joseph Brinkley - Organic and Regenerative Agriculture Deep Dive from 2020-06-23T05:00
Joseph Brinkley, who holds a degree in Economics from Virginia Commonwealth University, was working for the Federal Reserve in Richmond, Virginia when he realized he would rather get his hands d...
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Rob Threlkeld - Global Manager, Sustainable Energy, Supply&Reliability at General Motors from 2020-06-09T05:00
Rob Threlkeld is Global Manager of Sustainable Energy, Supply and Reliability for General Motors, leading the company’s energy procurement efforts including the commitment to meet the electricit...
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Yalmaz Siddiqui - Vice President, Corporate Sustainability at MGM Resorts International from 2020-05-26T05:00
Yalmaz Siddiqui is the Vice President of Corporate Sustainability at MGM Resorts International. He started this role in May 2016 and is responsible for leading a range of environmental sustaina...
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Coronavirus and Corporate Climate Action - Bruno Sarda from 2020-04-29T10:00
Bruno Sarda is the President of CDP North America. He works to grow the organization and increase environmental disclosure and action among companies and local governments, as well as manages th...
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Playoff Green - College Football Playoffs and Green Sports Alliance from 2020-04-16T19:43:02
The Sustainable Nation Podcast interviews three people involved in the work to bring sustainability to the College Football Playoffs:
- Roger McClendon – Executive director green spo... Listen
Erin Simon - Head of Plastic Waste and Business at World Wildlife Fund from 2020-03-19T20:20:44
Erin works to drive positive change across industries by leading WWF’s packaging and material science program.
Through her efforts, she works with business and industry to help them make...
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Jennifer Motles - Social Impact and Sustainability Lead at Philip Morris International from 2020-02-10T01:12:06
Jennifer Motles is the Director of Social Impact & Sustainability at Philip Morris International. Jennifer is an International and Human Rights lawyer. She is helping t...
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Jeff Wooster - Global Sustainability Director for Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics from 2020-01-14T01:06:30
Jeff Wooster is the global sustainability director for Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics. In this role, he collaborates with the entire value chain to promote and improve the sustainability v...
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Michael Boswell - Author of Climate Action Planning from 2019-12-16T01:23:31
Michael R. Boswell is Department Head and Professor of City & Regional Planning at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly) in San Luis Obispo. He has a Master of Science (M.S.P.) and ...
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Meghna Tare - Chief Sustainability Officer at UT Arlington from 2019-11-12T21:11
As UT Arlington's first Chief Sustainability Officer, Meghna works collaboratively to foster partnerships among academic, research, and operational departments at UT Arlington. She leads institu...
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Samantha McKeough - Sustainability Consultant at Health Partners from 2019-10-30T15:07:42
Samantha is currently the Sustainability Consultant at HealthPartners, based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has been an integral part of the nationally recognized Sustainability program for over ...
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Frank Franciosi - Executive Director at the US Composting Council from 2019-10-15T17:07:40
Frank has spent over 27 years working with residuals management and composting both in operations management as well as sales and marketing. In 1993, he started North Carolina’s first source sep...
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Joel Makower - Chairman and Executive Editor at GreenBiz Group from 2019-10-01T04:00
Joel Makower is chairman and executive editor of GreenBiz Group Inc., producer of GreenBiz.com, and lead author of the annual Listen
Bill Reed - Principal at Regenesis Inc. from 2019-09-17T04:00
Bill Reed is an internationally recognized planning consultant, design process facilitator, lecturer, and author in sustainability and regeneration. He is a principal of Regenesis, Inc. – a rege...
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Tim Mohin - Chief Executive at GRI from 2019-09-03T04:00
Timothy J. Mohin is the Chief Executive of GRI, developer of the world’s most widely used sustainability reporting standards. A veteran in the field of corporate sustai...
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Julia Person - Corporate Sustainability Manager at Craft Brew Alliance from 2019-08-20T04:00
Julia Person is the Corporate Sustainability Manager with Craft Brew Alliance, headquartered in Portland, Oregon and a leader in brewing, branding and bringing to market world class American cra...
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John Marler - VP of Energy and Environment at AEG from 2019-08-06T04:00
John Marler is Vice President of Energy and Environment at AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company. In this role, John oversees AEG’s corporate environmental sustainabilit...
