Authors

Alan Bryden took up the post of ISO Secretary-General on 1 March 2003, after having served as director general of the French national standards body, AFNOR. He began his career in metrology, notably with the American National Bureau of Standards (today the National Institute of Standards and Technology) and has a strong background in the fields of quality and the rational use of energy. He was vice-president of the first Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (now the World Trade Organization).

Facilities Management ;Green Building;

Andrew Winston, founder of Winston Eco-Strategies, is the co-author of Green to Gold, the best-selling guide to what works and what doesn't when companies go green. He is an expert on green business, helping firm's use environmental thinking to drive growth and build stronger relationships with employees, customers and other stakeholders. His clients have included Bank of America, HP, PepsiCo and IKEA. Winston's early career included advising companies on corporate strategy while at Boston Consulting Group and management positions in strategy and marketing at Time Warner and MTV. He served as director of the Corporate Environmental Strategy Project at Yale’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Winston speaks to corporate audiences around the world about the benefits of going green. For these efforts, he was named a "Planet Defender" by Rock the Earth. He received a BA in economics from Princeton, an MBA from Columbia, and an MA in environmental management from Yale. He resides in Riverside, Conn. For more on his work, see www.andrewwinston.com.

Andrew Winston helps forward-thinking companies use environmental thinking to drive growth. He is the co-author of Green to Gold, which explores what works-and what doesn't-when companies go green.

Anna Wilson serves as the multimedia services marketing leader at Nortel, where, among other duties, she holds responsibility for the penetration of Telepresence into the global marketplace. Since joining Nortel in 1992, Anna has held roles throughout Human Resources, Information Technology and Sales Operations. Anna also lead the company's Unified Communications campaign throughout North America. Anna holds a Specialist Honors Degree in French Language and Linguistics. Anna is located in Nortel's Global Headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Anthony Campanelli is a senior manager in the Forensic & Dispute Services practice of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP and is an experienced practitioner in issues related to U.S. GAAP and SEC matters. He has extensive knowledge performing corporate fraud investigations, securities litigation, and other litigation support engagements within several industries, including technology, leisure, and consumer business industries

Sustainable Enterprise;Transportation & Travel;

Bill Birchard is a journalist, book consultant and author based in Amherst, N.H., writing on manage­ment, the environment and social responsibility. His most recent book is Nature’s Keepers (Jossey-Bass, 2005), the story of the Nature Conservancy, the largest environmental group in the world. His articles have appeared in CFO, Fast Company, Chief Executive, and strategy+business.

Bob Willard is a leading expert on the business value of corporate sustainability strategies and in the last five years has given hundreds of keynote presentations to corporations, governments, academics, and NGOs. He applies business and leadership development experience from his thirty-four year career at IBM to engage the business community in proactively avoiding risks and capturing opportunities associated with sustainability issues. Bob is the author of The Sustainability Advantage and The Next Sustainability Wave.

Chris Deri is the Executive Vice President and New York Director of Global CSR Practice at Edelman, providing counsel and support around communications strategy and programming, issues management, public affairs, CSR reporting, management training, public-private partnerships and stakeholder engagement. Select key clients include: Starbucks, Avaya, Merck, AIG and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative. Before joining Edelman, Chris served as Vice President Al Gore's Regional Business Outreach & Finance Director in the Northeast for three years.

Christine McEntee is the executive vice president/CEO of the American Institute of Architects. Prior to the AIA, she served seven years as CEO of the American College of Cardiology (ACC), where she distinguished herself as a leader for organizations facing increasingly complex and changing environments.

Christopher Flavin is president of the Worldwatch Institute and co-author of Power Surge: Guide to the Coming Energy Revolution

Dan Reicher is director of climate and energy initiatives at Google.org. He is the former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and former Co-Chair of the U.S. Biomass Research and Development Board, member of the U.S. Delegation to the Climate Change Negotiations, and member of the board of the government-industry Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles.

