Bard MBA in Sustainability, Bard Center for Environmental Policy, and Net Impact: Bard College Chapter Present
Can Businesses Do Good and Be Profitable? The Intersection of Social Enterprises & Environmental Sustainability
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Net Impact NYC Professional Chapter hosts Can businesses do good and be profitable? Hunter Lovins, President and Co-Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions and Time Magazine millennium Hero of the Planet, thinks so. Join us for an engaging discussion, moderated by John Salzinger, Co-Founder of MPOWERD, on social enterprises and environmental sustainability. We will discuss trends, challenges, opportunities, and how the intersection of the two makes for a better, more sustainable world.
AGENDA
6:30 - 7:00PM: Check-in + Networking
7:00 - 7:45PM: Conversation with Hunter Lovins
7:45 - 8:30PM: Reception + Networking
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SPEAKERS
L. Hunter Lovins
President & Founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions; Professor of Sustainable Management, Bard MBA
Hunter Lovins is the President and Founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions (NCS), a non-profit formed in 2002 in Longmont, CO. A renowned author and champion of sustainable development for over 35 years, Hunter has consulted on sustainable agriculture, energy, water, security, and climate policies for scores of governments, communities, and companies worldwide. Within the United States, she has consulted for the Presidential Cabinet, Department of Defense, EPA, Department of Energy and numerous state and local agencies.
Hunter believes that citizens, communities and companies, working together within the market context, are the most dynamic problem-solving force on the planet. She has devoted herself to building teams that can create and implement practical and affordable solutions to the problems facing us in creating a sustainable future. Hunter has co-authored fifteen books and hundreds of articles, and was featured in the award-winning film, Lovins On the Soft Path. Her best-known book, Natural Capitalism, has been translated into a more than three dozen languages and summarized in Harvard Business Review. Its sequel, Climate Capitalism, won the Atlas Award. Her latest, Creating a Lean and Green Business System won the Shingo Prize. Hunter has taught at numerous universities around the world, was a founding professor of Sustainable Management at Presidio Graduate School.
Currently she is a professor of Sustainable Management at Bard MBA. Named a Master at the Chinese De Tao Academy, Hunter helped launch the Institute for Green Investment in Shanghai, and she is a Fellow of the Fowler Center at Case Western University.
Lovins has consulted for scores of industries and governments worldwide, including International Finance Corporation, Unilever, Walmart, the United Nations and Royal Dutch Shell, as well as such sustainability champions as Interface, Patagonia and Clif Bar. She has briefed heads of state, leaders of the numerous local governments, the Pentagon, Congress and officials in more that 30 other countries.
John Salzinger
Co-Founder & Chief Business Development Officer, MPOWERD
A native New Yorker and born entrepreneur, John co-founded MPOWERD with the idea that innovative companies have a responsibility to lead – not only in the marketplace, but as a real force for good. He launched and managed several global media, tech and finance companies before starting MPOWERD, where he’s been a guiding force behind pretty much every aspect of the company’s strategy. From business growth to sales, marketing and product development (he even holds a Luci patent), John does it all. Outside the office, you’d most likely find him practicing his jump shot on the court or surfing waves.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/johnsalzinger
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Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: CookFox Architects LLP, 641 Ave Of the Americas Ste 8 New York, NY 10011