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Sustainability Practice Network: 2008-9 Meeting Program
September 16, 2008
A Crisis in Confidence
October 22, 2008
Energy, Environment and the Election
November 18, 2008
Market Transformation and Sustainability
January 20, 2009
High Performance Design - the Next Generation
February 10, 2009
Sustainable Living - Personal Responsibility and the Planet
March 17, 2009
The Economic Recovery Act and a Sustainable Economy
April 21, 2009
PlaNYC 2030: Progress and Lessons Learned
May 19, 2009
The Revolution in Environmental Finance
June 23, 2009
Innovative Business Models for Sustainable Value Creation
September 16, 2008, 6-8 pm
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A Crisis in Confidence
ESG Risk, the Financial Downturn, and the Recovery
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Venue: Citigroup Smith Barney Executive Conference Room
345 Park Ave. 21st Floor, New York, NY
Panelists: Allan Sloan, Sr. Editor at Large, Fortune Magazine; Greg Larkin, Sr. Analyst Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Sean Egan, President Egan-Jones Rating Agency
Moderator: Amy Scott, New York Bureau Chief, Marketplace - American Public Media
During the past 15 months financial markets have transformed in ways that few imagined possible. Oil has hit $147/barrel. A massive wave of consumer insolvency has brought Bear Stearns, Citibank, UBS, and Lehman Brothers
to their knees. And an impending wave of environmental regulation has caused the coal power deal pipeline to contract from 172 projects in planning in 2006 to 15 today. Issues like responsible lending, energy efficiency
and carbon management which have historically been treated as peripheral matters of ethics are now determining whether companies
survive or fail.
Trust - the most crucial lubricant of the capital markets - has evaporated. Investors don't trust bank's estimates of how much debt consumers can sustain, nor do they trust that auto companies will remain viable while energy is expensive and volatile.
Prior to now Standard and Poor's, and Moody's ratings were widely accepted. That is no longer the case. Investors have also lost faith in the government's ability to act as an effective regulator. Emitting 72 million tons of CO2 annually may damage the environment, but it is currently legal. Lending $400,000 to someone with no assets, no income and $60k in credit card debt may have been imprudent, but it has been and still is within the law.
The question is what needs to happen to restore confidence? Finding the answer to that question entails a realistic assessment of where we currently are and what is needed to navigate this new financial landscape. This panel will examine the origins of the current state of market conditions and will propose ways that enacting sustainability principles can help to restore confidence and stability.
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October 22, 2008, 6-8 pm
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Energy, Environment and the Election
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Venue: NYU Law School - Vanderbilt Hall, Room 206 (40 Washington Square South)
Panelists: Daniel Abbasi, MissionPoint Capital Partners (Obama Campaign Representative),
Joshua Klainberg, NYC Deputy Director, League of Conservation Voters,
John Neffinger, Harvard's Kennedy School of Government
Moderator: Dr. Michael Levi, Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations
Regardless of who prevails in the November 4th election, the next President is expected to have the opportunity to refocus and redirect policies related to energy, climate change, the environment,
education, and the economy. Election season sound bites focus on their opinions on offshore drilling and gas tax holidays, but the greater impact will come through legislation.
As we near the election, this panel will examine important proposed and impending legislation, and each candidate's stance on key environmental and social policies.
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November 18, 2008, 6-8 pm
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Market Transformation and Sustainability
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Venue: Smith Barney 345 Park Avenue New York NY
Panelists: Jonathan Diorio, Vice President, DWS Investments;
William McInerney, Partner, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft
Moderator: Michael Gresty, President, Kinetix
The leading barrier to sustainability is market failure. When proper prices are not attached to shared natural resources, these can be treated as free inputs for production or unrestrained consumption-a classic case of
tragedy of the commons. When the resources are clean air and access to water, the effects can be felt on a global scale, requiring innovative approaches that go beyond national regulations. The Kyoto Protocol, ratified by
more than 170 countries (one notable exception being the United States), highlights the necessity of market transformation by promoting market mechanisms, such as carbon trading, to reduce green house gasses worldwide.
For non-compliant factories, is zero-tolerance the best answer, or is cooperative remediation better? What role can long-term partnerships play in solving supply-chain issues, or preventing them before they happen?
The panel will consider whether, overall, corporations have truly created sustainable improvements in their supply chains.
 Investing in Climate Change
14.6Mb Powerpoint download
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January 20, 2009, 6-8 pm
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High Performance Design - the Next Generation
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Venue: USGBC NY - Alexander Hamilton Custom House, One Bowling Green NY, NY 10014
Panelists: Fiona Cousins, Principal, Arup; Matthew Herman, Buro Happold; Claire Miflin, Kiss + Cathcart; Anthony Pereira, President, Alternative Power.