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Paul Dickinson - Founder of CDP from 2019-07-23T04:00
Paul Dickinson founded CDP in 2000 with an ambition of creating a global economic system that operates within sustainable environmental boundaries and prevents dangerous climate change. CDP repr...
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2019 Green Sports Alliance Summit - Highlights and Interviews from 2019-07-09T17:52:58
The annual Green Sports Alliance Summit is the largest and most influential gathering for the sports community to unite around sustainability. The event brings together hundreds of industry stak...
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Tom Szaky - CEO of TerraCycle from 2019-07-02T04:00
Tom Szaky is founder and CEO of TerraCycle Inc., a leader in eco-capitalism and upcycling. In 2001, Tom left Princeton University as a freshman to launch a worm-poop-based fertilizer company. In...
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Elizabeth Sturcken - Managing Director at Environmental Defense Fund from 2019-06-18T04:00
Elizabeth Sturcken leads the work of the Supply Chain EDF + Business team. She works to leverage the power of the marketplace to make every product safer, healthier and better for the environmen...
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Kumar Jensen - Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer at City of Evanston, IL from 2019-06-11T04:00
Kumar is the Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer for the City of Evanston, IL and serves in multiple leadership capacities within the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN) includ...
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Erin Meezan - Chief Sustainability Officer at Interface from 2019-06-04T04:00
Erin gives voice to Interface’s conscience, ensuring that strategy and goals are in sync with its aggressive sustainability vision established more than 20 years ago. Today, Interface has evolve...
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Nate Allen - Executive Director at WaterStart from 2019-05-28T04:01:41
Nathan Allen is the Executive Director of WaterStart. WaterStart aims to make Nevada a channel for innovation by leveraging the state’s leadership and expe...
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Dune Ives and Roger McClendon - Lonely Whale and Green Sports Alliance from 2019-05-21T04:00
Green Sports Alliance Summit will be June 19-20 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia
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Aaron Stainthorp - Sustainability Manager at Jackson Family Wines from 2019-05-14T04:00
Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp is the Sustainability Manager at Jackson Family Wines (JFW). In his role at JFW, Aaron focuses on implementing systems that drive transformational change with an empha...
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Leah Bamberger - Director of Sustainability for the City of Providence, Rhode Island from 2019-05-07T04:00
Mayor Jorge O. Elorza appointed Leah Bamberger as the Director of Sustainability in April 2015. Leah brings a wealth of experience in municipal sustainability efforts. She previously managed the...
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2019 Green Schools Conference and Expo - Highlights and Interviews from 2019-04-30T04:00
The Green Schools Conference & Expo is the only national event to bring together all the players involved in making green schools a reality: people who lead, operate, build and teach in U.S. sch...
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Sarah Rhodes - Plastic Free Cambodia from 2019-04-23T16:01:34
Heather Paulsen - B Corp Consulting Expert from 2019-04-16T04:00
Heather Paulsen Consulting (HPC) works with mission-driven businesses to create an economy (and a world) that works better for all of us: owners, employees, suppliers, customers, our communities...
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Jennifer Woofter - Founder of Strategic Sustainability Consulting from 2019-04-09T04:00
Jennifer Woofter is the founder and president of Strategic Sustainability Consulting (SSC). In this role she draws upon more than a decade of experience in the fields of organizational sustainab...
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Kim Holmes - Vice President of Sustainability for the Plastics Industry Association from 2019-04-02T04:00
Kim Holmes is Vice President of Sustainability for the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS). The sustainability team provides support for all sustainability and recycling related work undert...
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Nancy Mancilla - CEO and Co-Founder of ISOS Group from 2019-03-26T04:00
Nancy Mancilla is recognized is the CEO and Co-Founder of ISOS Group, a GRI and CDP Certified Training Partner. In this capacity, Nancy has orchestrated 100+ Certified Trainings and as...
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USGBC Education Solutions and the Green Schools Conference and Expo from 2019-03-19T04:00
In the five years since USGBC has launched Education USGBC, they have been committed to continuous improvement. Along the way, USGBC has expanded to over 700 courses, diversified the topics and ...
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Alan Blake - Sustainable Packaging Expert from 2019-03-11T23:50:53
Alan is a "semi-retired” consultant in Packaging and Sustainability and has recently re-activated his connection with PAC The Packaging Consortium as their PACNEXT US and Food Waste Director. Al...
