Emma Stewart, Ph.D.
San Francisco, California, United States
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About
I'm happiest at work when both sides of my brain are tapped: the analytical and the…
Articles by Emma
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A New Netflix Collection Celebrates Our Planet and Its Heroes
A New Netflix Collection Celebrates Our Planet and Its Heroes
By Emma Stewart, Ph.D.
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Reporting from the global climate summit; "the world's moment of truth"
Reporting from the global climate summit; "the world's moment of truth"
By Emma Stewart, Ph.D.
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Netflix supports the Clean Electricity program in the U.S. Budget Reconciliation Bill
Netflix supports the Clean Electricity program in the U.S. Budget Reconciliation Bill
By Emma Stewart, Ph.D.
Activity
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If you haven't yet seen Sweet Tooth's final season, I can't recommend it highly enough...there are lines so touching that my children came to ask why…
If you haven't yet seen Sweet Tooth's final season, I can't recommend it highly enough...there are lines so touching that my children came to ask why…
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GreenBiz Group is no more. Starting today, the company I co-founded with Pete May 18 years ago, adopts a new name: Trellis Group, a new brand with…
GreenBiz Group is no more. Starting today, the company I co-founded with Pete May 18 years ago, adopts a new name: Trellis Group, a new brand with…
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I’ve been noticing a lot more new faces following my LinkedIn posts and thought I would reintroduce myself before we all get busy again in September!…
I’ve been noticing a lot more new faces following my LinkedIn posts and thought I would reintroduce myself before we all get busy again in September!…
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Experience
Education
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Limited Partner
Powerhouse
- Present 3 years 4 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.
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Board Member
ecomedes
- 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.
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Board Member
U.S. Green Building Council
- 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.
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Board Member
SPUR
- 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.
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Advisor
The Science Based Targets initiative
- 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.
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Advisor
SASB – Sustainability Accounting Standards Board
- 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
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The Future of Making Cities
The Economist
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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Local Water
The Economist
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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Sustainability Trends
IKEA Board of Directors by Filmfront Media AB
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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The Role of Sustainable Product and Factory Design
Manufacturing Business Technology
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The Noble Savage Turned Urbanite: Cities as a Route to Environmental and Economic Recovery
Environment Industry Magazine
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Want to Cut Your Building’s Energy Costs? Get Out Your Camera
GreenerBuildings
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The True Sustainability Potential of Cloud Computing: Smarter Design
Environmental Leader
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Obama's Stimulus Plan: How the IT Sector Could Turn it Green
Harvard Business Review Online
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Why Scenario-Building Exercises Fail Us (Especially Now)
Harvard Business Review Online
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Eco-Promising: Communicating the Environmental Credentials of Your Products and Services
BSR and Forum for the Future
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Getting Carbon Offsets Right: A Business Brief on Engaging Offset Providers
Carbon Trading: Some Insights and Perspectives (Icfai University Press), 61-78.
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At the Crest of a Wave: A Proactive Approach to Corporate Water Strategy
BSR and The Pacific Institute
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Sustainable Coastal Tourism in Cuba: Roles of Environmental Assessment, Certification Programs, and Protection Fees
Tulane Environmental Law Journal
Honors & Awards
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Judge of Ashden Awards (the "green Oscar")
Ashden
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.
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FORTUNE's Most Powerful Women under 45
FORTUNE
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.
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Aspen Institute "First Mover" Fellow
The Aspen Institute
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.
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Cabinet Member, World Economic Forum Taskforce on Low Carbon Prosperity
World Economic Forum
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.
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Next Generation Fellow
Columbia University
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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O’Bie Shultz Fellowship in International Studies
Stanford University
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Top Ten Honours Thesis
Oxford University
Languages
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Spanish
Professional working proficiency
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