Mitch Jackson discusses sustainability at FedEx

Mitch Jackson, Vice President of Environmental Affairs and Sustainability at FedEx, talks with Duke University’s Dan Vermeer about implementing sustainability in a company as a large and complex as FedEx in this EDGE Chats video.  The biggest opportunities for sustainability, he says, lie in finding value-add ways to integrate it into the business strategy.   […]

Trends in the solar market: John Morrison, COO of Ecoplexus, shares insights

In this EDGE Chats video, John Morrison, Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the solar developer Ecoplexus, shares his perspective on the future of solar, including regulatory drivers, technology trends, and hurdles for the industry.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

AMD’s Director of Corporate Responsibility discusses sustainability trends and prominent issues

Tim Mohin (Duke MEM ’94), Director of Corporate Responsibility for Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and author of the book Changing Business from the Inside Out, shares his perspectives on corporate social responsibility (CSR), trending social and environmental issues, and why business should care about sustainability in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch […]

NextEra Energy Resources VP, Rebecca Kujawa, shares insights about energy trends & technologies

Rebecca Kujawa (Duke BA ’97), Vice President of Business Management for NextEra Energy Resources talks about trends in the power sector, the future of the electric utility, and policy developments to watch in our latest EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

Graham Sinclair discusses sustainable investing in new video

Investment advisor Graham Sinclair talks about the rise of “sustainable investment”–that is, investment that takes environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria into consideration in this EDGE Chats video.  Sinclair is Principal at SinCo LLC and has 20 years of experience in the global institutional investment field.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos […]

Designing better energy metrics for consumers

Rick Larrick, PhD, faculty director of EDGE and professor at Fuqua School of Business, talks about consumer energy metrics in the context of behavioral economics.  This seminar was presented to an audience of Duke University graduate students as part of the Duke University Energy Initiative’s “Energy Industry Fundamentals” series.   — RELATED ARTICLES: Rick Larrick […]

Duke University Energy Initiative director discusses energy market trends

What energy policy developments have the biggest potential to affect energy markets?  Richard Newell, Gendell Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and Director of the Duke University Energy Initiative, weighs in on global energy market dynamics, innovation opportunities, and policy developments on the horizon in this EDGE Chats interview.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more […]

EDGE Chats interview with John Buley discusses trends in energy finance

In this new EDGE Chats interview, professor John Buley talks about the fall of oil and gas prices, the rise of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) in energy finance, and his advice for pursuing careers in energy finance.  John is a retired investment banker and Professor of the Practice at Fuqua School of Business.  He teaches […]