The effects of climate change–from supply chain disruptions to real estate and infrastructure impacts–are expected to present trillions of dollars of direct and indirect impacts to businesses in coming years. With investors like BlackRock and Fidelity calling on corporations for increased disclosure of climate-related risks, climate change is increasingly on the radar of executives as […]
As part of Dow Chemical’s “Elements of Sustainability Series”, Professor Dan Vermeer discusses how methods of design thinking and scenario planning can be productively used to tackle perhaps the world’s most wicked problem: climate change. — RELATED ARTICLES: Business schools start preparing graduates for a world of climate risks Video: Katherine Neebe, Director of Sustainability, […]
NEWS RELEASE DURHAM, North Carolina—Feb. 26, 2018 Risks related to climate change are some of the most significant threats facing the global economy, according to the World Economic Forum, which recently released its Global Risks Report 2018. In a report that scans a spectrum of economic, environmental, geopolitical, societal, and technological risks, extreme weather events, […]
Katherine Neebe, Director of Sustainability at Walmart, discusses how sustainability drives business value for Walmart, why Walmart is acting on climate change, and why every MBA needs to be thinking about social and environmental risks to business 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
Duke University’s Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment will host the Winter meeting of the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development (USBCSD) on Jan. 11-12, 2017. Focused on the theme of “Making Markets, Moving Markets,” the meeting will bring together industry professionals and academics to explore the ways business can use market mechanisms […]
Kristen Sullivan, Deloitte Partner and Lead for Deloitte US’s Sustainability Reporting, Assurance & Compliance Services practice, discusses corporate sustainability reporting, why it matters to businesses and investors, and the hallmarks of best practice in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES: Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
Liza Schillo graduated from Duke’s business and environment MEM/MBA joint degree program in 2014. Now, she’s working as a Manager of Product Sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co. at their headquarters in San Francisco, allowing her to turn her lifelong passion for the environment into a career in sustainable business. In this Q&A, Liza reflects […]
Lisa Shpritz (Duke MEM ’97), Senior Vice President and Environmental Operations Executive with Bank of America, talks about the company’s sustainability goals and its results to date in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives
Dan Vermeer, Executive Director of the Center for Energy, Development, and the Global Environment (EDGE) and Associate Professor of the Practice at Fuqua School of Business discusses how leading companies should respond to the threat of climate change in a new video. Climate change trends present very real risks to companies, but as Vermeer sees […]