Nate is a sustainable business leader who creates value from climate action. He leads two of BSR’s green freight initiatives and manages climate strategy and supply chain projects for Fortune 500 companies.
He set science-based targets for Walmart and led BSR’s Future of Fuels team to launch the Sustainable Fuel Buyers’ Principles, now with 15 company signatories. As manager of the Clean Cargo Working Group, he oversees best-practice sharing, data collection, and supply chain engagement with 50 companies representing 85 percent of the ocean container shipping industry. He also designed BSR’s approach for companies to assess renewable energy opportunities globally and develop corporate climate strategies that engage their suppliers in emissions-reductions.
Nate has more than 15 years of experience in sustainability and stakeholder engagement, including with the Peace Corps. He holds an M.B.A. with Honors and M.S. in Natural Resources from the University of Michigan and a B.A. in Environmental Science from Willamette University. He is fluent in Spanish.
Insights From Nate Springer
- Five Reasons You Need a Sustainable Fuels Strategy / ACT News / November 7, 2017 / News
- Momentum Builds to Scale Sustainable Fuels / September 28, 2017 / Blog
- Fleets Drive Fuel Standards; Activist Businesses Rise / GreenBiz 350 Podcast / May 26, 2017 / News
- PepsiCo, Walmart, and Setting a Standard for Sustainable Fleets / GreenBiz / May 24, 2017 / News
- Living in a Materiality World / UPS Longitudes / May 23, 2017 / News
- Why We Should Live in a Materiality World / Ethical Corporation / May 15, 2017 / News
- Three Reasons Why Collaboration Is Key to Green Freight / February 16, 2017 / Blog
- Walmart’s Climate Ambition Signals a New Market Reality / November 8, 2016 / Blog
- New Tools to Chart the Course toward the Climate North Star / August 15, 2016 / Blog
- Transportation Is No. 1 Source of Carbon Emissions. What Can Corporate Fleets Do? / Environmental Leader / June 21, 2016 / News
- Setting Your Own Direction for a Clean-Fuel Commercial Fleet / May 5, 2016 / Blog
- The Time for Action on Clean Fuels Is Now. Here’s How. / October 20, 2015 / Blog
- New Briefs Outline Sustainability Impacts of Five Commercial Trucking Fuels / May 5, 2015 / Blog
- How BSR’s Clean Cargo Working Group Helps Shippers Improve Environmental Performance / February 10, 2015 / Blog
- New Guidance: How Commercial Trucking Can Improve Fuel Sustainability / January 27, 2015 / Blog
- Three Ways for Companies to Work with Chinese Suppliers on Climate / May 29, 2014 / Blog
- Clean Cargo Working Group: Transparency and Transformation in Ocean Transport / May 6, 2014 / Blog
- Six Ways for the Extractives Sector to Improve Stakeholder Engagement / July 29, 2013 / Blog
- Finding Your Supply Chain Carbon Lever: Lessons from a BSR-WRI Workshop / June 13, 2013 / Blog
- How Can Companies Reduce Carbon in Their Supply Chains? / May 8, 2013 / Blog
- Three Ways to Benefit from Carbon Reductions with the New Scope 3 Guidance / May 1, 2013 / Blog
- VERGE: Where Sustainability Solutions Collide / November 21, 2012 / Blog
- Stakeholder Engagement Reporting: Beyond the Checklist / September 18, 2012 / Blog