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Driving Business Value with Sustainability - Josh Prigge at the Global Best Practices Conference from 2019-03-05T05:00
Josh Prigge speaks about the business benefits of a commitment to sustainability at the annual Global Best Practices Conference in Dallas, TX in January, 2019.
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Rhonda Sherman - Vermicomposting Expert and Author of The Worm Farmer's Handbook from 2019-02-26T05:00
Rhonda Sherman has been an extension waste management specialist with North Carolina State University since 1993. She is the founder and director of the Composting Learning Lab (CL2), which has ...
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Kunal Merchant - Green Sports Alliance Board Member and Managing Director at Lotus Advisory from 2019-02-19T05:00
Kunal Merchant is Managing Director of Lotus Advisory. In this capacity, Kunal provides strategic advisory, project management, public affairs, and communications support to a select portfolio o...
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Karissa Kruse - President of the Sonoma County Winegrowers from 2019-02-11T23:33
Karissa Kruse is President of the Sonoma County Winegrowers. Sonoma County Winegrowers (SCW), was established in 2006 as a marketing and educational organization dedicated to the promotion and p...
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Cathy Resler - Head of Global Sustainability at Ocean Spray Cranberries from 2019-02-05T03:18:23
Cathy Resler is the Head of Global Sustainability for Ocean Spray Cranberries - a Farmer-Owned Cooperative - where she leads sustainability strategy across the Cooperat...
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Dariush Rafinejad - Provost at Presidio Graduate School from 2019-01-29T05:00
Dr. Rafinejad has had over 30 years of experience as a senior executive in high-tech industries in Silicon Valley. He was a Corporate Vice President at both Applied Materials and Lam Research, b...
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Bob Langert - Author of The Battle to do Good: Inside McDonald's Sustainability Journey from 2019-01-22T05:00
In The Battle to Do Good, former McDonald's executive Bob Langert takes readers on a behind-the-scenes eye witness account of the mega brand's battle to address numerous societal hot-bu...
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Brittany Bennett - Executive Director of Engineers for a Sustainable World from 2019-01-15T05:00
Brittany Bennett is the Executive Director of Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW) where she leads an international organization, tackles messy sustainability challenges, and uses data scienc...
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Nick Martin - Executive Director of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable from 2019-01-08T05:00
Nick Martin is a senior sustainability consultant at Antea Group and the executive director of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER). Nick is dedicated to supporting clients with...
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TRUE Zero Waste Workshop - Sustridge, USGBC and Coco Taps from 2018-12-18T05:00
This TRUE Zero Waste presentation was conducted in Las Vegas at the Venetian Hotel on December 7th, 2018.
The presentation talks about the benefits of zero waste for organizations, walks ...
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Kendra Tupper - Chief Sustainability and Resilience Officer, City of Boulder from 2018-12-10T22:54:04
Kendra is a licensed Mechanical Engineer with over 15 years of experience in the corporate, nonprofit, and government sectors and is currently serving as the Chief Sustainability & Resilience Of...
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Saskia Feast - Carbon Offsets and Renewable Energy Markets from 2018-12-04T01:03:32
Saskia Feast is VP of Western Region at Natural Capital Partners. Saskia works with companies in the Western Region of North America to ensure they have access to the right mix of market-based s...
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Gary Liss - Zero Waste Planning Expert from 2018-11-27T05:00
Gary Liss has over 45 years of experience in the solid waste and recycling field. Mr. Liss is a leading advocate of Zero Waste and has helped more communities develop Zero Waste pl...
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Beth Vukmanic Lopez - Sustainability in Practice (SIP) Manager from 2018-11-20T05:00
Beth Vukmanic Lopez manages the Sustainability in Practice (SIP) certification program. Beth Vukmanic Lopez graduated from California Polytechnic State University with a Bachelors of Science in ...
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Michele Grossman - Sustainability Services Principal at Waste Management from 2018-11-13T05:00
Michele is a Managing Principal of Sustainability Services at Waste Management and has 20 years of experience in the environmental field helping customers obtain their sustainability objectives,...
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Julie Newman - Director of Sustainability at MIT from 2018-11-06T05:00
Dr. Julie Newman joined MIT as the Institute’s first Director of Sustainability in the summer of 2013. She has worked in the field of sustainable development and campus sustainability for twenty...