David Comarow is a patent attorney and former faculty member of the College of Southern Nevada, where he established the Solar Energy Technology Training Program and the Center for Appropriate Technology in 1976. He holds a BS in biology from State University of New York, Albany, an MS from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in urban and environmental studies, and a juris doctorate from California Western School of Law

David Williams is founder and CEO of Impact Development Training Group, an international Learning and Development organization that has embraced the concept of sustainable enterprise internally and as part of their business proposition.

Dedee DeLongpre-Johnston, MBA, is director of the Office of Sustainability at the University of Florida. The office strives to make the university a model of sustainability through the integration of ecological restoration, economic development, and social equity

Green IT;Marketing & Communications;Travel;

Diana founded Clownfish six years ago with the vision of creating an innovative brand and communications consultancy that is committed to socially and environmentally responsible business transformation and implementation. The combination of a deep understanding of brands, consumers and environmental, social and ethical issues allow Clownfish to help organisations build future proof brands.

Mike Stevens began his career as technical writer in semiconductor manufacturing, and then switched to marketing. At his own Silicon Valley-based Dmitry Shesterin is Faronics' Vice President of Marketing. His previous experience includes working for Siemens and Seiko EPSON. Dmitry has taken a strong interest in green business practices after seeing how much of an effect our daily practices have on the environment. As a result, Dmitry assembled a Carbon Neutrality Task Force at Faronics which he also co-chairs. Through the efforts of the CNTF, Faronics has become a carbon neutral company as of 2009.

Doug Gatlin is vice president for market development at the U.S. Green Building Council, overseeing the family of LEED rating systems in all major commercial market segments, and managing overall cus­tomer relations for LEED and the council's new pilot initiative, the Portfolio Program. He has 16 years' experience in energy and environmental policy and has worked on climate change response strategies and voluntary pollution prevention programs.

Doug Gatlin is vice president of market development with the U.S. Green Building Council.

Dr. Joseph Romm is executive director of the Center for Energy and Climate Solutions a one-stop shop that helps businesses and government agencies adopt high-leverage strategies for saving energy and cutting pollution. He is the author of Cool Companies: How the Best Businesses Boost Profits and Productivity. He served as acting assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in 1997 and principal deputy assistant secretary from 1995 though 1998. Joseph holds a Ph.D. in physics from M.I.T., and is on the board of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).

Dustin J. Knutson works for NREL as an energy savings performance contract analyst in the Strategic Energy Analysis & Applications Center (SEAAC) in Golden, Colorado. His background is in energy and resource conservation management.

Corporate Social Responsibility;Marketing & Communications;

For more than ten years, Georges Dyer has been engaged in solutions-based, business-driven, whole-system approaches to sustainable development. He is a partner at Aedi Group and Aedi Consulting, a senior fellow at Second Nature, and a trustee of Stratleade Sustainability Education. Michelle McKay is a partner at Aedi Group and Aedi Consulting with more than ten years of experience in management consulting and project management, specializing in transformational change and sustainability. She is a member of the Green Advisory Council for Insight Real Estate's green real estate investment trust, a senior fellow at Second Nature and an expert advisor for the Green Schools Alliance.

Georges Dyer, Partner For over ten years, Georges has been engaged in solutions-based, business-driven, and whole-system approaches to sustainable development. He is a founder of Greenland Enterprises, a consultancy specializing in strategic leadership towards sustainability for accelerating the role businesses and other organizations play in sustainable development. For two years Georges was the Head of Market Intelligence for the Institutional Equities Group at LaBranche Financial Services in New York, where he was an NASD Series 86/87 licensed analyst. Prior to Wall Street, he was engaged with private equity deals working with eco-efficiency start-up companies and on residential and commercial real estate projects. He has worked with design-build firms on four residential green building projects in Vermont and Colorado, and is certified in Permaculture design. Georges’ master’s thesis research focused on carbon reduction projects under the Kyoto Protocol and EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and he presented results at the 2006 Make Markets Work for Climate conference in Amsterdam. Georges is also a Senior Fellow at Second Nature, and a Trustee of Stratleade Sustainability Education. He holds a Master of Strategic Leadership toward Sustainability from Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden, and a B.A. in History and Environmental Studies from Dartmouth College. He is a member of SoL, The Society for Organizational Learning, participating actively in the SoL Sustainability Consortium’s Carbon Commons working group.

