The Business of Risk: Climate and Resilience

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1 Access the Webinar Archives The Business of Risk: Climate and Resilience January 11 th, 2017 Dr. Ann Goodman Faculty Affiliate CUNY at ASRC Edward Saltzberg, Ph.D. Managing Director Security & Sustainability Forum National Council for Science and the Environment January 24 to 26, 2017 Annual Conference Integrating Environment and Health Washington, D.C. Discount Code; SSF2017 1

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3 Agenda Introduction: Ann Goodman Discussion: Lou Ferretti Bruce Schlein Jay L. Bruns Discussion: Moderated by Ann Goodman Audience Q&A: Use the box in the go to Webinar window Download slides (Please Take the Brief Exit Survey)

4 Moderator Ann Goodman is the author of Adapting to Change: The Business of Climate Resilience, which explores emerging business approaches to climate resilience. She is a Faculty Affiliate at CUNY Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) s, Environmental Sciences Initiative. She has 25 years of international experience in the intersecting fields of business, sustainability, climate, risk assessment, strategic resilience planning as an executive, entrepreneur, communicator and educator.

5 Panelists Lou Ferretti is the IBM project executive for developing and leading global and strategic risk programs across IBM's global supplier network including Environmental Compliance, Supply Chain Social Responsibility, Conflict Minerals, Risk Management, Business Continuity Planning and Sustainability. Bruce Schlein is a Director in Citi's Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Strategy group, where he develops clean energy solutions for low and moderate income households and communities. He recently transitioned from Citi's Alternative Energy Finance (AEF) group in Capital Markets Origination. Jay L. Bruns is a Seattle-based independent consultant on sustainability. Until recently, he was Vice President for Public Policy and Environment Champion at The Hartford, one of the largest and oldest insurance companies in the United States.

6 6 The Business of Risk: Climate and Resilience MODERATED BY: DR. ANN GOODMAN, AUTHOR OF ADOPTING TO CHANGE: THE BUSINESS OF CLIMATE RESILIENCE PANELISTS: JAY BRUNS, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF PUBLIC POLICY AT THE HARTFORD LOU FERRETTI, PROJECT EXECUTIVE FOR PRODUCT ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND SUPPLY CHAIN SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AT IBM BRUCE SCHLEIN, DIRECTOR OF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY FINANCE AT CITI

7 Get an inside look at how companies with cutting-edge sustainability programs are preparing for climate change and extreme weather events. Edited by business ethics expert Mary Gentile, Adapting to Change profiles the current efforts of Citi, Sprint, ConAgra, Stonyfield Farm, The Hartford, and IBM to improve climate resilience, with a focus on five themes: i. Responding to weather; ii. Learning from disaster; iii. Doing more with less; iv. Taking a risk and managing it; v. Communicating change, collaborating on climate. In these pages readers will find strategies that encourage resilience and mitigate risk across vastly different sectors, both internally with managers and employees and externally in supply chains, communities, and investors with valuable insight for business professionals in all categories. Adapting to Change stresses pragmatic solutions to real problems that real companies are facing every day. Significantly, it focuses on the challenges climate has already posed the firms profiled and how sustainability leaders in each company with the help of employees and other stakeholders are facing these challenges head on. Readers will benefit from learning how today s sustainability leaders are using business acumen to find solutions and even create new business opportunities to a fast-changing situation predicated on uncertainty. Visit for more info and 10% off Adapting to Change! 7

8 Image: Google images What climate risks motivated your company to pursue resilience measures?

9 9 How (and by whom) have resilience measures been implemented? Image: Google images

10 10 Have any costs been incurred preparing for risks? Has your company reaped any profits or other benefits as a result? Google images

11 Based on your experience, what can different sectors (i.e. business and public sector) learn from one another?

12 Panelists Lou Ferretti Jay L. Bruns Bruce Schlein Ann Goodman

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