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Rick Anthony - Zero Waste Expert and Principal at Richard Anthony Associates from 2018-10-31T04:00
Richard V. Anthony began his career in Public Administration in 1971 as a manager of the California State University Long Beach Recycling Center. He received a MS in Public Administration in 19...
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Stephanie Barger - Director of Market Transformation and Development for TRUE Zero Waste from 2018-10-23T04:00
As director of market transformation & development for the TRUE Zero Waste certification, Stephanie Barger is responsible for the growth and development of the TRUE program. Barger helped launch...
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2018 AASHE Conference - Highlights and On-Site Interviews from 2018-10-16T04:00
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Meghan Fay Zahniser – AASHE Executive Director
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Vicki Bennett - Director of Sustainability at Salt Lake City from 2018-10-09T04:00
Vicki Bennett is the Sustainability Director for Salt Lake City, working with both city agencies and the public to create a more livable community. She holds a degree in Chemistry from the Unive...
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B Corp Spotlight: Sensiba San Filippo from 2018-10-04T04:00
Certified B Corps represent a new type of company. B corps are not only concerned about generating a profit, but also about making our world a better place by focusing on the positive social and...
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Flavia Tonioli - Sustainability Manager at the City of Miami Beach from 2018-10-02T04:00
Flavia Tonioli is the City of Miami Beach’s Sustainability Manager. In this role, Flavia leads the sustainability efforts at the City of Miami Beach with the goal of incorporating sustainability...
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Erik Distler - Director of Partnerships at Green Sports Alliance from 2018-09-25T04:00
2018 AASHE Conference - Interviews with AASHE Leadership from 2018-09-13T21:40:46
Expected to draw approximately 2,000 participants, the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE’s) annual conference is the largest stage in North America t...
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Josh Prigge - Founder and CEO of Sustridge from 2018-09-11T04:00
We are turning the tables on this episode of Sustainable Nation, and the podcast interviewer is becoming the interviewee. Josh Prigge was recently interviewed for an episode the S...
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Stacy Savage - Chief Operations Officer at Zero Waste Advocacy from 2018-09-04T04:00
Stacy Savage hails from the environmental nonprofit realm as a Statewide Program Director where she organized communities and legislative lobbying efforts to hold corporations and government acc...
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Debbie Rafael - Director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment from 2018-08-28T04:00
Debbie Raphael is the Director of the San Francisco Department of the Environment and believes that cities can take bold action to address environmental harm. A scientist by training and public ...
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Scott Breen - Associate Manager Sustainability and Circular Economy Program from 2018-08-23T04:00
Scott Breen is Associate Manager, Sustainability and Circular Economy Program with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation’s Corporate Citizenship Center. In this role, Scott helps to strategize...
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Michael Oshman - Founder and CEO of the Green Restaurant Association from 2018-08-21T04:00
Michael Oshman is the Founder and CEO of the Green Restaurant Association (GRA), a national non-profit organization formed in 1990 to shift the restaurant industry toward ecological sustainabili...
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Anne Kelly - Senior Director of Policy at Ceres from 2018-08-16T04:00
Anne L. Kelly is Senior Director of Policy at Ceres, a non-profit advocacy organization that seeks to mobilize investor and business leadership to build a more sustainable global econo...
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Barbara Buffaloe - Sustainability Manager at Columbia, Missouri from 2018-08-14T04:00
Barbara Buffaloe is the city’s first Sustainability Manager. In her role, she is responsible for integrating short- and long-term sustainable comprehensive action plans...
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Eric Nelson - Waste Reduction Manager at University of Kansas from 2018-08-09T04:00
Eric is the Waste Reduction manger at The University of Kansas. He handles administrative duties for KU Recycling as well as other issues on campus related to municipal solid waste such as coll...
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Jennifer Green - Sustainability Officer at Burlington, Vermont from 2018-08-07T03:30:30
Jennifer Green is Burlington, VT’s Sustainability Officer with duties that include oversight of the Climate Action Plan and work on Burlington’s transition to net-zero ...
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Suzanne Savanik Hansen - Sustainability Manager at Macalester College from 2018-08-02T04:00
Dr. Suzanne Savanick Hansen is the Sustainability Manager at Macalester College and teaches occasional courses for the Environmental Studies Program. She earned her PhD in conservation biology f...