Gil Friend is president and CEO of Natural Logic, a leading sustainability consulting firm. Benjamin Privitt, operations manager at Natural Logic, also contributed to this article.

Greg Drysdale is co-founder and vice president of operations with ALTEN Energy Solutions. Greg grew up in the Canadian prairies and he has fond memories of developing make-shift wind turbines to power the family farm. He is a hands-on electrician with over thirty years of experience and is an inventor of patented electricity conservation technology. Greg has held senior management and consulting positions with companies like Siemens, Schneider Electric, EPCOR and Xantrex.

Cap and Trade;Corporate Governance & Compliance;

Jade Lee is the president of Supply-Chain Services, Inc. (SSI) of Lombard, Ill., which describes itself as “the best-in-class leader in the electronic recycling and reverse logistics in­dustry.” SSI provides a single-source reverse supply-chain solution for corporate customers. After receiving an MBA from Northwestern University, Lee worked over ten years at Baxter Healthcare International in sales and marketing management. Under her leader­ship, SSI has transformed into a value partner, deliver­ing integrated solutions in the entire reverse supply-chain arena. She is an author and a board member of the Inter­national Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER).

James Tansey is the chair in business ethics at the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics and the Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia. He is also a co-founder of www.offsetters.ca, a socially driven organization devoted to the development of high-quality, cost-effective greenhouse gas management solutions.

Jay Carlis is marketing director at Community Energy. He has over five years experience in energy and climate policy. Carlis earned an MBA in marketing and sustainable enterprise from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jesco d'Alquen is CEO of tradeslot, a technology company in Melbourne, Australia that creates optimization and allocation platforms for carbon and other commodities in cooperation with a network of international thought leaders in strategy, market design, and auction theory. The company has won a series of U.S. and Australian patents.

Christopher Park joined Deloitte in 1994 and was admitted to the partnership in 2000. He leads the firm's enterprise sustainability market offering oriented toward improving environmental and social performance of clients. He is a registered architect by training, and in his consulting career with Deloitte has served clients in the life sciences, health-care provider, manufacturing, higher education, financial services and retail industry spaces. Jessica Bier is a director with Deloitte Consulting LLP in the human capital service area. She serves on the Enterprise Sustainability Leadership Team, where she is building Deloitte's capabilities to provide services designed to help companies in their efforts to address the people components of sustainability initiatives, including green buildings, communications and employee engagement. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School. David Linich is a senior manager with Deloitte Consulting LLP where he focuses on sustainability, corporate responsibility and climate change strategies and program development for his clients. Linich is also certified as a master black belt and leads the Lean Six Sigma training and certifications programs for Deloitte globally.

John Spurway is controller for Atlantic Hydrogen Inc. and draws on more than twenty years of experience with various companies in Atlantic Canada.

Joseph Pallant is principal and founder of Carbon Project Solutions. His expertise is in developing climate change projects and managing company interactions with the carbon market. Recent work includes authoring carbon offset project methodologies and designing climate change business strategy.

Josh Margolis is co-chief executive officer of CantorCO2e and is based in San Francisco.

Kathryn Pavlovsky is a Principal at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP's Houston office and leads Deloitte's Enterprise Sustainability practices nationally.She focuses on Environmental and Social Sustainability risk and opportunity management where she conducts prioritization assessments, cost-benefit analyses and advises on Sustainability strategy development and management system implementation. Kathryn has also led investigations, supported response to Shareholder resolutions and has developed programs to manage Sustainability-related communications. She has assessed environmental controls in conjunction with Sarbanes-Oxley readiness requirements and environmental liabilities and disclosures for financial reporting and due diligence purposes, and has conducted Environmental, Health & Safety and Sustainability frameworks analyses for the purpose of identifying performance and efficiency opportunities. Additionally, Kathryn has been involved in factoring social, environmental, and economic factors into business strategies and performance measurement systems.

