Gareth Burns, VP and Managing Director of Statoil Energy Ventures, discusses why the Norwegian oil and gas company is investing in renewable energy and electric vehicle charging infrastructure technologies in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
Dawn Rittenhouse, Director of Sustainable Development at DuPont, talks about growth opportunities, the business case for sustainability, and the challenge of scaling up best practices in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
The Forte Foundation, which encourages young women to enter into business careers, approached Fuqua and asked for help creating new content on corporate sustainability for its “Rising Stars” program for undergraduate women. Together, Fuqua and Forte created a new video titled “Sustainability: The Next Wave of Growth.” Duke student Amanda Bushell (MEM/MBA’18), EDGE Managing Director […]
Doug Parks, General Motors (GM)’s Vice President of Autonomous Technology and Vehicle Execution, talks about electric vehicles (EVs), self-driving (autonomous) cars, and GM’s vision of the transportation in the future in this EDGE Chats video, one of more than 40 video interviews with executives in the series. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos […]
by Paige Swofford, MEM/MBA’18 This article was written in response to a seminar given by Gareth Burns, Vice President and Managing Director of Statoil Energy Ventures, in an EDGE Seminar on Oct. 11, 2017 at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. This article voices one student’s perspective and does not necessarily represent the views of […]
Patrick Doherty, Co-Founder and President of Long Haul Capital Group and co-author of the book The New Grand Strategy: Restoring America’s Prosperity, Security and Sustainability in the 21st Century, talks about investing for a secure and sustainable future in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
by Shannon Griesser, MBA ’19 This article was written in response to a seminar given by Doug Parks, Vice President of Autonomous Technology and Vehicle Execution at General Motors (GM), in an EDGE Seminar on Nov. 1, 2017 at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. This article voices one student’s perspective and does not necessarily […]
A team from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business took the top prize in the 2017 Energy in Emerging Markets Case Competition, an annual event held at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. The team, which beat out 33 other teams from 19 schools to win a $10,000 prize, included students Karl Chan […]
When Mattox Hall graduated from Duke’s 3-year Master’s of Environmental Management/MBA joint degree program with a focus on Energy & Environment, he knew he wanted to work in the power sector. After weighing options, he decided to join the wind energy company Vestas in Portland, Oregon, where he now works in its Strategy & Market […]
Alumna Diana Rowe graduated from Fuqua in 2016 with a Daytime MBA and a Master’s of Environmental Management in Duke’s 3-year MEM/MBA joint degree program. She had a strong focus on energy while at Duke, including serving as Co-President of the MBA Energy Club and helping coordinate the school’s inaugural Energy in Emerging Markets Case […]