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Joel Solomon - Author of The Clean Money Revolution from 2018-07-31T04:00
Joel Solomon chairs Renewal Funds, a $98m mission venture capital firm, investing in Organics and EnviroTech. He is Co-Producer of the RSF Social Finance “Integrated Capital Fellowship Program” ...
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Amanda King - Director of Sustainability at Bentley University from 2018-07-26T04:00
Amanda King serves as Bentley University’s Director of Sustainability and Special Advisor to President Gloria Larson. Ms. King oversees Bentley’s Office of Sustainability where she guides initia...
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PAC-12 Sustainability Conference Highlights (2018) from 2018-07-24T04:00
Highlights of the PAC-12 Sustainability Conference held at UC Boulder on July 12th 2018. This podcast episode includes presentations and interviews from:
Jamie Zaninovich – PAC-12...
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Kristina Joss - Head of North America Strategy for Salterbaxter from 2018-07-19T04:30
Kristina Joss is Head of Strategy, North America for the leading sustainability communications agency Salterbaxter, a specialist sustainability agency committed to help...
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Kristofor Lofgren - Founder and CEO of Sustainable Restaurant Group from 2018-07-17T04:30
Kristofor Lofgren is a founder, CEO, and investor based in Portland, Oregon. As a consummate creator, Kristofor views business as the ultimate platform to impact positive change in the world. Kr...
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Mick Dalrymple - Director of University Sustainability Practices at Arizona State University from 2018-07-12T04:30
Mick Dalrymple and the team at University Sustainability Practices help the Arizona State University community reach their ambitious internal sustainability goals. Mick is a seasoned leader, com...
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Pranav Jampani - Director of Sustainability at Las Vegas Sands Corp. from 2018-07-10T04:30
As Director of Sustainability at Las Vegas Sands Corp., Pranav Jampani is part of an all-star team of leaders and responsible for leading the Listen
Ann Erhardt - Chief Sustainability Officer at Michigan State University from 2018-07-05T04:30
Ann Erhardt is currently Chief Sustainability Officer for campus facilities and Director of Strategic Initiatives at Michigan State University.
After serving 4 years as Director of Campus...
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Erin Cooke - Sustainability Director at San Francisco International Airport from 2018-07-03T04:30
Erin’s career is focused on assessing how climate risks affect varied agencies and the publics they serve while building pathways to cut carbon and achieve resilient outcomes. Currently, she se...
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Ryan Honeyman - Author of The B Corp Handbook from 2018-06-28T04:30
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Jack McAneny - Director of Global Sustainability at Procter and Gamble from 2018-06-26T04:00
Jack McAneny, Director of Global Sustainability, has been with P&G for 20 years. During that time, he has had a variety of assignments in the Health, Safety & Environment and Technical External...
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PAC-12 Sustainability Conference and Sustainability in Sports from 2018-06-21T04:00
Today we have a special episode of Sustainable Nation. We're talking sustainability in sports and the PAC-12 Sustainability Conference. ...
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Joseph Brinkley - Director of Vineyards at Bonterra Organic Vineyards from 2018-06-19T04:00
Joseph’s contributions and expertise, including his extensive knowledge of Biodynamic preparations, contribute to ongoing excellence at Bonterra, purveyor of the nation’s leading wine from organ...
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Dr. Michael Lizotte - Sustainability Officer at UNC Charlotte from 2018-06-14T04:30
Dr. Michael Lizotte is Sustainability Officer at UNC Charlotte since 2013. He previously filled that role at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, where he was professor of ecology and helped st...
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Nils Moe - Managing Director of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network from 2018-06-12T04:30
Nils Moe currently serves as the Managing Director of the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN). In this role, Nils oversees the day-to-day operations of this rapidly evolving North Amer...
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Cindy Klein-Banai - Associate Chancellor for Sustainability at University of Illinois Chicago from 2018-06-07T04:30
Ten years ago, Dr. Cynthia Klein-Banai founded the UIC Office of Sustainability where her team promotes sustainability as part of our campus culture and enhances UIC’s mission of student success...