Kofi Gamor, a senior manager at BearingPoint, leads the Public Sector focus on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and co-leads the Green Asset Management initiative within the Real Estate & Capital Asset Solutions (RECAS) team. His career began at IBM and he’s also worked for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Kofi Gamor, a senior manager at BearingPoint, leads the Public Sector focus on Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) within the Real Estate & Capital Asset Solutions (RECAS) team. While his professional career began at IBM, he has worked as a Management and Technology consultant for Booz Allen Hamilton, and has 20+ years of Architecture/Interior Architecture and Facility Management experience. Mr. Gamor has led numerous projects involving the design, integration, management, and use of various CAD, CAFM, CMMS, EAM, and IWMS applications. Mr. Gamor earned a Bachelor of Architecture and a B.S., Environmental and Urban Design, both from Ball State University, and a MBA from American University

Kyle Cahill is the director of corporate engagement of the Environmental Defense Fund(EDF). He collaborates with the private sector to advance corporate environmental performance in areas including climate change strategies, safer products and materials, clean vehicles, and paper and packaging. He has produced significant research and analysis on the reputational impacts of green initiatives. The EDF is a nonprofit environmental organization that links science, economics, law and innovative partnerships to create breakthrough solutions to pressing environmental problems. EDF has a 20-year track record of success partnering with business to create significant environmental and business improvements.

L. Hunter Lovins is the president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions and co-creator of the Natural Capitalism concept. In 1982 she co-founded Rocky Mountain Institute and led that organization as its CEO for Strategy until 2002. In 2001, Lovins was named one of four people from North America to serve as a delegate to the United Nations Prep Conference for Europe and North America for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Lovins has co-authored eleven books and dozens of papers, and was featured in the award-winning film, Lovins On the Soft Path. Trained as a lawyer (JD, Loyola University School of Law, Los Angeles), Lovins has managed international nonprofits, and created several corporations. She is currently professor of Business at Presidio School of Management, one of the first accredited MBA programs in Sustainable Management. In 2000 she was named a "Hero for the Planet" by Time Magazine.

Corporate Social Responsibility;Marketing & Communications;Purchasing;

Mark Layton is the global leader for Deloitte's Enterprise Risk Services practice and vice chairman of the Audit practice. He is the global leader of the firm's regulatory, including Sarbanes-Oxley, governance and risk management advisory and consulting practices. Layton has more than 35 years of business and leadership experience, including a number of global marketplace and client roles. Eric Hespenheide serves as Deloitte's CR&S global leader. He leads marketplace research and global coordination while assisting clients address complex challenges with sustainability programs. He also represents Deloitte as an organizational stakeholder with the Global Reporting Initiative and has presented CR&S topics at numerous conferences.

Marsha Willard is CEOof AXIS Performance Advisors, Inc., co-author of The Business Guide to Sustainability and a faculty member of both the Bainbridge Graduate Institute and the University of Oregon. She is also the Executive Director of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals.

Marsha Willard and Darcy Hitchcock are co-authors of "The Business Guide to Sustainability" and "The Step-by-Step Guide to Sustainability Planning," published by Earthscan. Both are faculty membersof the Bainbridge Graduate Institute and serve on the executive team of the International Society of Sustainability Professionals.

Matt Kistler is the senior vice president of sustainability at Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. He leads the office responsible for Wal-Mart's global environmental sustainability strategy. Prior to joining Wal-Mart, Matt held management positions with General Foods, Oscar Mayer and Kraft Foods.

Maura Dilley holds a Master’s of Science in Strategic Leadership towards Sustainability. She is an expert in organizational development for sustainability based in New York City. Water is one of Maura’s many passions; she conducted her master’s thesis research on the development of organizational tools for Sustainable Water Resource Management within the European Union. She is also an active contributor to the emerging fields of sustainable lifestyles and sustainable food systems. Maura can be reached at mauradilley [at] gmail [dot] com Dermot Hikisch has worked in SMEs and corporations for over ten years. He holds a Master’s of Science in Strategic Sustainability. Dermot was the lead author on the Water and Business report from Ethical Corporation Research Institute, released in December. He specializes in mitigation strategies for unsustainable business practices and the accurate valuation of ecosystem services. Dermot is currently engaged in carbon management practices and benchmarking companies on climate change performance in Edinburgh, Scotland. Dermot can be reached at dermco [at] gmail [dot] com

