Are Corporate Sustainability Efforts Working?

Energy Gang

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🗓️ 9 May 2014

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Nine years ago, Walmart announced its landmark initiative to reduce waste and cut greenhouse gas emissions. But today its emissions are 14 percent higher. That sounds like the initiative was a failure, right? Maybe not. In this week's podcast, the Gang sits down with corporate sustainability expert Andrew Winston to chat about how to judge the success of greening efforts at big companies. Later in the show, we'll discuss the threat of extreme weather to energy infrastructure, and we'll look at the meaning behind the latest wind construction boom. The Energy Gang is produced by Greentechmedia.com. The show features weekly discussion between energy futurist Jigar Shah, energy policy expert Katherine Hamilton and Greentech Media Editor Stephen Lacey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	For the week of May 9th, 2014, I'm a senior editor with Green Tech Media and your
0:21.2	podcast co-host.
0:23.3	My two other co-host join me today, as they do every week.
0:27.1	In DC, it's Catherine Hamilton.
0:29.2	She's a partner with the Consulting Firm 38 North Solutions.
0:32.4	Catherine, how are you? You were at the Owea Wind conference this week. How was Las Vegas?
0:36.7	Yeah, I just got back from the you know the skin of my teeth last night. The main thing I found out was that they don't have Uber there.
0:45.0	But they have so much more adult gambling fun. Are you much of a card player?
0:50.0	No, it is, no. It is like being in hell for me to be in Las Vegas. I'm sorry to all of you from Las Vegas, but it's not my place.
0:57.5	I feel the same way when I go because I don't gamble really at all. Not that I'm against gambling. I just don't do it. I don't play cards, I'm not a good card player.
1:05.0	So I'll go there and pull a couple slots and that's it. So Las Vegas isn't my place either.
1:10.0	In New York, it is Jigger Shaw. He goes by a lot of things, investor, founder of Sun Edison, author of creating climate wealth.
1:19.0	How are you, sir? I know you're moving into a new apartment or a new house today.
1:23.4	Yeah, I'm moving into a new place in New York,
1:25.4	but I have to say I really like Las Vegas.
1:28.9	So I am happy to be in the pro Las Vegas movement.
1:33.6	Solar Power International will be there this year.
1:35.6	So we're all going to be there anyway.
1:38.0	Yeah, but do you know if the trucks from California
1:40.4	stop delivering food to that city,
1:42.4	within 24 to 48 hours, that place would be the biggest
1:45.1	donner party you could imagine.
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