Integrating Climate Justice into Business Transformation, Part 1

Date and Time

February 15, 2023
1:30 pm-3:30 pm MST

Location

Scottsdale, AZ

How can the world's biggest companies integrate environmental and climate justice into their business transformation, and how are early adopters beginning the process? What does it take to build a business case for action internally and engage meaningfully with frontline organizations and communities? Corporates and NGOs, including BSR Climate Director Deb Gallagher, share experiences and lessons learned in a hands-on workshop that will leave you with tools and a plan to move forward.

Scheduled Speakers

• Deb Gallagher, Director, Climate Change, BSR
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Deb Gallagher
Director, Climate Change, BSR
New York
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Deb leads BSR’s climate work in the US. She works closely with BSR’s external partnership teams to accelerate decarbonization while engendering climate justice. She works with Transform to Net Zero (TONZ) collaborative initiative members to amplify leadership behaviors that promote a just and resilient future. Deb leads efforts to create a series of TONZ Transformation Guides on issues such as climate transition action plans (CTAPs), climate policy engagement, and climate justice.
Prior to joining BSR, Deb was a professor at Duke University, where she led the Business and Environment program. Her research focused on business leadership behaviors required to advance sustainability, including stakeholder relationship management, ESG data acquisition and use, public policy engagement, and design of strategic partnerships. Over the course of 20 years at Duke, she mentored over 200 sustainability leaders. Prior to Duke, she held environmental leadership positions in manufacturing and government.
Deb holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School, and a BS in Chemical Engineering from Northwestern University
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