Global Impact Across Domains

Policy

Global

  • International Finance Corporation cleantech investment strategy
  • Eye on Earth Summit advisor
  • Advisor, Waste Minimization, UNIDO
  • Advisor, Business Council for Sustainable Development (now WBCSD)
  • Council Member, NASA LAUNCH 

Europe

  • Italian Ministry of Environment cleantech sector strategy
  • Italian Ministry of Environment environmental decision making tool development

North America

  • Economic development through cleantech clusters (e.g., Confluence with USEPA)

Latin America

  • Organization architect for FEAM (environmental agency of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
  • Advisor to ABEMA (Brazilian Association of State Environmental Agencies)
  • Advisory Board Member, Institute of the Americas Digital Media/Information


Industry

Global

  • Consumer products circular economy strategies
  • Greening the industrial portfolios of private equity firms
  • Advisory Board Member, Sustainable Performance Group Investment Fund (Zurich) (now RobecoSAM)
  • Strategy development and implementation for FMCG contract R&D firm
  • Responsible for Veolia Innovation Accelerator including VC relationships worldwide
  • Advisory Board Member, Metropolis Global 

Europe

  • Business development strategy for major European environmental services company

North America

  • Created/managed strategic relationships to accelerate innovation with Sustainable Development Technology Canada, USDOE NREL, Autodesk
  • Advisor, The Conference Board Americas EH&S Council

Asia

  • Cleantech strategy for major IT company in China


Public & NGO

Global

  • Senior Fellow, US Council on Competitiveness
  • Subgroup leader for the WRI/WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol (scope 3)

Europe

  • Member of the Romanian delegation to the 1992 Earth Summit (UNCED)

Latin America

  • Board member of PROPEL (environmental foundation for small and medium business development in Latin America, founded by Stephan Schmidheiny) 
  • Eco-efficiency Advisor, FUNDES (Latin American small business support foundation founded by Stephan Schmidheiny)
  • Advisory Board Member, World Resources Institute Digital Dividend Project
  • Top sustainability advisor to major Brazilian industrial associations including steel (IBS), mining (IBRAM), petroleum (IBP), state environment
  • Advisor, Forum Empresa (JV of Instituto Ethos and Business for Social Responsibility)