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I'm happiest at work when both sides of my brain are tapped: the analytical and the…

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A New Netflix Collection Celebrates Our Planet and Its Heroes

This Earth Month, let us entertain you with stories about our planet and its heroes — with everything from cooking…

Reporting from the global climate summit; "the world's moment of truth"​

It’s difficult to summarize what’s unfolding at the historic global climate summit in Scotland, where every country in…

Netflix supports the Clean Electricity program in the U.S. Budget Reconciliation Bill

By Victoria Furniss, VP Global Public Policy, and Emma Stewart, Ph.D.

Now on the CFO’s To-Do List: Navigate Climate Change

This week I had the privilege of joining 60 CFOs from the world’s largest companies to discuss the promise and pressure…

The Climate Science Report Everyone’s Talking About - A Summary for Corporate Executives

Most people lucky enough to take a vacation this season have returned with tales like “my kids couldn’t go outside…

Optimize, Electrify, Decarbonize: The 3 Steps to Thriving, Zero-Carbon Cities

Cities are currently both climate-culprit and climate-victim. They are already responsible for 70 percent of global…

This Building Gave me Goosebumps...and the Sun was Shining!

A few weeks ago I had the good fortune to spend a couple days brainstorming with Amory Lovins and the illustrious team…

Autodesk Helps Washington, D.C. Meet Sustainability Goals

Moiz Kapadia | September 9, 2015 Washington, D.C.

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Licenses & Certifications

Green Building Certification Inc.

Volunteer Experience

Limited Partner

Powerhouse

May 2021 - Present3 years 7 months
Environment
Powerhouse is an innovation firm that works with leading corporations and investors to help them find, partner with, invest in, and acquire the most innovative startups in clean energy, mobility, and climate.

Board Member

ecomedes

Apr 2020 - Jan 2022 1 year 10 months
Environment
Ecomedes increases the profitability of buildings by reducing their environmental and human health impact. Today it's painful and manual to select and buy optimal products from electronics to furnishing, every item influences the cost, health, and impact of the building. We help your buildings improve through optimized purchasing.

Board Member

U.S. Green Building Council

Dec 2015 - Dec 2017 2 years 1 month
USGBC is the world’s leading green building standards bearer (LEED, LEED for Cities, WELL, PEER, EDGE, Sustainable Sites, etc.). I was elected by U.S. GBC’s membership to the Advisory Council, and then elected by the Advisory Council to the Board, so have since had the honor of providing industry and technical expertise to the Board and Executive Management team.

Board Member

SPUR

Sep 2014 - Apr 2017 2 years 8 months
Founded in 1910, SPUR brings people together from across the political spectrum to develop solutions to the major challenges faced by cities. With offices in multiple cities, it is recognized as a leading civic planning organization, respected for its independent, research-based, and holistic approach to urban issues.

Advisor

The Science Based Targets initiative

Feb 2014 - Sep 2016 2 years 8 months
Contributed counsel based upon my experience architecting one of the first science-based targets, open-sourcing it, and supporting other companies through their use of the tool. Spoke at numerous WRI, CDP, and UN events to urge other companies to adopt the practice, which 300+ companies now have.

Advisor

SASB – Sustainability Accounting Standards Board

Mar 2014 - Jan 2016 1 year 11 months
SASB is a standards organization serving publicly traded US corporations, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the investment community. As a member of the Advisory Council, Emma advises and raises awareness of SASB, enabling capital markets to recognize the environmental and social capital sustainability depends upon. Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg chairs the board and former SEC Chairperson Mary Shapiro is the vice chair.

Publications

The Economist August 13, 2015

Use the imagination and technology to play within real-world constraints, argue Amar Hanspal, Senior Vice President, and Emma Stewart, Head of Sustainability Solutions
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The Economist March 20, 2015

Cities sit atop the answer to their water woes, argue Brian Young, Sustainable Infrastructure product manager, and Emma Stewart, head of Sustainability Solutions at Autodesk
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IKEA Board of Directors by Filmfront Media AB May 23, 2012

Interviews on the latest trends in sustainability by experts Hans Rosling, Jer Faludi, Emma Stewart, and Bill Shireman. Conducted for the IKEA Board of Directors by Filmfront Media AB.
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Honors & Awards

Imperial College and Futur.io

Sep 2024
I was humbled to be selected from among 6,000 Chief Sustainability Officers (CSO) as one of 8 Finalists in the first CSO Awards by Imperial College London and their illustrious jury, which includes one of the 'grandparents' of corporate sustainability, John Elkington.

Ashden

Feb 2019
Established in 2001, the Ashden Awards are known as the "green Oscar" and have been presented to over 200 organizations in Europe and across the developing world to reward unique and scalable ways to green buildings and other carbon-intensive industries.

FORTUNE

Dec 2015
FORTUNE selects ~200 women executives, entrepreneurs and innovators in business, along with leaders in government, philanthropy, education and the arts who are under 45 years of age and have been nominated by a colleague.
Nominations at: http://www.fortuneconferences.com/mpw-next-gen-2015/mpw-next-gen-2014-nomination/

The Aspen Institute

Apr 2010
Mid-career business professionals recognized as high potential talent in their companies. Successful candidates will have demonstrated passion and capacity for working at the intersection of business growth and positive social and environmental change. Most will work in core business functions within their companies: finance, marketing, design, leadership and organizational development, etc. They should, indeed, be FIRST MOVERS: extraordinary institutional entrepreneurs who have the vision…
Mid-career business professionals recognized as high potential talent in their companies. Successful candidates will have demonstrated passion and capacity for working at the intersection of business growth and positive social and environmental change. Most will work in core business functions within their companies: finance, marketing, design, leadership and organizational development, etc. They should, indeed, be FIRST MOVERS: extraordinary institutional entrepreneurs who have the vision, tenacity, and courage to achieve remarkable changes in business practice and impact.

World Economic Forum

Mar 2009
A World Economic Forum task force presented world leaders with proposals to accelerate private sector investment and innovation in the fight against climate change. Eighty business leaders and over 40 environmental and scientific experts outlined a plan for stimulating a "clean revolution" in the private sector within the next few years even as governments continue negotiations on a climate policy framework in the United…
A World Economic Forum task force presented world leaders with proposals to accelerate private sector investment and innovation in the fight against climate change. Eighty business leaders and over 40 environmental and scientific experts outlined a plan for stimulating a "clean revolution" in the private sector within the next few years even as governments continue negotiations on a climate policy framework in the United Nations.
https://members.weforum.org/pdf/climate/SummaryRecommendations\_TFLowCarbonProsperity.pdf

Columbia University

Jan 2007
The Next Generation Project is premised on the belief that new voices and fresh ideas will strengthen the nation’s discussion of U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions. As part of the project, The Assembly will identify emerging leaders from professional and demographic sectors that have traditionally been underrepresented in foreign policy discussions, and bring them together at meetings across the country that will combine The Assembly's time-tested process with…
The Next Generation Project is premised on the belief that new voices and fresh ideas will strengthen the nation’s discussion of U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions. As part of the project, The Assembly will identify emerging leaders from professional and demographic sectors that have traditionally been underrepresented in foreign policy discussions, and bring them together at meetings across the country that will combine The Assembly's time-tested process with innovative approaches to generate new ideas about U.S. global policy and the future of international institutions; influence discussions about the future of America’s role in the world; and cultivate new policy networks.

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