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Catherine Kummer - Senior Director for Green Innovation at NASCAR from 2018-06-05T04:30
As Senior Director of Green Innovation at NASCAR, Catherine directs development, adoption, and implementation of sustainability strategies across the number one sp...
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Sam Arons - Director of Sustainability at Lyft from 2018-05-31T04:30
As the Director fo Sustainability at Lyft, Sam Arons oversees the company's sustainability and climate impact efforts. Lyft was one of the Listen
Julien Gervreau - Director of Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines from 2018-05-29T04:30
Julien Gervreau is a Sonoma County, Calif. native whose career in the wine industry has spanned over 13 years. In his role as Director of Sustainability at Jackson Family Wines, Julien focuses o...
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Caroline Savage - Campus as Lab Manager at Princeton University from 2018-05-24T04:00
As Campus as Lab Manager, Caroline works at the campus-based intersection of operational, educational and research activities that result in the advancement of sustainability problem-solving. Sh...
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Luke Cartin - Environmental Sustainability Manager at Park City, Utah from 2018-05-22T04:00
Luke Cartin is the Environmental Sustainability Manager for Park City, Utah. He oversees Park City’s goals of achieving net-zero carbon and 100% renewable electricity for city operations by 202...
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Zoe Le Grand - Senior Strategist for the Net Positive Project at Forum for the Future from 2018-05-17T04:00
Zoe Le Grand is Principal Sustainability Strategist at Forum for the Future. Zoe specializes in providing high quality and stretching strategic sustainability advice to businesses and non-profit...
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Tod Christenson - Executive Director of the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable from 2018-05-15T04:00
As a consultant to private industry for more than 30 years, Tod partners with clients to develop and implement fit-for-purpose and innovative solutions to drive sustainability across the entire ...
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Chris Castro - Director of Sustainability for the City of Orlando from 2018-05-10T04:00
Chris is currently the Director of Sustainability and Co-chair of the Smart Cities initiative for Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer and the City of Orlando. In his role at the City, he works to develop c...
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Bruno Sarda - VP Sustainability at NRG Energy from 2018-05-08T04:00
Bruno Sarda is head of sustainability at NRG, one of the country’s leading power companies, where he leads the development and execution of company-wide sustainability strategy and initiatives. ...
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Bob Langert - Former VP Sustainability at McDonalds and Editor at Large at GreenBiz from 2018-05-03T04:00
Bob led the development of McDonald’s 2020 Sustainability Vision and Framework, including McDonald’s commitment to the environment, supply chain sustainability, and balanced menu choices. He re...
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Ian Tierney - Sustainability Lead at KYA Design Group from 2018-05-01T04:00
As Sustainability Lead at KYA Design Group, Ian Tierney is working to change the way Hawaii develops by incorporating sustainability principles into projects and actively volunteering on the USG...
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Jillian Buckholz - Director of Sustainability at Cal State East Bay from 2018-04-25T04:00
Dave Stangis - Chief Sustainability Officer at Campbell Soup Company from 2018-04-23T04:00
Dave Stangis is Vice President of Corporate Responsibility and Chief Sustainability Officer for the Campbell Soup Company. Dave created and now leads Campbell's Corporate Social Responsibility (...
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Hunter Lovins - President of Natural Capitalism Solutions and Co-author of Natural Capitalism from 2018-04-20T04:00
L. Hunter Lovins is an author and the President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS), a non-profit formed in 2002 in Longmont, CO. A renowned author and champion of sustainable de...
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Susan Hunt Stevens - Employee Engagement and Sustainability from 2018-04-18T04:00
Susan Hunt Stevens is the Founder/CEO of WeSpire, the leading employee engagement technology platform that forward-thinking global companies use to design, run and measure positive impact and su...
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Jamie Moore - Director of Sustainability and Sourcing at Eat'n Park from 2018-04-16T04:00
Jamie Moore is the Director of Sourcing and Sustainability at Eat'n Park Hospitality Group. Jamie quickly noticed a need to develop and maintain an innovative program that would separate Eat’n P...
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Shannon Pinc - Environment and Sustainability Coordinator at St. Louis Park, MN from 2018-04-13T04:00
Shannon Pinc is the Environment and Sustainability Coordinator for the City of St. Louis Park. Her interest in protecting natural resources led her to pursue an undergraduate degree in biology ...