Mike Lawrence, an Emmy-award winning former journalist, serves as Cone's Chief Reputation Officer and Executive Vice President. As CRO, Mike is responsible for leadership on reputational issues arising from client business across agency practice areas, as well as for providing direction on such issues for Cone itself. As EVP, Mike leads Cone’s Crisis Prevention and Management team, helps set strategy and direction for the Corporate Responsibility discipline and serves as a member of the agency’s senior leadership group. Over the past 12 years, Mike has worked on communications, CR and reputational issues with a range of corporations, including Starbucks, Timberland, Mattel, CVS Caremark, Whole Foods Market and Ben & Jerry’s.

Facilities Management ;Information Technology;

Mory M. Ghomshei is a professor of energy resources and systems at the University of British Columbia -- Norman B. Keevil, Institute of Mining Engineering. He is recognized internationally as a geothermal expert, and has participated in exploration and development of several geothermal fields around the world including Coso in California, Meager Creek in British Columbia, Mt. Sabalan in Iran and Mt. Labo in the Philippines. He holds a Ph.D in engineering (geothermics) and is a registered professional engineer and geoscientist. Dr. Ghomshei is also co-author of Application of Fuzzy Logic in Environmental Risk Assessment: Some Thoughts on Fuzzy Sets.

Nancy Wertheim consults with the senior management of Deloitte's clients and is a sought-after speaker for her insights on tax topics affecting the retail industry. Based in the company's Boston office, she serves on tax advisory boards and represents some of the world's most innovative and successful retailers. She is the editor of Deloitte Tax's "First to Mind Tax Alert," an external thought-leadership newsletter that won Accounting Today's prestigious "Gold Medal Award for Outstanding Client Service."

Marketing & Communications;Purchasing;Supply Chain Management;

Nick Smith has more than fifteen years of publishing experience and he has consulted for several publishing groups over the last three years on topics of sales, marketing, distribution, and process. In 2007, Smith accepted the challenge of leading Kyoto Planet Publishing. Prior to that, Smith founded and served as CEO of Montgomery Media International in 2002. This new media company addressed new markets such as Internet advertising with innovative design, content, and distribution models. In 1996, Smith was involved in the founding of a thought-leadership publishing company in San Francisco, California. As publisher, he established and managed relationships with companies, including Accenture, IBM, Microsoft, and Intel.

Nicola Acutt, PhD, is a faculty member and director of curriculum development at the Presidio School of Management. Nicola has worked as a consultant to the South African government on natural resource policy and coastal management. She is a frequent guest lecturer on sustainable business at UC Berkeley.

Paul Dickinson co-founded the Carbon Disclosure Project in 2000 with the aim of engaging the investment and corporate communities to work together to tackle issues of climate change. He is an author and the founder of EyeNetwork, a video-conferencing system. Dickinson has conducted research into how increased use of video conferencing can be incorporated into business strategy.

Paul Todd Merrill, PE LEED AP, is the director of sustainable construction with Clayco, a real estate, architecture and engineering, design-build and construction firm. Paul specializes in green building practices within Clayco and leads training to clients, subcontractors, and employees of Clayco.

Paul von Paumgartten, director of energy and environmental affairs for Johnson Controls, Inc., has spent the past 25 years championing efficient building operations. He is a founding member of the Alli­ance for Sustainable Built Environments, a group of building industry leaders who promote sustainability through education, innovation and practice. He is on the board of the U.S. Green Building Council and was an active leader on the initial LEED EB Committee.

Peter Breitstone is the CEO of Aon Environmental Services Group, the premier global environmental risk advisor and insurance broker. Mr. Breitstone is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Aon's Environmental and related Professional Liability product offerings.

Peter Capozucca is a principal and Michael Daher is a manager in Deloitte Consulting LLP's New York office. Kathryn Pavlovsky is a principal in Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP's Houston office.

