Understanding Connections Between Climate and Public Health

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  Cecile Oger

  Managing Director, Healthcare, BSR

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  Cecile Oger

  Managing Director, Healthcare, BSR

  

  Paris

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  Cecile leads BSR’s global healthcare practice, working with companies to advance practices and develop innovative solutions and tools that create long-term value for business, patients, and society. She also collaborates with French and European member companies across industries to integrate sustainability in their core practices, build resilience, and embrace sustainability as a source of strategic advantage.

  Since joining BSR in 2012, Cecile has held a variety of positions and advised companies in healthcare, consumer sectors, and beyond. More recently, she served as Head of People and Culture for four years, leading a global team focused on attracting and hiring the best and brightest talents and making BSR an inclusive place, where people can grow, develop, and thrive.

  Prior to joining BSR, Cecile served as director for SGS Sustainability Services, where she developed service offerings for sustainable supply chains. Before that, she was executive director of SFSTP, one of the largest associations of industrial pharmacists in Europe. She started her career in the chemicals industry, working for Clariant in the UK and Canada.

  Cecile holds an MBA from Toronto Metropolitan University, a BSc in Chemistry and Business Administration from Kingston University London, and a Life Science degree from University of Angers. She speaks French and English.

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  Recent Insights From Cecile Oger

  • Healthcare Working Group: Driving Change for over Two Decades / February 1, 2023 / Blog
  • Unlocking Opportunities in Access to Healthcare / March 3, 2022 / Blog
  • How Healthcare Companies Can Meet the Moment and Respect Human Rights / September 4, 2020 / Blog
  • Understanding Connections Between Climate and Public Health / April 29, 2020 / Blog
  • What Do the Next 20 Years Hold for the Healthcare Industry? / May 23, 2019 / Blog

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Unzipped Staff, Levi Strauss & Co.

Trish Koman, PhD, MPP, University of Michigan, School of Public Health and College of Engineering

Tom Murray, Vice President, EDF+Business, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)

Rachelle Wenger, System Vice President, Public Policy & Advocacy Engagement, CommonSpirit Health

Jessica Wolff, Director of Climate and Health, Health Care Without Harm

Climate change threatens the planet, our communities, and business. The global COVID-19 pandemic is also highlighting the connection between climate and public health.

As part of Earth Day, and in light of the current worldwide health crisis, BSR member company Levi Strauss & Co. interviewed experts at the intersection of climate and public health, including BSR Director Cécile Oger. To better understand connections between these two critical issues and the next steps to take, we invite you to read this article. 

Topics

• Climate and Nature
• Healthcare