Moderator: Michael Gresty, President, Kinetix [business ecology]
The trend in high performance design now positions LEED as the minimum standard for buildings. The next generation of high performanc buildings will aim to be carbon neutral, achieve net zero energy, zero water, and zero waste. Enabled by advanced engineering, material ingenuity, lower costs for dynamic modeling software, 3D imaging and 3D fabrication, advanced green buildings are already changing the markets. This panel of experts in architectural design, engineering, and renewable energy will explore the future of high performance design, including innovations such as distributed energy generation and highly adaptable infrastructure.
 Panelist Biographies
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Fiona Cousins
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 Matthew Herman
4.1MB PDF download
Claire Miflin
12 MB PDF download
Anthony Pereira
4.6Mb PDF download
February 10, 2009, 6-8 pm
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Sustainable Living - Personal Responsibility and the Planet
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Venue: NYU Center for Global Affairs Woolworth Building
15 Barclay Street (Enter on Barclay Street)
New York, NY
(Please present ID at Ground Floor Reception.)
Subways - 2,3 at Park Place 4,5,6 at City Hall
Panelists: Colin Beavan, Steven Greenberg
Moderator: Steve Godeke, Principal, Godeke Consulting
Panel Description:
This panel will focus on the actions which every individual can take to make a difference in impacting global environmental challenges such as climate change. The challenge of creating a sustainable world has often been framed as an engineering problem which can be addressed with proper technology or as an issue of economic incentives and market pricing. Governmental regulations are developed through a public policy process which should represent and balance the needs of all stakeholders. While these top-down approaches are necessary and important, are they sufficient to bring about change at the scale needed to save our planet? How can we think about the connection between our actions as individuals, families and communities and the global issues of sustainability? What role can ethics and faith play in making this connection?
Panelists:
Colin Beavan aka No Impact Man (http://noimpactman.typepad.com/) describes himself as a 'guilty liberal that finally snaps, swears off plastic and goes organic.' Colin is a non-fiction writer and internet blogger noted for recording his family's attempt to live a zero impact lifestyle in New York City for one year. The rules of the experiment included producing no trash other than compost, purchasing no goods except for food grown within a 250-mile radius, using no carbon-based transportation, and using no paper products. A documentary film about Colin and his family was screened earlier this year at the Sundance Festival. Colin is also the author of Operation Jedburgh: D-Day and America's First Shadow War (Viking, 2006) and Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and the Murder Case that Launched Forensic Science (Hyperion, 2001). His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire, Mens' Journal, Mens' Health, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and many other national magazines. Colin has appeared on NPR's All Things Considered, The Kojo Nnamdi Show, Talk of the Nation, and many other nationally syndicated NPR and commercial radio shows. He lives in New York City with his wife Michelle Conlin, the accomplished BusinessWeek writer and editor, and their daughter, Isabella.
Rabbi Steven Greenberg is an award-winning author and noted teacher. He is a Senior Teaching Fellow at the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (CLAL), a think tank, leadership training institute and resource center based in New York City. He received his B.A. in Philosophy from Yeshiva University and his rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. Since 1985 Rabbi Greenberg has served at the CLAC and conducted hundreds of programs for communal lay and professional leaders of Jewish Federations, synagogues and philanthropic institutions in over fifty cities in North America. Rabbi Greenberg isn't afraid of a challenge. He has broken boundaries and led the fight to make Orthodox Judaism more open and inclusive and accepting of homosexual members. Steve was featured in the acclaimed 2001 film Trembling Before G-d, about Orthodox gay Jews, and has appeared in over 500 post-screening community dialogues throughout the world. In 1996, Rabbi Greenberg was recognized as a master educator and was awarded a prestigious Jerusalem Fellowship which provided him two years in Jerusalem to study educational policy issues and to research the biblical and rabbinic attitudes towards sexuality. Steven is currently a Scholar-in-Residence at Hazon, an organization which works to create a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community, s a step towards a healthier and more sustainable world for all. Hazon looks at food through the double prism of Jewish tradition and contemporary life. Hazon's work includes Community-Supported Agriculture programs in the American Jewish community, as well as educational curricula, work in schools, an annual conference and a blog.
Moderator:
Steven Godeke, Principal, Godeke Consulting. Steven is an independent investment advisor who works with foundations, corporations, and non-profit organizations to integrate their financial and philanthropic goals. Steven advises his clients on the creation and execution of mission-related investment strategies across asset classes and program areas. His services include due diligence, negotiation, and documentation of mission-related investments, mission-related investment manager searches, and portfolio performance measurement. Steven is an adjunct professor at New York University's Center for Global Affairs where he currently teaches a course in Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship. Prior to establishing his own firm, Steven worked for twelve years in corporate and project finance with Deutsche Bank where he structured debt and equity products and advised corporate clients in the telecommunications, media, real estate and natural resources industries. Steven grew up on a family farm in Southern Indiana, and attended Purdue University where he received a B.S. in Management and a B.A. in German. He studied as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cologne and earned an M.P.A. from Harvard University.