Rese Fox is a member of the Real Estate Consulting practice of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP. A LEED Accredited Professional, Fox is a member of the US Green Building Council and its Houston chapter. She is an Appraiser Trainee by authorization of Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board.

Robert Aldrich is senior manager of Data Center Solutions with Cisco. He recently joined Cisco after spending ten years in facilities design, deployment, and management. He has architected the power and cooling design of more than twenty enterprise-class data centers in North America and the Asia Pacific region. His current role at Cisco involves working with Cisco IT and the Data Center product engineering teams to help drive Cisco's sponsorship of the Clinton Global Initiative and participation in the Green Grid.

Stephen Stokes is vice president of climate change and business at AMR Research. He earned his MS in earth sciences from the University of Wai­kato , New Zealand, his MBA from the University of Auckland , New Zealand, and his doctorate from the University of Oxford, England. He researched, consulted and taught at Oxford on environment change and management.

Steve Chadima is executive vice president of external affairs at Suntech Energy Solutions, a California-based integrator of commercial solar systems. He is also chairman of the Solar Alliance, an association of 30 leading PV manufacturers, installers and financiers working with the states to adopt cost-effective solar programs and policies.

Steve Rochlin is the head of AccountAbility North America. AccountAbility's mission is to advance innovations in accountability that promote sustainable development. The international nonprofit organization works with partners in business, the public sector and civil society to develop new thinking,tools and connections enabling individuals,institutions and alliances to respond better to global challenges. The author wishes to thank his colleagues at AccountAbility who contributed, including Joe Sellwood, Aris Vrettos, Guy Morgan and Nina Inamahoro. The views expressed are those of AccountAbility alone.

Taylor Wilkerson is a research fellow with LMI, a government consulting firm in McLean, Va., and has been a part of the LMI Supply Chain Management Program. He is an author and has been an environmental consultant focusing on air quality engineering.

Maya Ramaswamy is an intern at LMI working in the Supply Chain Management Program and is a student at Rochester Institute of Technology.

Taylor Wilkerson is a research fellow with LMI, a government consulting firm in McLean, VA. Taylor has been a part of the LMI Supply Chain Management Program for seven years. Prior to joining LMI, he worked as an environmental consultant focusing on air-quality engineering. He has a Bachelor of Engineering from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from the R.H. Smith School at the University of Maryland. He is also a member of the Supply Chain Council's Aerospace and Defense Special Interest Group Steering Committee. Taylor is the co-author of GreenSCOR: Developing a Green Supply Chain Analytical Tool, author of Can One Green Deliver Another, and a contributing author to the Air Quality Handbook.

Information Technology;

Tim Cole is director of environmental initiatives and product development for Forbo Flooring Systems North America.

Toby Reid is a technology development and marketing specialist, and former retail advisor at RBC Dominion Securities. As the founder of Sole Gear Design Inc. and investor relations officer for Naturally Advanced Technologies Inc., he is involved in technology development and marketing in the Advanced Materials sector of the Clean Technology Industry. Reid holds a B. Comm. from Dalhousie University.

Tom Bowman is president of Bowman Design Group in Signal Hill, Calif. Bowman designs and produces energy and climate science exhibitions for utility companies, the National Academy of Sciences, and Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He contributed to NOAA's climate education standards, writes for professional journals and offers programs on sustainable business practices. Bowman Design Group also designs educational and marketing media.

Corporate Social Responsibility;Waste Management & Recycling;

Supply Chain Management;Sustainable Enterprise;Transportation & Travel;

Wayne Rifer is manager of EPEAT Operations for the Green Electronics Council. He participated as a negotiator in the national negotiation called NEPSI to design a funding system to recycle discarded electronic products. He initiated and managed the stakeholder process to develop EPEAT (Electronics Product Environmental Assessment Tool), a procurement tool for environmentally preferable electronics (www.epeat.net).

Wilson Korol is the global corporate social responsibility analyst for Nortel. He works on corporate environmental and social issues, providing strategic guidance and implementing policies. He holds master's degrees from Duke University in both public policy and environmental management.

Supply Chain Management;