The Business of Risk: Climate and Resilience

Originally aired January 11, 2017

Climate change poses serious and novel risks to businesses of all types and sizes — from supply chain disruptions to regulatory shifts to changing customer expectations. This webinar brings together experts from companies at the forefront of resilience thinking to share how climate risk has changed their firms’ products, services, and ways of doing business, and how to weigh the costs of acting against the risks of not preparing.

Speakers

Ann Goodman, PhD

Moderator; Faculty Affiliate, CUNY Advanced Science Research Center; Author, Adapting to Change: The Business of Climate Resilience

Ann Goodman is the author of Adapting to Change: The Business of Climate Resilience and a Faculty Affiliate at CUNY Advanced Science Research Center’s Environmental Sciences Initiative. She has 25 years of international experience in business, sustainability, climate risk, and strategic resilience planning as an executive, entrepreneur, and educator.

Lou Ferretti

Project Executive for Global Supplier Risk Programs, IBM

Lou Ferretti is an IBM project executive leading global supplier risk programs covering environmental compliance, supply chain social responsibility, conflict minerals, business continuity planning, and sustainability across IBM’s global supplier network.

Bruce Schlein

Director, CRA Strategy Group, Citi

Bruce Schlein is a Director in Citi’s Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Strategy Group, where he develops clean energy solutions for low and moderate-income households and communities. He previously worked in Citi’s Alternative Energy Finance group in Capital Markets Origination.

Jay Bruns

Independent Sustainability Consultant; former Vice President, The Hartford

Jay Bruns is a Seattle-based independent sustainability consultant and former Vice President for Public Policy and Environment Champion at The Hartford, one of the largest and oldest insurance companies in the United States.