Clancy was the launch editor for the Fortune Data Sheet, the magazine's newsletter dedicated to the business of technology. She co-authored the Amazon best-seller for entrepreneurs, "Niche Down, How to Become Legendary By Being Different."
Jeff Wooster, global sustainability director at Dow, joined GreenBiz Editorial Director Heather Clancy, who hosted the Sidebar, to discuss the company's circular economy goals. Wooster notes that one of the goals is to increase the amount of materials it reclaims to use in its products. Its also working on chemical recycling.
HSBC's Paul Stanley, senior manager of corporate sustainability, joined Heather Clancy and Sarah Golden, Sidebar cohosts during GreenBiz 20, to discuss the company's sustainability program. Stanley says HSBC has been involved with its clients' sustainability work for a long time but didn't talk about it publicly until a couple years ago when it announced five commitments.
Ivanova noted that EY has been doing similar work with client organizations for about a decade and that it was important for the company to do the same. "Our employees are really the driving force behind that commitment," she says.
Marie Morice, head of sustainable finance at the U.N. Global Compact, says that there's strong interests with corporates for the Sustainable Development Goals — often referred to as SDGs — but with many of goals, "we're not there yet."
Emilio Tenuta, chief sustainability officer at Ecolab, says that water is often treated in a linear way and as a liability, rather than as the renewable resource that it is. Tenuta notes that we have to go beyond conservation to stave off the water shortage that is anticipated in 2030.