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Michael Kobori - Vice President of Sustainability Levi Strauss&Co. from 2018-04-11T04:00
Michael Kobori has led sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co. since 2001. He developed and leads the company’s sustainability strategy, which includes integrating sustainability into all global fu...
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Allison Jordan - Executive Director of the California Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance from 2018-04-09T04:00
Allison Jordan is Vice President, Environmental Affairs for Wine Institute, a public policy association of nearly 1,000 California wineries and affiliated businesses. She also serves as Executiv...
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Dawn Rittenhouse - Director of Sustainability for DuPont from 2018-04-06T04:00
As the Director of Sustainability for DuPont, Dawn Rittenhouse is an industry leader on the intersection between business and the environment. As a key advisor and ambassador for DuPont, she gu...
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Chris Laszlo - Author of Embedded Sustainability and Flourishing Enterprise from 2018-04-04T04:00
Chris Laszlo, PhD is Professor of Organizational Behavior at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, where he leads the Quantum Leadership initiative, which conducts ...
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Matt St. Clair - Sustainability Leadership at the University of California from 2018-04-02T04:30
Matthew St.Clair is the first Director of Sustainability for the University of California Office of the President, leading sustainability efforts across the 10-campus UC system since 2004.
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Aly Khalifa - Circular Economy Design Expert from 2018-03-30T09:42:34
Aly Khalifa joins Sustainable Nation to discuss:
- Cradle to Cradle and the circular economy'
- Engineering and designing for a sustainable future Listen
Matt Lynch - System Sustainability Coordinator at University of Hawaii from 2018-03-28T04:00
Matt Lynch joins Sustainable Nation to discuss:
- Sustainability programs and initiatives at the University of Hawaii
- Hawaii's ambitious renewable energy future and UH's cont... Listen
Richard Heinberg - Author of The Party's Over and Post Carbon Institute Senior Fellow from 2018-03-26T04:30
Richard Heinberg is the author of thirteen award-winning books including The Party’s Ove...
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Cheri Chastain - Sustainability Manager at Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. from 2018-03-23T04:30
Cheri Chastain has been the Sustainability Manager for Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. since 2006 where she is responsible for educating employees on environmental issues and programs, maintaining and...
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Jackie Kozak Thiel - Chief Sustainability Officer at Fort Collins, CO from 2018-03-21T04:30
Jackie is the Chief Sustainability Officer for city of Fort Collins where she oversees the departments of environmental services, economic health, and social sustainability. Fort Collins has som...
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Bob Willard - The Business Case for Sustainability from 2018-03-19T04:30
Bob Willard is a leading expert on quantifying the business value of sustainability strategies. He has given over a thousand presentations, has authored six books, and provides extensive resourc...
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Nurit Katz - Chief Sustainability Officer at UCLA from 2018-03-16T03:30
Nurit Katz joins Sustainable Nation to discuss:
- Leading sustainability change in a large organization
- Updates on sustainability programs and research initiatives at UCLA Listen
Gil Friend - Chief Sustainability Officer, City of Palo Alto from 2018-03-14T03:30
Gil Friend, Chief Sustainability Officer at the City of Palo Alt, joins Sustainable Nation to discuss:
- Leading sustainability in silicon valley
- The role of... Listen
William McDonough - Father of the Circular Economy and Cradle-to-Cradle Design from 2018-03-12T04:30
William McDonough is one of the most influential sustainability thought-leaders and practitioners in the world. McDonough joins the Sustainable Nation Pod...
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Aurora Winslade - Director of Sustainability at Swarthmore College from 2018-03-03T23:10:50
Aurora Winslade, the Director of Sustainability at Swarthmore College, joins Sustainable Nation to discuss:
- Sustainability in higher education
- Swarthmore College's internal... Listen
Katie Wallace - CSR Program Manager at New Belgium Brewing Company from 2018-03-03T22:51:29
Katie Wallace, CSR Program Manager at New Belgium Brewing Company, joins Sustainable Nation to discuss:
- The history of sustainability leadership at New Belgium Brewing
- The ... Listen
Jay Coen Gilbert - Co-Founder of B Lab and the B Corp Movement from 2018-03-03T22:43:04
Jay Coen Gilbert joins Sustainable Nation to discuss:
- Creating and growing the B Corp movement
- Updates on the state of B Corp worldwide
- The importance of an inclus... Listen