PwC’s Nick Shufro talks about environmental risk & mitigation

Which environmental risks pose the biggest threats to companies and how are firms thinking about mitigating climate risk? Fuqua professor Dan Vermeer discusses disaster risk mitigation and the R!SE Initiative with PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Nick Shufro in our latest EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives  

The Nature Conservancy’s Glenn Prickett discusses the value of nature with EDGE

Should we conserve nature for nature’s sake… or for ours?  The Nature Conservancy‘s Chief External Affairs Officer, Glenn Prickett, talks with EDGE executive director Dan Vermeer in this new EDGE Chats video about conservation strategies and TNC’s partnerships with business. — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives  

Kurt Kuehn, CFO of UPS, talks about sustainability

Do investors care about sustainability?  Kurt Kuehn, Chief Financial Officer at UPS and a member of the company’s Corporate Sustainability Steering Committee. Kurt speaks about sustainability as a leadership issue and shares why managing sustainability is “enlightened self interest” for a firm in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats […]

DuPont’s Chief Sustainability Officer discusses the evolution of corporate sustainability

Linda Fisher, Vice President of Safety, Health & Environment and Chief Sustainability Officer of DuPont, speaks about the evolution of corporate sustainability, environmental risk, and stakeholder engagement in this EDGE Chats video. — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives  

Energy expert Geoff Styles discusses market trends

In this EDGE Chats video, Geoff Styles, energy industry expert and managing director of GSW Strategy Group, LLC, speaks with EDGE executive director Dan Vermeer about the current market dynamics in the energy industry and the implications of falling oil prices for the energy sector. — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives […]

Pete Curtice, VP of Opower, speaks about changing consumers’ energy behaviors

Is cleantech a fad?  Pete Curtice (Duke MBA ’97), Vice President of Opower, talks about the Opower business model, consumer’s energy consumption, and what he sees for cleantech in the future in this EDGE Chats video.   — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives    

Cree’s VP of Corporate Marketing talks about LED lighting and “green” marketing

In this EDGE Chats video, Greg Merritt, Vice President of Corporate Marketing with LED lighting company Cree, speaks about technology and “green” marketing.     — RELATED ARTICLES Watch more EDGE Chats videos with executives