The Sustainable Operations Summit

Lessons Learned from the Groundbreaking Retrofit of the World's Most Famous Office Building

Anthony Malkin- President- Malkin Holdings

Financing Solutions for Energy Efficiency Retrofits

Moderator: Peter Malik- Director, Center for Market Innovation- Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Murat Armbruster- Director, Green Capital Global Challenge- Carbon War Room
Brad Copithorne- Energy and Financial Policy Specialist- Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Bob Hinkle- President and CEO- Metrus Energy

Environmental Strategy as Business Strategy

Moderator: Andrew McKeon- Founder- BusinessClimate
Christina Page- Global Director, Energy & Sustainability- Yahoo!
Roger McClendon- Chief Sustainability Officer- YUM! Brands
Col. Mark Mykleby (Ret.)- Ethics and Leadership Strategist- LRN

Examining Successful Applications of Renewable Energy

Moderator: Ryan Park- Director of Business Development- REC Solar
Tria Case- Director of Sustainability- City University of New York (CUNY)
David Kaltsas- Chief Commercial Officer- SunWize Technologies
Drew Torbin- Vice President of Renewable Energy- Prologis

Demonstrating the Value of Sustainability Reporting

Stakeholder demand for corporations to measure, manage and report on sustainability performance has never been higher.  In fact, not only are the number of stakeholders increasing in number, they are rapidly increasing in their interest in detailed, quantifiable and verifiable information.  As an increasing number of companies analyze their own suppliers and investors analyze their own investment portfolios, there has been rapid growth in the entire field’s ability to gauge credible information and place a value on this information.  Internally, executive teams and boards are getting more engaged and demanding to see ROI on sustainability initiatives.  In addition, external stakeholders have the ability to compare and contrast sustainability information across thousands of companies and do so with the ability to overlay financial performance.  Given the heightened sense of awareness, the pleothora of information sources and the complexities of modern global business, how do companies demonstrate the value of sustainability reporting?  In this session you will hear from leading experts in the field as they discuss the latest trends in reporting and how this information is being used by their organizations and the markets to differentiate their businesses.

Moderator: Marjella Alma- Manager, External Relations- Focal Point USA- Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Curtis Ravenel- Global Head of Sustainability- Bloomberg LP
Susan Arnot Heaney- Director, Corporate Responsibility- Avon
Reg Foster- Manager of Corporate Citizenship- IBM

Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park: Four Years Later

Lisa Shpritz- Senior Vice President, Environmental Operations Executive- Bank of America
Jordan Barowitz- Director of External Affairs- The Durst Organization

Bringing Sustainability to the Masses

Moderator: Richard Greene- Communications Expert & Author
Don Cheadle- Actor & UNEP Goodwill Ambassador
Beth Colleton- Senior Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility- NBCUniversal
Heather Henriksen- Director, Office of Sustainability- Harvard University
Summer Rayne Oakes- CEO & Co-Founder-Source4Style

Reinventing Fire: Profitable Solutions to Climate, Oil and Proliferation

Reinventing Fire maps business-led pathways for the U.S. to phase out fossil fuels and win the global clean energy race. A 2.6-fold bigger 2050 U.S. economy could need no oil, coal, or nuclear energy, one-third less natural gas, and no new inventions, and could cost $5 trillion less in net present value than business-as-usual, conservatively valuing all externalities at zero. The transition can be led by business for profit and requires no Act of Congress.

Amory Lovins- Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientist- Rocky Mountain Institute

(Presentation and In-Conversation with Andrew Winston- Founder- Winston Eco-Strategies)

NYC Leading the Way with PlaNYC

Moderator: Steven Cohen- Executive Director- The Earth Institute, Columbia University
David Bragdon- Director, Long Term Planning & Sustainability- City of New York
Andy Darrell- Managing Director, Energy Program- Environmental Defense Fund (EDF)
Janette Sadik-Khan- Commissioner- NYC Department of Transportation (DOT)
Milton Puryear- Director of Project Development- Brooklyn Greenway Initiative

The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines

Speaker: Michael E. Mann- Director, Earth System Science Center- Penn State University

In his lecture, Michael Mann will discuss the “Hockey Stick,” a graph he created with his colleagues to depict changes in Earth’s temperature dating back to 1000 AD. The graph was featured in the Summary for Policy Makers portion of the 2001 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and became an icon in the debate over human-caused climate change. He will tell the story behind the Hockey Stick, using it as a vehicle for exploring broader issues regarding the role of skepticism in science and the relationship between science and politics.