March 17, 2009, 6-8 pm
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The Economic Recovery Act and a Sustainable Economy
Co-host: The Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee of the New York City Bar Association
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Venue: New York City Bar Association - Meeting Hall
42 West 44 Street, New York, NY 10036
Panelists: Miquela Craytor, Executive Director, Sustainable South Bronx; Lindsay Robbins Rozan, NYSERDA; Harry Charalambides, Sr. Project Manager, NYC Economic Development Corp.; Ernest Tollerson, Director, Policy and Media Relations, Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Mijin Cha, Urban Agenda
Moderator: Bonnie Hulkower, Writer TreeHugger.com
This panel will analyze President Obama's proposed stimulus bill through a sustainability lens followed by a deeper discussion on the role of policy to foster a more sustainable economy. In particular the discussion will focus on balancing the immediate needs of the economy and the long-term timeframe of sustainability. For example, groups such as Sustainable South Bronx, NYC Economic Development Corp., NYSERDA, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and Apollo Alliance are working towards creating jobs while advancing the goals of sustainability.
April 21, 2009, 6-8 pm
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PlaNYC 2030: Progress and Lessons Learned
Co-host: NYU Social Enterprise Alliance
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Venue: NYU Stern School of Business Henry Kaufman Management Center, 44 West 4th Street (at Greene Street) - Gardner Commons on the 1st Floor
Panelists: Tom Angotti, Professor of Urban Affairs & Planning and Director, Center for Community Planning & Development, Hunter College/CUNY, Steven Morgan, President, Clean Energy Solutions; Susan Leeds, Center for Market Innovation National Resources Defense Council; Carter Strickland, Senior Policy Advisor for Air and Water, Mayor's Office Long Term Planning and Sustainability.
Moderator: Bob Yaro, President, Regional Plan Association.
Launched on Earth Day, 2007 Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 promised to address the major environmental sustainability issues facing the city, with 127 initiatives on housing, open space, water, air quality, transportation, brownfields, and the city's impact on climate change. In its first year, PlaNYC launched 118 of these initiatives, and in 2008 issued a report on progress. Some programs have had great success (transitioning the city's taxi fleet to hybrid vehicles), and others have come up against challenges (congestion pricing). Part of Mayor Bloomberg's promise was to hold PlaNYC accountable for results. Two years into PlaNYC 2030, this panel will discuss the status of some of these initiatives, accomplishments, and lessons learned.
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SPN Panelist Presentation Carter Strickland
18Mb PPT download
May 19, 2009, 6-8 pm
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The Revolution in Environmental Finance
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Co-host: Credit Suisse
Venue: Credit Suisse - One Madison Avenue Auditorium - (entrance is on Park Avenue between 23rd and 24th Streets)
Panelists: Don Reed, Director Climate Change and Sustainability, PricewaterhouseCoopers; John Tobin, Head of Public Policy-Sustainability Affairs, Credit Suisse; Shawn Miller, Director Environmental and Social Risk Management, Citigroup
Moderator: Greg Larkin, Head of Finance Sector, RiskMetrics; Sustainability Solutions
Cost: $10 Donation
Environmental due diligence is becoming a critical risk management tool for banks where it was once viewed as an optional ethical screen. Even as the banking sector continues to cut jobs and cut budgets, many environmental risk teams are expanding . Banks are looking toward a future where carbon is more widely regulated, supply chains are globalized and harder to monitor, and commodities flail between record highs and record lows. In this panel we hear how Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Citigroup are navigating this new risk landscape.
Presentation, Greg Larkin
195k Powerpoint download
Presentation, John Tobin
104k Powerpoint download
Presentation, Shawn Miller
74k Powerpoint download
June 23, 2009, 6-8 pm
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Innovative Business Models for Sustainable Value Creation
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Venue: New York County Lawyers Association - 14 Vesey Street - between Church / Park Row (subway lines E, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Panelists: Nick Rutherford -- EarthWater Global; Viraj Puri -- Gotham Greens LLC (winner of Green Business Competition); Otho Kerr -- EKO Asset Management Partners; Pierre Ferrari -- Guayaki Yerba Mate
Moderator: Cary Krosinsky, Vice President, Trucost
Innovation creates opportunities to improve financial, environmental, and social performance, and companies and nonprofits are focusing on new business models to achieve this. A panel of entrepreneurs and sustainability leaders will discuss how their businesses and organizations are using innovation to drive sustainability. Some of the topics to be discussed include: clean technology, its growth, new advancements, and challenges to commercialization; and case studies on innovative uses to convert waste to energy.
EKO Asset Presentation
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Earth Water Global Presentation
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Gotham Green Presentation
1.7Mb PPS download
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