Dr. Mann is a member of the Penn State University faculty, holding joint positions in the departments of meteorology and geosciences and the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute. He is also director of the Penn State Earth System Science Center. Dr. Mann was a lead author on the Observed Climate Variability and Change chapter of the IPCC Third Scientific Assessment Report in 2001. He shared the Nobel Peace Prize with other IPCC authors in 2007.

Mann’s book, The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines is available at your local book retailer now!

Embracing Cleaner & More Efficient Fleets

Mark Smith- Vehicle Technologies Deployment Manager- US Department of Energy (DOE)
Dennis Beal- Vice President of Global Vehicles- FedEx
Kevin Campbell- Automotive Engineer- City of Chicago
Angela Strand- Chief Marketing Officer- Smith Electric Vehicles

Building a Park in the Sky: The High Line Story

Friends of the High Line Co-Founder Robert Hammond will offer an in-depth look at the High Line’s history, design, and concept plans for future expansion.  Melissa Fisher, Chief Operating Officer and former Director of Horticulture and Park Operations, will provide insights into how the High Line’s unique design features, operating systems, and staff merge to support millions of visitors each year through high-quality public programs, art, food, horticulture, and sustainable maintenance practices.

Sailing the Great Green Fleet: How Strategic Energy Use Advances Our Mission

Tom Hicks- Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy- UNITED STATES NAVY

Industry Innovations Driving Sustainability

Andreas Shierenbeck- President- Siemens Building Technologies

Moving our Global Society Back from the Brink

A special presentation by Actor and UN Goodwill Ambassador Don Cheadle

Climate Policy: What Can We Expect?

Speakers TBA

Sustainability as a Driver of Innovation

Moderator: Morgan Clendaniel- Editor- Co.Exist (Fast Company Magazine)
Patricia Calkins- Chief Sustainability Officer- Xerox
Graham Hill- Founder- Treehugger.com
Robert Hutchinson- Managing Director- Rocky Mountain Institute
Wood Turner- Vice President of Sustainability Innovation- Stonyfield Farm

Successfully Tackling Waste

Moderator: Mathy Stanislaus-  Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste & Emergency Response- US Environmental Protection Agency
Kathy Loftus- Global Leader, Sustainable Engineering & Energy Management-WHOLE FOODS MARKET
Leo Raudys- Senior Director, Environmental Sustainability- BEST BUY
Brad Tomm- Director of Sustainable Operations- MGM RESORTS INTERNATIONAL

A Call to Consciousness

Trudie Styler- Co-Founder- The Rainforest Foundation

Advancing Building Performance

Moderator: David Bartlett- Vice President of Smart Building Solutions- IBM
John D'Angelo- Senior Director of Facilities, Construction and Real Estate- Cleveland Clinic
John Killey- Global Head of Building Operations- Citi
Victor Olgyay- Principal Architect- Rocky Mountain Institute
Sukanya Paciorek- Vice President of Corporate Sustainability- Vornado Realty Trust

Building a Park Underground: The Vision for the Lowline

Dan Barasch- Co-Founder- The Delancey Underground (LowLine)
James Ramsey- Co-Founder- The Delancey Undergound (LowLine)

Using a Connect and Development Approach to Address Renewable Energy

In 2010, Procter & Gamble CEO Bob McDonald laid out a long-term sustainability plan that included the objective of powering the company’s plants with 30% renewable energy by 2020.  Applying it’s “Connect and Develop” approach, P&G assembled a group of external experts, combined them with the in-house team, and ran an innovation tournament to accelerate its renewable energy journey.  In this presentation, Stefano Zenezini, Vice President Product Supply Family Care Business Unit at Procter and Gamble and George Favaloro, Managing Partner of Viridis Strategy Group, will describe P&G’s innovation-based approach to sustainability.